Animal Waste, Water Quality and Human Health

摘要: Domestic animals contaminate recreational waters and drinking-water sources with excreta pathogens; but this threat to public health is inadequately understood insufficiently addressed in regulations. More than 85% of the world's faecal wastes from domestic such as poultry, cattle, sheep pigs. These harbor zoonotic pathogens that are transported environment by water, especially runoff. However little information exists on effects associated exposure potential hazard human health; water standards focused control fecal contamination do reflect contribution non-human risk. Does compliance current monitoring practices using microbial indicators provide protection against animal bird contamination? Prepared contributions a group international experts, Animal Waste, Water Quality Human Health considers explores hazards approaches protecting health. Animal will be interest regulators responsibility for waters, drinking quality reuse; policymakers working quality, agriculture; decision makers responsible livestock management; scientists practitioners concerned many affected subjects. This title belongs WHO Series . Co-Published World Organisation (WHO) & United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) ISBN: 9781780401249 (eBook) ISBN: 9781780401232 (Print)