| Author(s) |
Laurenson, Yan
Islam, A Fakhrul
Dunlop, M
Cressman, M D
Walkden-Brown, Steve W
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| Publication Date |
2016
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| Abstract |
Litter pasteurisation through the partial composting of meat chicken (broiler) litter reduces pathogen carryover between grow-outs. Pathogen inactivation is primarily via the effects of temperature; however, our understanding of factors affecting the temperature profile of composting heaps is incomplete. Temperature profiles at differing depths within heaps subjected to a wide range of treatments on different farms were used to construct a mathematical model empirically describing the impact of ambient temperature, heap dimension, initial moisture content, covering and turning on temperatures within a composting heap. This model was incorporated into an Excel® workbook with an appropriate user-interface and customised inputs and outputs to create a decision support tool to assist with the appropriate design of litter pasteurisation practices.
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| Citation |
Proceedings of the Australian Poultry Science Symposium, v.27, p. 34-37
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| ISSN |
1034-6260
1034-3466
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| Language |
en
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| Publisher |
University of Sydney
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| Title |
LitterHeatMap: A Decision Support Tool for Predicting Temperature in Poultry Litter Heaped for Pasteurisation
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| Type of document |
Conference Publication
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| Entity Type |
Publication
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