China Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine ›› 2024, Vol. 51 ›› Issue (10): 4643-4652.doi: 10.16431/j.cnki.1671-7236.2024.10.045

• Environmental Safety • Previous Articles    

Research Progress on the Removal Effect of Pathogens and Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Manure Compost of Livestock and Poultry

LI Rongrong1, CAI Rui2   

  1. 1. College of Environment and Life Science, Weinan Normal University, Weinan 714000, China;
    2. School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
  • Revised:2024-03-27 Published:2024-09-30

Abstract: Livestock manure contains a large number of pathogenic microorganisms,including pathogenic bacteria and viruses,along with detrimental components such as antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs),thereby presenting a grave threat to the ecological environment and the health of both humans and animals. Therefore,the harmless treatment of these livestock manure is an important prerequisite for realizing the resource utilization of these organic fertilizer raw materials. Aerobic composting has been widely proved to be one of the most effective ways to realize the harmless and resource recycling of livestock manure. By reviewing the relevant literature on the removal efficiency of pathogens,antibiotics and ARGs in livestock manure compost at home and abroad,the author provides a brief description of the harmfulness of pathogens,antibiotics and ARGs,and conducts a cursory analysis of the fundamental principle for eliminating these harmful components during the composting process. Additionally,the related research reports on the impact of temperature,pH,carbon-to-nitrogen ratio,moisture content and additives on the elimination of these harmful components in compost were reviewed in detail,and the reasons and effects of these factors on the removal of pathogens,antibiotics and ARGs were discussed. It was discovered that the present research on viruses in livestock manure compost is highly inadequate, and suggests that in the future, metagenomics technology and macro virion technology can be combined to analyze the abundance and community structure of viruses during livestock and poultry manure composting, and further analyze the functions of viruses. In addition, the research on the removal of antibiotics and ARGs is not all-round, and the biosafety research on some new ways of composting is still lacking, so more research efforts are needed.This paper can provide the basis for the safe production of livestock and poultry manure compost and provide the direction for future research.

Key words: livestock and poultry manure; pathogens; antibiotic resistance gene; removal effect

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