An improved design for biocontained composting of cattle mortalities

Compost Science and Utilization

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 32-41

  Xu, Weiping ^a,b,c   Xu, Yongping ^a   Jin, Liji ^a   Stanford, Kim ^b   Reuter, Tim ^c   Gilroyed, Brandon ^c,d   Larney, Francis J ^c   McAllister, Tim A ^c  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

^c LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSTING; DISEASE CONTROL; FERTILIZERS; MAMMALS; MANURES; TISSUE;

COMPOSTING SYSTEMS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; IMPROVED DESIGNS; INFECTIOUS AGENTS; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PEAK TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; UNIFORM HEATING;

COLIFORM BACTERIA;

CATTLE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COMPOSTING; CONTAINMENT; DECOMPOSITION; DEPTH; DESIGN; DISEASE SPREAD; MANURE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORTALITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 76749163852     PISSN: 1065657X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1065657X.2010.10736931     Document Type: Article

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