Livestock and the Environment: The Positive Aspects

Authors

  • R.R. Kazwala Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Sokoine University of Agriculture, P.0. Box 3015, Morogoro
  • E.K. Batamuzi Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Sokoine University of Agriculture, P.0. Box 3015, Morogoro

Keywords:

Polution, Manure, Fertilizer, Feeds, Animals, Emissions

Abstract

Livestock keeping has increasingly been incriminated in environmental degradation particularly in aspects of soil erosion, ground water depletion, deforestation and the greenhouse effect. However, this industry has got positive aspects as far as conservation of the environment is concerned. Activities such as utilization of farm and industrial by­ products (molasses, brewer's waste, urea, bagasse, maize stovers, and coffee hulls, among others) as animal feed have greatly reduced the amount of waste to be disposed off thus reducing the effect of pollution upon the environment.  This paper, therefore, discuss the contribution of livestock to environmental preservation.

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Published

30-08-1992

How to Cite

Kazwala, R. and Batamuzi, E. (1992) “Livestock and the Environment: The Positive Aspects”, Tanzania Veterinary Journal, 11(1), pp. 12–16. Available at: https://tvj.sua.ac.tz/vet2/index.php/TVJ/article/view/373 (Accessed: 19 April 2026).

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 1 (1991)

Section

REVIEWS

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