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An Improved Design for Biocontained Composting of Cattle Mortalities

Weiping XuDepartment of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China;Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development, Agriculture Centre, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada;Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge Research Centre, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
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Yongping XuDepartment of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China
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Tim ReuterAgriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge Research Centre, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
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Brandon GilroyedAgriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge Research Centre, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada;Department of Civil Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Liji JinDepartment of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China
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Kim StanfordAlberta Agriculture and Rural Development, Agriculture Centre, Lethbridge, Alberta, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Francis J. LarneyAgriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge Research Centre, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
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Tim A. McAllisterAgriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge Research Centre, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
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Pages 32-41 | Published online: 23 Jul 2013

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Bin Shang, Tanlong Zhou, Xiuping Tao, Yongxing Chen & Hongmin Dong. (2021) Simultaneous removal of ammonia and volatile organic compounds from composting of dead pigs and manure using pilot-scale biofilter. Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association 71:3, pages 378-391.
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Bin Shang, Xiuping Tao & Yongxing Chen. (2022) Pig carcass composting using a forced aeration system during different seasons: a field study. Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management 25:1, pages 117-127.
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Hoang Minh Duc, Pham Hong Ngan, Hoang Minh Son, Nguyen Thi Lan, Le Van Hung, Cam Thi Thu Ha, Nguyen Thi Hoa, Truong Quang Lam, Nguyen Van Thang, Gary A. Flory & Mark Hutchinson. (2022) The use of composting for the disposal of African swine fever virus‐infected swine carcasses. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases 69:5.
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Tiago Costa & Neslihan Akdeniz. (2019) A review of the animal disease outbreaks and biosecure animal mortality composting systems. Waste Management 90, pages 121-131.
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Yuting Liu, Wenxia Wang, Jianqiang Xu, Hongyu Xue, Kim Stanford, Tim A. McAllister & Weiping Xu. (2018) Evaluation of compost, vegetable and food waste as amendments to improve the composting of NaOH/NaClO-contaminated poultry manure. PLOS ONE 13:10, pages e0205112.
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Brandon H. Gilroyed, Cheyenne Conrad, Xiying Hao, Tim A. McAllister, Kim Stanford & Tim Reuter. (2016) Composting for Biocontained Cattle Mortality Disposal and Associated Greenhouse Gas and Leachate Emissions. Journal of Environmental Quality 45:2, pages 646-656.
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Thomas D. Glanville, Heekwon Ahn, Neslihan Akdeniz, Benjamin P. Crawford & Jacek A. Koziel. (2016) Performance of a plastic-wrapped composting system for biosecure emergency disposal of disease-related swine mortalities. Waste Management 48, pages 483-491.
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T. Reuter, B.H. Gilroyed, W. Xu, T.A. McAllister & K. Stanford. (2015) Compost biodegradation of recalcitrant hoof keratin by bacteria and fungi. Journal of Applied Microbiology 119:2, pages 425-434.
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Shanwei Xu, Tim Reuter, Brandon H. Gilroyed, Gordon B. Mitchell, Luke M. Price, Sandor Dudas, Shannon L. Braithwaite, Catherine Graham, Stefanie Czub, Jerry J. Leonard, Aru Balachandran, Norman F. Neumann, Miodrag Belosevic & Tim A. McAllister. (2014) Biodegradation of Prions in Compost. Environmental Science & Technology 48:12, pages 6909-6918.
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V.L. Tkachuk, D.O. Krause, N.C. Knox, A.C. Hamm, F. Zvomuya, K.H. Ominski & T.A. McAllister. (2014) Targeted 16S rRNA high-throughput sequencing to characterize microbial communities during composting of livestock mortalities. Journal of Applied Microbiology 116:5, pages 1181-1194.
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Victoria L. Tkachuk, Denis O. Krause, Tim A. McAllister, Katherine E. Buckley, Tim Reuter, Steve Hendrick & Kim H. Ominski. (2013) Assessing the Inactivation of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis during Composting of Livestock Carcasses . Applied and Environmental Microbiology 79:10, pages 3215-3224.
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T.D. Glanville, H.K. Ahn, T.L. Richard, J.D. Harmon, D.L. Reynolds & S. Akinc. (2013) Effect of envelope material on biosecurity during emergency bovine mortality composting. Bioresource Technology 130, pages 543-551.
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Weiping Xu, Tim Reuter, Yongping Xu, Yu-Hung Hsu, Kim Stanford & Tim A. McAllister. (2011) Field scale evaluation of bovine-specific DNA as an indicator of tissue degradation during cattle mortality composting. Bioresource Technology 102:7, pages 4800-4806.
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Tim Reuter, Trevor W. Alexander & Tim A. McAllister. (2011) Viability of Bacillus licheniformis and Bacillus thuringiensis Spores as a Model for Predicting the Fate of Bacillus anthracis Spores during Composting of Dead Livestock . Applied and Environmental Microbiology 77:5, pages 1588-1592.
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Brandon Gilroyed, Xiying Hao, Francis J. Larney & Tim A. McAllister. 2011. Understanding Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Agricultural Management. Understanding Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Agricultural Management 419 441 .
Tim Reuter, Trevor W Alexander, Weiping Xu, Kim Stanford & Tim A McAllister. (2010) Biodegradation of genetically modified seeds and plant tissues during composting. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 90:4, pages 650-657.
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