Copper in Animal Wastes and Sewage Sludge Proceedings of the Eec Workshop Organised by the Institut National De La Recherche Agronomique (Inra), Station D'agronomie, Bordeaux, France, and Held.
[Book]
L'Hermite, P.
Springer Verlag
2013
Session I: Animal Nutrition and Physiology.- Twenty five years of Widespread use of Copper as an Additive to Diets of Growing Pigs.- Past and Present Situation in Relation to the use of Feed Additives in Diets for Piglets; Consequences of Utilisation of Copper.- Discussion.- Danish Experiments with Copper for Bacon Pigs.- Discussion.- Physiological Aspects of Copper in Pig Diets.- Discussion.- The Effect of Copper on some Physiological and Bacteriological Characteristics in Different parts of the Gastro-Intestinal Tract of Growing Pigs.- Discussion.- General Discussion.- Session II: Agronomy - a) Soil Plant Relationships.- Behaviour of Copper in Soils: Adsorption and Complexation Reactions.- Discussion.- The Application of Copper in Sewage Sludge and Pig Manure to Agricultural Land in England and Wales.- Copper Toxicity to Whom it May Concern: Crops Resulting from Land Application of Sewage Sludge.- Discussion.- Copper Toxicity in Viticultural Soils.- Discussion.- Implications of Applying Copper-Rich Pig Slurry to Grassland - Effects on Plants and Soils.- Copper Accumulation in Brittany Soils Through Enriched Pig Slurry; Phytotoxic Risks.- A Contribution to the Establishment of safe Copper Levels in Soil.- Copper and its Utilisation In Danish Agriculture.- General Discussion.- Copper in Sludge - are the Toxic Effects of Copper and other Heavy Metals Additive?.- Discussion.- Copper Uptake from Soil Treated with Sewage Sludge and its Implications for Plant and Animal Health.- Discussion.- Session II: Agronomy - b) Plant/Animal Relationships.- Effects of the Disposal of Copper-Rich Slurry on the health of Grazing Animals.- Discussion.- Copper Toxicity in Sheep.- Discussion.- Implications of Applying Copper Rich Pig Slurry to Grassland - Effects on the health of Grazing sheep.- Discussion.- Effect of Copper Supplied in the form of Different Cu-Saturated Sludge Samples and Copper Salts on the Cu-Concentration and Dry Matter Yield of Corn Grown in Sand.- Discussion.- General Discussion.- Session III: Effects on the Consumer of Meat from Animals Fed Dietary Copper.- The Effect on Human Copper Status of the Consumption of Edible Tissues from Animals Fed Cu-Rich Diets.- Session IV: Industrial Problems.- Copper as a Growth Promoter.- Copper in Feedingstuffs: Political and Legislative Situation in the Community.- Discussion.- Final Session.- Telegram.- Conclusion and Recommendations.- List of Participants.