Waste management in livestock farms
Description
Training Certificate issued by INEA-University School of Agricultural Engineering.
Goals
• Knowledge of the environmental impact of livestock waste.
• Knowledge of the legislative basis that regulates environmental protection against livestock waste.
• Knowledge of the different forms of livestock waste management with special attention to slurry and carcass management.
• Analysis of the environmental policies being implemented by the authorities in this activity.
Content
• Intensive livestock farming and its problems.
• Analysis of waste produced on a livestock farm.
• Environmental impact of livestock waste.
• Legislation applicable to the environmental management of a livestock farm.
• Structural and management elements in the environmental management of a livestock farm.
• Problems of carcass management such as the disposal of carcasses on livestock farms as animal by-products.
• Management and recycling of manure and slurry.
• Environmental policies applicable to livestock farms.
