Recent developments in pig farming industry in Penang

Mohd. Omar Abd Kadir; Hanafi Ismail; Abd. Aziz Mohamed Noh; G. Mathanpal

Recent developments in pig farming industry in Penang

1995

Mohd. Omar Abd Kadir | Hanafi Ismail | Abd. Aziz Mohamed Noh | G. Mathanpal

Pig farming is one of the largest industries in Penang Island and also considered to be one of the biggest pollutant sources. There exist about 600 pig farms and the total breeding number are around 100,000 heads. During the site observation it was found that most pig farms were located along the rivers. In this study it was also observed that all the waste generated in the farms were washed out and discharged into the rivers without any reduction or treatment. Severe deterioration of the river water conditions were noted and apparently caused by discharges from the pig farms. As a result, possible centralization and reduction of pig farm waste is proposed.

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aguas residuales cerdo contaminantes cursos de agua desechos environmental protection exploitation agricole explotaciones agrarias farm area farm management farms habitat rural health protection industria industrie industry lutte antipollution malaisie malasia malaysia manejo de desechos manejo de fincas methode methods piggeries pocilga polluant pollutants pollution control porcherie porcin rivers rural housing swine vivienda rural waste management wastes wastewater water pollution

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Malaysian Natural Resources: Sustainability, Development and Strategies: Proceedings of Tropical Natural Resource Symposium

Publisher

Faculty of Resource Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

Pagination

p. 183-190

Other Subjects

Cours d`eau; Metodos; Superficie de la explotacion; Gestion des dechets; Protection de la sante; Gestion de l`exploitation agricole; Proteccion de la salud; Polucion del agua; Pollution de l`eau; Surface d`exploitation; Protection de l`environnement; Control de la contaminacion; Eau usee; Dechet; Proteccion ambiental

Language

English

Note

Status: Refereed. Source Identifier: oai:http://agris.upm.edu.my:0/10260; . setSpec: hdl_0_2;

ISBN

983-9151-00-2

Type

Conference Paper; Conference Part

Conference

Tropical Natural Resource Symposium, Sarawak (Malaysia) - 6-8 Dec 1993

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1995

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