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| 1. | In the words of my mentor, "You cannot make compost until you can bake bread". The complexity of a composting process, the value of a balanced recipe and the importance of proper homogenization of raw materials can bes... | This article of 1849 words was viewed 2399 times since it was posted on Tuesday November 24, 2009 and contains 3 visitor comments. |
| 2. | An increasing number of business owners are becoming aware of the potential applications of tissue digestor systems. Unfortunately most of the information available on tissue digestors is so scientifically orientated that it only serves to alienate the very people that it aims to educate. In this short article I will attempt to hi... | This article of 526 words was viewed 2205 times since it was posted on Sunday August 16, 2009 and contains 2 visitor comments. |
| 3. | Denaturing Abattoir Waste Tissue The South African Meat Safety Act of 2000 outlines very specific methods that are to be used when disposing of condemned abattoir waste. The four methods are: Denaturing prior to burial deeper than 600mm below ground Sterilizing Incinerat... | This article of 805 words was viewed 1393 times since it was posted on Sunday June 28, 2009 and contains 1 visitor comments. |
| 4. | Clostridium perfringens is a gram positive, rod shaped bacteria that is often associated with food poisoning and gas gangrene. C. perfringens is most frequently responsible for released toxins and enzymes that cause tissue damage. These conditions are known as anaerobic cellulitis, myonecrosis, or gas gangrene. Other clostridia that are o... | This article of 476 words was viewed 2276 times since it was posted on Wednesday April 08, 2009 and contains 0 visitor comments. |
| 5. | Ever wondered how people manage to reach any kind of meaningful age without suffering a terrible and agonizing death due to an infection caused by some or the other strange and exotic bug? Take for example Bacillus Cereus. I saw a lab result ... | This article of 334 words was viewed 1626 times since it was posted on Sunday April 05, 2009 and contains 1 visitor comments. |
| 6. | Our local Mpumalanga newspaper – The Lowvelder - today published a front page article about decomposing cow heads that were found on the bank of the Crocodile River. ... | This article of 349 words was viewed 2555 times since it was posted on Thursday April 02, 2009 and contains 2 visitor comments. |
| 7. | Is it just my imagination or are there a growing number of increasingly disillusioned business owners that have one thing in common - they all dabbled with small waste disposal processes that make use of proteolytic enzymes to digest animal carcasses and condemned abattoir waste tissue? ... | This article of 964 words was viewed 2180 times since it was posted on Thursday March 19, 2009 and contains 3 visitor comments. |
| 8. | The much debated issue of slaughterhouse blood disposal is one that is all too familiar at abattoirs and water utilities alike. Bovine blood used to be one of the hottest commodities that an abattoir had to sell. Bovine blood is rich in protein, and was the preferred source of protein in animal feed mixtures until mad cow disease reared is ugly... | This article of 706 words was viewed 2060 times since it was posted on Sunday February 22, 2009 and contains 2 visitor comments. |
| 9. | Incineration of waste products is a well established method of waste disposal. It is claimed to be one of the most effective ways of pathogen destruction (provided that the incinerator is properly operated). This being the case, why is there an urgent and definite movement away from this type of technology?... | This article of 334 words was viewed 2149 times since it was posted on Saturday January 24, 2009 and contains 0 visitor comments. |
| 10. | Introduction There has been a lot of talk lately about the effectiveness of anaerobic digestion as a disposal method for abattoir waste streams. The principle of turning abattoir waste streams into electricity, fertilizer and hot water is certainly attractive and provided that disease control can be effectively incorporated into this pro... | This article of 1370 words was viewed 2556 times since it was posted on Friday January 09, 2009 and contains 20 visitor comments. |
| 11. | Which Composting System Do I Prefer?Article by Piet Kruger of Convertech Biological Conversion Technology... | This article of 1533 words was viewed 1664 times since it was posted on Saturday December 27, 2008 and contains 4 visitor comments. |
| 12. | What Is Bovine TuberculosisThis type of Tuberculosis is often found in South Africa and abattoirs, specifically quarantine abattoirs, may occasionally encounter animals infected with Bovine Tuberculosis. Proper disposal of carcasses and waste material from infected animals is therefore of great importance... | This article of 230 words was viewed 1044 times since it was posted on Wednesday December 24, 2008 and contains 1 visitor comments. |
| 13. | What is brucellosis? Brucellosis, also known as Malta Fever or Undulant Fever is a disease that may be contracted by humans when exposed to a bacteria of the Brucella spp. Brucella abortus is of particular interest to abattoirs as it could be a transmissable disease present in meat or meat waste... | This article of 471 words was viewed 1150 times since it was posted on Wednesday December 24, 2008 and contains 6 visitor comments. |
| 14. | Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD)Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is a highly contagious viral disease of livestock. It can rapidly spread through a region if control and eradication practices are not imple-mented upon its detection. Weight loss, poor growth, permanent hoof damage, and chronic mastitis are just some of the sequelae of... | This article of 226 words was viewed 904 times since it was posted on Monday December 22, 2008 and contains 0 visitor comments. |
| 15. | What are prions? The word prion was coined in 1982 by neurologist Dr Stanley Prusiner, and is used to describe a proteinaceous infectious agent that is not inactivated or destroyed by procedures that modify nucleic acids such as deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) or ribonucleicacid (RNA) Prions differ from other pathog... | This article of 294 words was viewed 2111 times since it was posted on Monday December 22, 2008 and contains 0 visitor comments. |
| 16. | MAD COW DISEASE ALSO KNOWN AS BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY IN CATTLE (BSE) OR CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE (CJD) IN HUMANS ARE DISEASES CAUSED BY PRIONS BSE (sometimes referred to as "mad cow disease") and CJD belong to the unusual group of progressively degenerative neurological diseases known... | This article of 287 words was viewed 1840 times since it was posted on Monday December 22, 2008 and contains 0 visitor comments. |
| 17. | Project Title : Development of a cost effective, pathogen free and environmentally friendly treatment / recycling method for condemned meat products and specific risk material at abattoirs. Introduction Condemned material is continuously produce... | This article of 1754 words was viewed 2556 times since it was posted on Thursday December 18, 2008 and contains 3 visitor comments. |
| 18. | The traditional approach to mortality composting does not provide acceptable pathogen reduction capabilities when dealing with Specific Risk Material Composting by its very nature is not a very homogenous process and for this reason composting of ... | This article of 343 words was viewed 1348 times since it was posted on Thursday December 18, 2008 and contains 0 visitor comments. |