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Study on the pollution status and control measures for the livestock and poultry breeding industry in northeastern China

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Livestock and poultry breeding industry is one of the main economic pillars of northeastern China. However, the amount of pollutants produced is much higher than that in other parts of China. Through a questionnaire survey, indoor experiment, and outdoor experiment, it was found that the resource utilization rate of livestock and poultry manure in the northeastern region is low, with the pollution of livestock and poultry breeding mainly including air and water pollution. The alarm level of cultivated land and manure is II. While the livestock and poultry breeding is relatively concentrated area, its level is higher than grade II. Based on the pollution status of small farms, biogas can be produced through fermentation, along with the preparation of organic fertilizer, to completely utilize the manure and straw, while obtaining higher economic value, and effectively controlling the pollution from livestock and poultry breeding.

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This project was supported by the Project of the Changchun City Technology Bureau (No. 16SS06) and the Department of Environmental Protection Project for Jilin Province (No. 201501).

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  1. State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Vegetation Restoration/School of Environment Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130117, China

    Hanxi Wang, Jianling Xu, Lianxi Sheng, Di Zhang & Longwei Li

  2. Jilin Provincial Institute of Education, Changchun, 130022, China

    Xuejun Liu

  3. Faculty of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, China

    Aixia Wang

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Wang, H., Xu, J., Liu, X. et al. Study on the pollution status and control measures for the livestock and poultry breeding industry in northeastern China. Environ Sci Pollut Res 25, 4435–4445 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-017-0751-2

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