animal and poultry
waste management research:
a progress report

Composting as a Suitable Technique for Managing Swine Mortalities
The Animal and Poultry Waste Management Center

Scientists demonstrated that composting can be a safe, efficient and sustainable method of disposing of swine carcasses. In demonstrations, the composting process disintegrated most of the carcasses, including most of the bones. Temperatures generated by the process were sufficient to kill disease viruses and Salmonella. There was little odor, and composting attracted few flies.

Funding: $12,000
Source: USDA Grant
Status: Completed

Investigators: Dr. W. E. Morgan Morrow, associate professor, Animal Science, North Carolina State University, phone: (919) 515-4001, fax: (919) 515-6316, email: MORGAN_MORROW@NCSU.EDU; Dr. James C. Barker, professor and extension specialist, Biological and Agricultural Engineering, North Carolina State University, phone: (919) 515-6793, fax: (919) 515-6772, email: JIM_BARKER@NCSU.EDU; Dr. Monte B. McCaw, assistant professor, Food Animal and Equine Medicine, North Carolina State University, phone: (919) 829-4294