New Emerging Technology For Production Of A Sterile Blood Based Fertilizer
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. As more and more countries started banning the use of bovine blood in feed mixtures, a rapidly declining market turned what was once a very sought after product into one of the biggest headaches for abattoir owners and water...
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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 as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs). These diseases are characterized by an incubation period of several months (among mink) to several years, during which there is no visible indication of the disease. The incubation period for BSE among cattle ranges from three to eight...
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