Routine and Emergency Animal Mortality Management
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- Course
- Date of Publication
- January 31, 2024
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Course Information
This online course will equip participants with knowledge about best practices for composting, burial, carcass burning, rendering, and hydrolysis of animal mortality, as well as biosecurity and safety considerations. Demonstration videos provide an in-the-field perspective to let participants see the methods in action.
Once you finish this course, you will be able to:
- Uphold best practices for composting, burial, carcass burning, rendering, and hydrolysis;
- Maintain biosecurity throughout each process; and
- Keep workers safe.
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