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A comparison study of the potential risks induced in arable land and forest soils by carcass-derived pollutants

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Improper decisions concerning animal carcass disposal sites pose grave threats to environmental biosecurity. However, only a few studies have focused on the effects of different land-use types on the composition of carcass-derived pollutants and microbial responses to the disturbances. This study was conducted using soil microcosms with minced pork built from arable land and forest soils for 5 weeks. To compare the risk induced from different land-use types by carcass burial, the soil properties, the microbial community, and multiple-antibiotic-resistant bacteria were evaluated for microcosm containing 0, 1.5 and 7.5 g of minced pork. The abiotic properties, including pH, organic carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus compounds, significantly increased, regardless of the land-use types and applied load masses. The microbial diversity indices of the forest soil were reduced, whereas those of the arable land remained relatively stable. The disturbances produced from carcass-derived pollutants altered the bacterial community structures differently for the different land-use types. The treatment increased multiple-antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the both soil samples, although the increase in the forest soil was significantly less compared to the arable land soils.

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This research was supported by the Korea Ministry of Environment (MOE) as a knowledge-based environmental service human resource development project.

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  1. Department of Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University, Wonju, 26493, Korea

    Il Han, Bo Ram Kang, Jee Hyun No, Gui Nam Wee, Tae Young Jeong & Tae Kwon Lee

  2. Division of Natural Resources and Conservation, Korea Environment Institute, Sejong, 30147, Korea

    Keunje Yoo

  3. Insitutute for Soil and Environmental Science, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, 38040, Pakistan

    Muhammad Imran Khan

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Han, I., Yoo, K., Kang, B.R. et al. A comparison study of the potential risks induced in arable land and forest soils by carcass-derived pollutants. Environ Geochem Health 40, 451–460 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-017-9932-7

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