The environmental pollution of lake systems due to anthropogenic factors is of growing concern worldwide. Manzala Lake is the largest northern coastal-deltaic lakes of Egypt and has socioeconomic impacts. In this study, the concentrations and origins of seven heavy metals (HMs) and the organic content in the Manzala Lake sediments were explored during the winter and summer. The concentration of ... Read more

This study was carried out at 1. Commercial animal farms (n=294) distributed in different villages of Minoufiya Province, Egypt, 2. The buffalo research unit and El-Raheb farm which are belonging to the Animal Production Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Minoufiya University, Shebin El-Kom, Egypt from 2009 to 2010. A farm animal waste survey and monitoring in different villages of Minoufiya Province, ... Read more

_THIS STUDY WAS CARRIED OUT AT THE EXPERIMENTAL BUFFALO UNIT OF THE ANIMAL PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT, FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE, MINUFIYA UNIVERSITY, SHEBIN EL-KOM, EGYPT. NINE DAIRY BUFFALO COW AT 2ND TO 4TH LACTATION WITH AN AVERAGE BODY WEIGHT 614 ± 24.08 KG WERE RANDOMLY ASSIGNED AMONG THREE EXPERIMENTAL TESTED RATIONS (THREE ANIMALS EACH). THE EXPERIMENTAL RATIONS WERE CONTROL RATION (42% COMMERCIAL ... Read more

This experiment was designed to study the effect of animal species, bedding materials and storage periods on environmental pollution of farm animals’ manure. Manure samples of different animal species (buffaloes, Baladi cattle, sheep, goats, camels, horses and donkeys) collected from El-Raheb farm were used and mixed with different bedding materials (sand, straw, sawdust and newspaper) in wide plates and were ... Read more