title: Application of in-house mortality composting on viral inactivity of Newcastle disease virus.
abstract: This paper summarizes the results from 3 simulated in-house catastrophic mortality composting experiments. Experiment 1 evaluated the impact of water-based foam mass depopulation on in-house composting of the carcasses and litter and showed that water-based foam improved windrow temperatures. Experiment 2 evaluated the impact of freezing samples on virus recovery from windrow compost tissue and the choice of tissue for virus sampling within the bird. Experiment 2 documented that freezing the samples had minimal impact on processing and that virus recovery was more consistent among inoculated breast meat than inoculated tracheas. Experiment 3 evaluated the impact of sawdust, straw, and sawdust-straw base layer litter material on in-house mortality composting. All litter materials were able to reach and maintain temperatures in excess of 60 degrees C for multiple days. No viral hemagglutination activity was observed after d 2 during any of the 3 experiments.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bioresources Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark 19716, USA
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Benson
authors.forename: G W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Malone
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Alphin
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Staicu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary*; D009521:Newcastle Disease / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000821:virology*; D009522:Newcastle disease virus / Q000254:growth & development*; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000821:virology*; D012987:Soil; D038301:Virus Inactivation
chemical_list: D012987:Soil