Assessment of cattle grazing effects on E. coli runoff

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2111-2122

  Wagner, K L ^a   Redmon, L A ^b   Gentry, T J ^c   Harmel, R D ^d  

^a Texas A M University   (United States)

^b Department of Soil and Crop Sciences ^*  (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Edge of field runoff.; Naturalized E. coli; Rotational grazing; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL CONTAMINATION; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; CATTLE GRAZING; COLONY FORMING UNITS; E. COLI; FECAL INDICATOR BACTERIA; GRAZING LAND; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; MEMBRANE FILTRATIONS; RAINY SEASONS; ROTATIONAL GRAZING; WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENTS; WATERSHED RESTORATION;

AGRICULTURE; BACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROFILTRATION; RUNOFF; WATER QUALITY;

WATER POLLUTION;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; BIOINDICATOR; CATTLE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; GRAZING PRESSURE; MEMBRANE; PASTURE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EFFECT; RUNOFF; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84872578725     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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