Can you please post this on the Marmam website>? Dear Colleagues and Friends, UPDATE ....This is a reminder of the upcoming 3rd International Symposium on Management of Animal Carcasses, Tissue, and Related Byproducts - Connecting Research, Regulations and Response, July 21-23, 2009. The attached flyer contains updated program information and links to register. Please consider participating in this Symposium and forwarding this announcement to others you think would be interested in this topic. For more information contact: Mark Hutchinson, Associate Extension Professor University of Maine - Cooperative Extension <mailto:markh@umext.maine.edu>markh@umext.maine.edu or 207-832-0343 Jean Bonhotal, Compost Specialist/Associate Director Cornell Waste Management Institute <mailto:jb29@cornell.edu>jb29@cornell.edu or 607-255-8444 July 21 - 23, 2009 3rd International Symposium on Management of Animal Carcasses, Tissue, & Related Byproducts Connecting Research, Regulations, and Response Symposium Three days of plenary, breakout, and poster sessions to discuss, learn,and share information with researchers, policy makers, and regulators on carcass disposal technology, planning, and policy. Included in these days will be hands-on workshops and demonstrations of available carcass disposal technology. Click here to Register https://www.umext.maine.edu/ByproductsSymposium09/default.htm Topics to Include: ● Carcass disposal in response to routine mortalities, accidental deaths, natural disasters, and disease outbreaks; ● Research and public policy on carcass disposal; ● Federal and state agency response and training experience; ● Carcass treatment (management) options; ● New and emerging technologies for euthanasia, carcass treatment/disposal and decontamination; ● Final product use and disposition; ● Animal studies will focus on but not be limited to farm animals, wildlife, and Galdy Valley Hall, University of California - Davis, Davis, California Click here to see a Tentative Program Schedule Demonstrations will include full-scale operation of the following technologies: ● Transportable Gasifier (high-efficiency, low-emissions incinerator); ● Microwave sterilizer (truck-mounted microwave and steam sterilizer); ● Carcass Composting (feed stock comparison and probe of active compost pile); ● Foam euthanisia (various methods of foam generation will be shown); ● Captive bolt technology (demonstration on hay bales); ● Vehicle disinfection (simple system using foam disinfectant and wash water collection). Tentative Round Table Discussions: ● California carcass disposal regulatory issues ● Emergency carcass disposal during natural disasters ● Capacity of rendering and landfill disposal options ● Composting of Mammalian Tissue Who Should Attend? Veterinarians and other Animal Health Personnel, Environmental Agencies, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Soil and Water Conservation Service, Cooperative Extension, Livestock Producers, Animal and Environmental Scientists, Regulatory Agencies, Composters and all others interested in carcass disposal Cornell Waste Management Institute Keith A. Matassa Marine Animal Rehabilitation Coordinator UNE/MARC 11 Hills Beach Road Biddeford, Maine 04005 office 207-602-2670 cell 207-468-9621 kmatassa@une.edu