Pathogens to Protozoa: Important Microbial Groups in Animal Waste Processing Systems

Wednesday, November 4, 2009: 9:55 AM-12:00 PM
Convention Center, Room 410, Fourth Floor
Organizers:
John P. Brooks and Kimberly Cook
10:00 AM
Influence of Seasonal Changes On the Microbial Community in An Anaerobic Swine Waste Treatment Lagoon.
Kimberly Cook, U.S. Dep. of Agriculture; Michael J. Rothrock Jr., USDA-ARS, Animal Waste Manage. Res. Unit; Nanh Lovanh, USDA-ARS-AWMRU; John Sorrell, Western Kentucky Univ.
10:15 AM
Transport of Bacterial Pathogen in Slaughterhouse-Residual Biopiles.
Robert Michitsch, Dalhousie Univ.; Robert Gordon, Univ. of Guelph; Robbie Jamieson, Dalhousie Univ.; David Burton, CANADA, Nova Scotia Agricultural College; Craig Lake, Dalhousie Univ.; Glenn Stratton, Nova Scotia Agricultural College
10:45 AM
Deactivation of Salmonella Newport in Dairy Manure through Modification of pH and Temperature.
John D. Toth, Univ. of Pennsylvania; Zhengxia Dou, Univ. of Pennsylvania; Shelley Rankin, Univ. of Pennsylvania; Helen Aceto, Univ. of Pennsylvania; Jesse Vanderhoef, Univ. of Pennsylvania; Charles Ramberg, Jr, Univ. of Pennsylvania; Chobi DebRoy, Pennsylvania State Univ.
11:00 AM
11:15 AM
Fate and Transport of Indicator Bacteria Bacteroidales in Surface Runoff From Agricultural Field.
Natsuko N. Merrick, Ohio State Univ., Ohio Agric. Res. and Develop. Center; David C. Henry, Ohio State Univ., Ohio Agric. Res. and Develop. Center; Warren A. Dick, Ohio State Univ., Ohio Agric. Res. and Develop. Center; Robert W. Mullen, Ohio State Univ., Ohio Agric. Res. and Develop. Center
11:45 AM
Evaluation of the Fate of Naturally Occurring Escherichia coli O157:H7 During Bovine Manure Composting Processes.
Elaine D. Berry, USDA-ARS, U.S. Meat Animal Res. Center; Patricia D. Millner, USDA-ARS; James E. Wells, USDA-ARS, U.S. Meat Animal Res. Center; Norasak Kalchayanand, USDA-ARS, U.S. Meat Animal Res. Center
12:00 PM