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Mortality Composting
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A research project to assess the environmental impacts and
biosecurity of emergency composting
procedures
Sponsored by
Iowa State University
Iowa
Department of Natural Resources
USDA-NRI-CGP
web design & content by Dr. Tom
Glanville
Dept. of Agricultural & Biosytems Engineering, Iowa
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- Iowa is a leader in
poultry and livestock production.
- A disease outbreak
like the 2001 foot-and-mouth outbreak in Great
Britain could require emergency disposal of
millions of animals in Iowa.
- Iowa's rendering
industry would not have
the capacity to handle a
widespread outbreak.
- Iowa Department of Natural Resources estimates that as much as 40% of Iowa's land area is poorly suited for mass burial of
animals.
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