Animal Diet Modification To Decrease The Potential For Nitrogen And Phosphorus Pollution

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July 16, 2002
Issue Paper

DOI: https://doi.org/10.62300/axxcz938

Task Force Chairs

Terry Klopfenstein

Department of Animal Science, University of Nebraska

Authors

Roselina Angel

Department of Animal and Avian Sciences, University of Maryland

Gary L. Cromwell

Department of Animal Sciences, University of Kentucky

Galen E. Erickson

Department of Animal Science, University of Nebraska

Danny G. Fox

Department of Animal Science, Cornell University

Carl Parsons

Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois

Larry D. Satter

U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center, USDA-ARS, and University of Wisconsin

Alan L. Sutton

Department of Animal Sciences, Purdue University

Abstract

This issue paper outlines the technologies and approaches that poultry and livestock producers can use to decrease the amounts of nitrogen and phosphorus entering the environment. This study focuses on two nutrients and addresses two environmental concerns: volatilization and manure nutrient distribution. Decreasing the nitrogen and phosphorus excreted by poultry, swine, or cattle can minimize these concerns.

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