Animal Mortalities

The purpose of mortality disposal is to prevent the spread of infectious diseases to humans and animals.

This applies to both wild and domesticated animals, birds and aquatic species. Interesting to note is that the deadly Ebola outbreaks in Central Africa resulted from handling infected carcasses. Aquatic species can be carriers of human pathogens like Edwardsiella tarda and atypical Mycobacterium. Similarly can Swine Flu and Avian Flu that infect humans, be traced back to infected birds and animals.

The effect of infectious diseases spreading among animals and birds can result in catastrophic mortalities and economic losses. Sometimes preventative culling is required to contain outbreaks. Nobody will ever forget the pictures of culled animals in order to contain Mad Cow Disease in Great Britain. Unfortunately, similar incidents gets reported every couple of months.

Prior to the development of MAAHP by Convertech, historical disposal options included incinerating, landfills, burial, rendering, composting and re-feeding to aquatic animals etc.

Mortality disposal can contaminate soil and water and lead to health risks for animals and humans. Secondary problems like rodents, insects, human and animal scavenging etc. need urgent solutions. Historical disposal methods are not very effective, or too expensive and sometimes not very eco-friendly. We sincerely believe in destroying pathogens at the source and provide cost-effective solutions to mortality disposal problems.

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