Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
716575 IFAC Proceedings Volumes 2013 4 Pages PDF
Abstract

Survival of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in livestock manure during batch mesophilic anaerobic digestion and electrochemical disinfection process was investigated. Results with manure samples from three different farms showed a similar trend that numbers of antibiotic-resistant bacteria decreased after 10 or 20-day anaerobic digestion except for specific antibiotics. Electrochemical disinfection process decreased numbers of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the anaerobically digested slurry. The result indicates that the batch mesophilic anaerobic digestion and electrochemical process can reduce relative risks of antibiotic-resistance bacteria in livestock manure.

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