Bioengineering and Environmental Engineering Demands and measures for emission reduction in animal husbandry

The present contribution describes at first the legal demands on livestock in Germany which have been clearly tightened for larger commercial livestock farms in particular. Beyond that different options for emission reduction are introduced. For large animal husbandries the exhaust air treatment will become important. Increasing energy costs for ventilation of animal stables require new ventilation concepts and measures of inlet air conditioning as well, which both contribute to energy saving and emission reduction.