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<blockquote data-quote="inyati13" data-source="post: 1180199" data-attributes="member: 17767"><p>boondocks, understood. The premise is that <em>C. tetani</em> occurs in the environment including manure, thus, there is no basis for concerns about "spreading" it by composting. Going a step further, due to the occurence of <em>C. tetani</em> in the soil and on the surface of objects in the environment, there is no basis for concern of spreading it or increasing the population of <em>C. tetani</em>.</p><p></p><p>Having said that, the decomposition action (both aerobic and anaerobic, some composting operations employ oxygen) of the broad group of microorganisms that decompose organic tissue may also be more than <em>C. tetani</em> including the endospores can survive. The presentation by UK at our Cost Share meeting on the 9th addressed those cases where composting is inappropriate due to concern that the pathogens pose a risk. The only condition mentioned was anthax which also produces resistant endospores.</p></blockquote><p></p><p>I see, it's not that composting kills or inactivates it, it's just that it doesn't really leave you any the worse off re that particular pathogen, and there are other benefits to composting. Sound kinda on track?</p><p></p><p>Msscamp---I'm surprised to hear that banding leaves a calf just as susceptible to picking up the bacteria as cutting does (the cutting I've seen isn't sewn up afterward; seems more likely an entry portal when the calf lays down in dirt..). What am I missing?[/quote]</p><p></p><p>Yes. That is on track. In fact, the only reason the <em>C. tetani</em> survives is that the endospore endures, not the basterial cell.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="inyati13, post: 1180199, member: 17767"] boondocks, understood. The premise is that [i]C. tetani[/i] occurs in the environment including manure, thus, there is no basis for concerns about "spreading" it by composting. Going a step further, due to the occurence of [i]C. tetani[/i] in the soil and on the surface of objects in the environment, there is no basis for concern of spreading it or increasing the population of [i]C. tetani[/i]. Having said that, the decomposition action (both aerobic and anaerobic, some composting operations employ oxygen) of the broad group of microorganisms that decompose organic tissue may also be more than [i]C. tetani[/i] including the endospores can survive. The presentation by UK at our Cost Share meeting on the 9th addressed those cases where composting is inappropriate due to concern that the pathogens pose a risk. The only condition mentioned was anthax which also produces resistant endospores.[/quote] I see, it's not that composting kills or inactivates it, it's just that it doesn't really leave you any the worse off re that particular pathogen, and there are other benefits to composting. Sound kinda on track? Msscamp---I'm surprised to hear that banding leaves a calf just as susceptible to picking up the bacteria as cutting does (the cutting I've seen isn't sewn up afterward; seems more likely an entry portal when the calf lays down in dirt..). What am I missing?[/quote] Yes. That is on track. In fact, the only reason the [i]C. tetani[/i] survives is that the endospore endures, not the basterial cell. [/QUOTE]
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