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Poultry mortality composting [2011]

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Mortalities happen. Under Alberta’s Destruction and Disposal of Dead Animals Regulation of the Animal Health Act, Appendix A, the owner of a dead animal shall dispose of the animal within 48 hours... More ≫

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Mortalities happen. Under Alberta’s Destruction and Disposal of Dead Animals Regulation of the Animal Health Act, Appendix A, the owner of a dead animal shall dispose of the animal within 48 hours of its death. Mortalities can be composted, incinerated, buried, rendered or naturally disposed. Today, animal agriculture is challenged to discover innovative ways to dispose of livestock and poultry mortalities. Composting of livestock mortalities is one option. There are two general approaches to livestock mortality composting: bin systems and windrow systems.

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Fire : compost and organic matter

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Fire is a serious concern at anytime and anywhere. Some fires can start in compost and may cause the loss of property or lives. Fires are more common at composting facilities than most realize.

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Compost temperature measurement : livestock manure

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Composting livestock manure can address some of the problems and concerns related to intensive livestock operations while providing many other benefits to producers.

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Manure composting manual

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Producers and researchers are exploring many ways to address environmental sustainability and nuisance problems while adding value and improving transportability of manure to offset the costs of... More ≫

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Producers and researchers are exploring many ways to address environmental sustainability and nuisance problems while adding value and improving transportability of manure to offset the costs of management practices. Manure management includes feed management, collection, transport, storage, handling, treatment, disposal and utilization of manure. This handbook will provide an introduction to agricultural composting and provide additional sources of information for those interested.

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Bin composting of daily layer, breeder, or turkey mortality

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Composting poultry mortalities has been proven to be a viable disposal option. Low mortality volumes can be composted in covered bin facilities, using different types and sizes of bins, depending... More ≫

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Composting poultry mortalities has been proven to be a viable disposal option. Low mortality volumes can be composted in covered bin facilities, using different types and sizes of bins, depending on flock size. The following is the current recommended procedure for bin composting daily layer, breeder, or turkey mortalities.

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Bin composting of daily broiler mortality

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Composting poultry mortalities has been proven to be a viable disposal option. Most of these composting system designs are based on daily flock mortalities and usually involve covered bin... More ≫

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Composting poultry mortalities has been proven to be a viable disposal option. Most of these composting system designs are based on daily flock mortalities and usually involve covered bin facilities. The following is the current recommended procedure for bin composting daily broiler mortalities.

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Composting spent layers (or disaster losses)

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Composting poultry mortalities has been proven to be a viable disposal option. Most composting system designs are based on daily flock mortalities and usually involve covered bin facilities.... More ≫

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Composting poultry mortalities has been proven to be a viable disposal option. Most composting system designs are based on daily flock mortalities and usually involve covered bin facilities. However, the same composting techniques can be used for high mortality numbers, such as for disaster losses or for spent layer flocks, using an outside compost windrow. The following is the current recommended procedure for composting spent hens or disaster losses.

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Windrow composting of swine (or disaster losses)

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Composting swine mortalities has been proven to be a viable disposal option. Most swine composting system designs are based on daily mortalities and usually involve covered bin facilities.... More ≫

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Composting swine mortalities has been proven to be a viable disposal option. Most swine composting system designs are based on daily mortalities and usually involve covered bin facilities. However, the same composting techniques can be used for regular mortality numbers or for disaster losses using an outside compost windrow.

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Bin composting of daily swine mortality

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Composting swine mortalities has been proven to be a viable disposal option. Most of these composting system designs are based on daily mortalities and usually involve covered bin facilities. The... More ≫

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Composting swine mortalities has been proven to be a viable disposal option. Most of these composting system designs are based on daily mortalities and usually involve covered bin facilities. The following is the current recommended procedure for bin composting of daily swine mortality.

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