Mortality Management

General Information

Alternatives for the Disposal of Poultry Carcasses (1992 Poultry Sci 71:1130-1135) PDF
Best Environmental Management Practices - Mortality Management (Michigan State University; Purdue) PDF
Carcass Disposal: A Comprehensive Review (Natl Ag Biosecurity Center Consortium) PDF
Dead Poultry Disposal (Texas A&M) PDF
Disposal of Poultry Carcasses (Mississippi State University) HTML
Livestock Carcass Disposal (Minnesota Pollution Control Agency) PDF
Livestock Decision Making Tools (Alberta Ag & Forestry) HTML
Livestock Disposal Manual (Washington State Dept of Agriculture) PDF
Managing Livestock and Poultry Mortalities (eXtension) HTML
Options for Dead Bird Disposal (University of Florida) PDF
Poultry Carcass Disposal Options for Routine and Catastrophic Mortality (CAST Issue Paper #40, Oct 2008) PDF
Poultry Environmental Best Management Practices (LSU Ag Center) PDF
Poultry Mortality Disposal in Alberta (Alberta Ag, Food & Rural Development) PDF / HTML
Proper Disposal of Dead Poultry (Canada Plan Service) PDF
Virginia Farmstead Assessment System: Poultry Litter Management and Carcass Disposal (Virginia Tech) PDF / HTML

A Better Method for Burying Animal Carcasses (State of Maine Dept of Ag) PDF
Burial Methods and Disposal Practices (Texas A&M) PDF
Carcass Disposal: A Comprehensive Review - Chapter 1: Burial (Natl Ag Biosecurity Center Consortium) PDF
Guidelines for Burial of Major Poultry Die-off: Handling Major Poultry Mortality by Burial (USDA/NRCS) PDF
Routine and Emergency Burial of Animal Carcasses (Texas A&M) PDF

Catastrophic Animal Mortality Management (Burial Method) Technical Guidance (USDA/NRCS) PDF
Guidelines for Burial of Major Poultry Die-off: Handling Major Poultry Mortality by Burial (USDA/NRCS) PDF
Guidelines for In-House Composting of Catastrophic Poultry Mortality (University of Maryland) PDF
Guide to Composting Flood-Related Animal Moralities (North Carolina Dept of Environment & Natural Res) PDF
Proper Disposal of Routine and Catastrophic Livestock and Poultry Mortality (Oklahoma State University) PDF

Composting Animal Mortalities (Minnesota Dept of Agriculture) PDF
Composting Dead Birds (University of Maryland) PDF
Composting Dead Poultry (Virginia Tech) PDF / HTML
Composting Layer Mortalities: Agri-Foods Composter (University of Missouri) HTML
Composting Poultry Carcasses (Purdue University) HTML
Composting Poultry Mortality (North Carolina Coop Extension) PDF / HTML
Cost Comparison of Composting and Incineration as Methods for Mortality Disposal (North Carolina State University) HTML
Determining the Size of Poultry Mortality Composter (North Carolina State University) HTML
Formulating a Mortality Compost Recipe (North Carolina Coop Extension) PDF
Mini-Composters in Poultry Production (Auburn University) HTML
Natural Rendering: Composting Poultry Mortality (Cornell Waste Management Institute) PDF
Troubleshooting Poultry Mortality Composters (Virginia Tech) PDF / HTML

Carcass Disposal: A Comprehensive Review - Chapter 5: Lactic Acid Fermentation (Natl Ag Biosecurity Center Consortium) PDF
Development of a Practical Fermentative Process for Stabilizing of Poultry Carcasses Prior to Rendering (Auburn University) HTML
Fermentation Mixture Formulation and the preservation of Poultry Carcasses (1995 J Applied Poultry Res 4:88-93) PDF
On-farm Fermentation of Poultry Carcasses (Abstract: 4th Internatl Animal By-products Symposium) PDF

Carcass Disposal: A Comprehensive Review - Chapter 2: Incineration (Natl Ag Biosecurity Center Consortium) PDF
Cost Comparison of Composting and Incineration as Methods for Mortality Disposal (North Carolina State University) HTML
Incineration of Poultry Carcasses: Lessons Learned from the Virginia Avian Influenza Outbreak of 2002 (Abstract: 4th Internatl Animal By-products Symposium) PDF
Installation and Use of Incinerators (Alabama Coop Extension Service) PDF
Using Incinerators for Poultry Mortality Management (University of Tennessee) PDF