Organic compounds used in animal husbandry: Chapter 13
By: Robert L. Wershaw and Laurence S. Shore
Edited by: Amy Pruden and Laurence S. Shore
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Abstract
Although in general, the same drugs are used by humans as for animal husbandry, some compounds are unique to CAFOs. In raising and fattening steers, anabolic steroids are widely used in the US. In the cattle industry, large use is made of the acaricides, avermectins, and the cypermethrins as well as juvenile growth hormone inhibitor for fly and tick control that could affect soil fauna in very small quantities as they reach the environment without any modification. In poultry, the organic arsenides have been widely used for decades to control coccidiosis and increase growth. The environmental fate of the arsenic excreted in the poultry feces is therefore been an area of concern.
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Wershaw, R.L., Shore, L.S., 2009, Organic compounds used in animal husbandry: Chapter 13, chap. of Hormones and pharmaceuticals generated by concentrated animal feeding operations: transport in water and soil, v. 1, p. 115-123, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-92834-0_13.
| Publication type | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Title | Organic compounds used in animal husbandry: Chapter 13 |
| DOI | 10.1007/978-0-387-92834-0_13 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Year Published | 2009 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Contributing office(s) | National Research Program - Central Branch |
| Description | 9 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Book |
| Larger Work Title | Hormones and pharmaceuticals generated by concentrated animal feeding operations: transport in water and soil |
| First page | 115 |
| Last page | 123 |