In vitro assay for antimicrobial interaction evaluation and risk assessment of antimicrobials in anaerobic digestion of swine manure

Abstract

<p>The energy demand increase and recent new regulation for biomethane in Brazil have aroused new interests and perspectives for biogas from livestock wastes, especially swine manure. Brazil is the largest producer of animal protein and has perspective to keep growing in the next years, but to achieve this goal good practices of livestock waste management are required. The anaerobic digestion has become a common practice to treat the manure and also reduce production costs through energy recovery (Cherubini et al. 2015).</p>