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T1 - Management of livestock and their manure to reduce the risk of microbial transfers to water - the case for an interdisciplinary approach.
AU - Chadwick, David
AU - Fish, Rob
AU - Oliver, David M.
AU - Heathwaite, A. Louise
AU - Hodgson, Chris
AU - Winter, Michael
PY - 2008/5
Y1 - 2008/5
N2 - This paper addresses the issue of the risk that livestock agriculture has for human exposure to pathogenic organisms from watercourses (including bathing waters or consumption of contaminated shellfish). The paper describes trends in livestock farming, the extent of microbial contamination of water, and what farmers can do to reduce transfers. A case is made for interdisciplinary and stakeholder approaches to assessing the risk of potential pathogen transfers. Conceptually, this requires integrating fixed social risk factors with fixed physical risk factors. Recognition of the uncertainties in the evidence base presents a challenge in communicating risk. But participatory approaches offer an opportunity to build consensus around potential programmes of action through deliberation by key stakeholder groups.
AB - This paper addresses the issue of the risk that livestock agriculture has for human exposure to pathogenic organisms from watercourses (including bathing waters or consumption of contaminated shellfish). The paper describes trends in livestock farming, the extent of microbial contamination of water, and what farmers can do to reduce transfers. A case is made for interdisciplinary and stakeholder approaches to assessing the risk of potential pathogen transfers. Conceptually, this requires integrating fixed social risk factors with fixed physical risk factors. Recognition of the uncertainties in the evidence base presents a challenge in communicating risk. But participatory approaches offer an opportunity to build consensus around potential programmes of action through deliberation by key stakeholder groups.
KW - Interdisciplinary
KW - livestock
KW - manure
KW - management
KW - water
KW - citizens jury
KW - mitigation
KW - runoff
KW - farming
KW - agriculture
KW - land use
KW - pollution
KW - watercourses
KW - microbial
KW - bacteria
KW - faecal
U2 - 10.1016/j.tifs.2008.01.011
DO - 10.1016/j.tifs.2008.01.011
M3 - Journal article
VL - 19
SP - 240
EP - 247
JO - Trends in Food Science and Technology
JF - Trends in Food Science and Technology
SN - 0924-2244
IS - 5
ER -