Potential water quality impacts originating from land burial of cattle carcasses

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 456-457, Issue , 2013, Pages 246-253

  Yuan, Qi ^a   Snow, Daniel D ^b   Bartelt Hunt, Shannon L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Burial; Cattle carcasses; Leachate; Organic contaminants; Steroids; Veterinary pharmaceuticals

Indexed keywords

BURIAL; CATTLE CARCASS; LEACHATES; ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; STEROIDS; VETERINARY PHARMACEUTICALS;

AGRICULTURE; CONTAMINATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GROUNDWATER; LOADING; STEROID HORMONES; WATER QUALITY;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHLORIDE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; GROUND WATER; MONENSIN; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHORUS; RAIN; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE;

CATTLE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LEACHATE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; STEROID; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CARCASS; CATTLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DECOMPOSITION; EFFLUENT; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LAND BURIAL; LAND USE; LEACHING; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; CATTLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; MORTUARY PRACTICE; REFUSE DISPOSAL; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 84876727315     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.03.083     Document Type: Article

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