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Title:   Author  item
                                            Berry, Elaineitem
                                            Woodbury, Bryanitem
                                            Nienaber, Johnitem
                                            Eigenberg, Rogeritem
                                            Thurston Enriquez, Jeanette
  Submitted to: Agronomy Society of America, Crop Science Society of America, Soil Science Society of America Meeting
                                    Publication Type: Abstract Only
                                    Publication Acceptance Date: 5/9/2006
                                    Publication  Date: 11/12/2006
                                    Citation: Berry, E.D., Woodbury, B.L., Nienaber, J.A., Eigenberg, R.A., Thurston Enriquez, J.A. 2006. Environmental fate of zoonotic bacterial and protozoan pathogens in a beef cattle feedlot runoff control-vegetative treatment system. International Annual Meetings of the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Sciences Society of America, and Soil Science Society of American, Indianapolis, IN.  November 12-16, 2006.  CD-ROM (Abstract)Interpretive Summary:
                                Technical Abstract: Understanding the survival of zoonotic pathogens in livestock manure and runoff is critical for understanding the public health and environmental risks associated with these wastes, and for validating the effectiveness of manure and runoff treatment systems.  Our objectives were to determine the incidence and fate of selected zoonotic bacterial and protozoan pathogens in an alternative beef feedlot runoff control-vegetative treatment system.  Runoff from feedlot pen surfaces drains into a shallow 300-m long basin which provides temporary liquid storage and accumulates solids.  When an adequate volume is attained, the liquid fraction is discharged from the basin into a 6 ha vegetative treatment area (VTA) of bromegrass.  Samples collected every 2-3 weeks from August 2003 - October 2005 included manure from the pens, liquid and solids from the basin, and soil and hay from the VTA.  The incidence of E. coli O157 and Campylobacter spp. was determined using standard cultural isolation procedures.  A modification of EPA method 1623 was used for determining Cryptosporidium oocyst and Giardia cyst concentrations.  Basin discharge introduced the pathogens and generic E. coli into the VTA.  Without additional discharge, incidence of E. coli O157 and Campylobacter spp. in VTA soils decreased over time.  Similarly, levels of generic E. coli initially decreased rapidly, but residual populations could persist for long periods.  Cryptosporidium oocysts and Giardia cysts were infrequently recovered in VTA samples, indicating differences in sedimentation and transport as compared to the bacteria.  Isolation of generic E. coli from fresh-cut hay from regions of the VTA that received basin discharge (12/30 vs. 1/30 control samples) indicates some risk for contamination, however no pathogens were recovered from hay following baling.  This investigation indicates that this runoff control system is effective for the containment of pathogens and the reduction of risk of environmental and water contamination by pathogens in feedlot runoff.


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