Removal of copper from cattle footbath wastewater with layered double hydroxide adsorbents as a route to antimicrobial resistance mitigation on dairy farms

Copper and zinc are routinely used in livestock antimicrobial footbaths in commercial farming. The footbath mix is a cost to farmers, and the disposal of spent footbath into slurry tanks leads to soil contamination, as well as the potential for antimicrobial metal resistance and co-selection. This s...

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Main Authors: Gomes, R.L., Lester, Edward, Hobman, Jon L., Stekel, Dov J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/55644/