Search Results For mad cow disease
Sun, 16 Aug 2009 08:40:20 +0200
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....
Thu, 02 Apr 2009 04:09:03 +0200
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. ...
Sun, 22 Feb 2009 07:25:11 +0200
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 head back in the 90’s. ...
Fri, 09 Jan 2009 10:41:51 +0200
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 process, it is difficult to find a more suitable and comprehensive way to dispose of the total waste stream generated by abattoirs on a daily basis....
Sat, 27 Dec 2008 07:22:53 +0200
Which Composting System Do I Prefer?Article by Piet Kruger of Convert...
Wed, 24 Dec 2008 07:55:00 +0200
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...
Wed, 24 Dec 2008 04:29:00 +0200
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...
Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:41:49 +0200
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. We...
Mon, 22 Dec 2008 06:36:06 +0200
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)...
Mon, 22 Dec 2008 06:04:05 +0200
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 |
Saturday July 31, 2010
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