A biosecure composting system for disposal of cattle carcasses and manure following infectious disease outbreak

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 437-450

  Xu, Weiping ^a,b   Reuter, Tim ^c,e   Inglis, G Douglas ^c,e   Larney, Francis J ^c,e   Alexander, Trevor W ^c,e   Guan, Jiewen ^d   Stanford, Kim ^a   Xu, Yongping ^b   McAllister, Tim A ^c,e  

^a ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

^b DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^d CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY   (Canada)

^e LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL DISEASE; BOS TAURUS; BOVINE BRAINS; BOVINE TISSUES; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CATTLE CARCASS; COMPOSTING SYSTEMS; CONTAMINATED MANURES; DRY MATTERS; E. COLI O157:H7; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157:H7; FEEDLOT MANURES; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MICROBIAL INACTIVATIONS; SOFT TISSUES; VIABLE CELLS;

BONE; COMPOSTING; DEGRADATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC LOGGING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NUCLEIC ACIDS;

MANURES;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIOSAFETY; BRAIN; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CARCASS; CATTLE; COMPOSTING; DECOMPOSITION; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; HOOF AND CLAW; MANURE; NEWCASTLE DISEASE PARAMYXOVIRUS; NONHUMAN; RIB;

ANIMALS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; HOT TEMPERATURE; MANURE; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; NEWCASTLE DISEASE VIRUS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEWCASTLE DISEASE VIRUS;

EID: 63449089461     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2008.0168     Document Type: Article

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