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COMMERCIAL CATFISH PRODUCTION IS SIGNIFICANTLY IMPAIRED BY INFECTIOUS DISEASES, A MAJOR CAUSE OF ECONOMIC LOSSES TO THE CATFISH PRODUCER. ONE OF THE MOST DETRIMENTAL OF THESE INFECTIOUS DISEASES IS ENTERIC SEPTICEMIA OF CATFISH (ESC) CAUSED BY EDWARDSIELLA ICTALURI. IN 1987, APPROXIMATELY $4 MILLION WORTH OF FISH IN MISSISSIPPI ALONE DIED FROM ESC. PROMPT TREATMENT OF INFECTED FISH INCREASES THE C ...

AS THE AQUACULTURE INDUSTRY HAS GROWN, LITTLE ATTENTION HAS BEEN GIVEN TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF AQUACULTURE, UNTIL RECENTLY. BETTER COLLECTION TECHNIQUES FOR FISH WASTEMATERIAL, WHICH IS IN THE FORM OF A SLURRY AND IS APPROXIMATELY 95% WATER, HAVE INCREASED OPERATING COSTS FOR THE AQUACULTURE INDUSTRY TO TREAT EFFLUENTS AND DISPOSE OF SOLIDS GENERATED. FUTURE REGULATIONS MAY LIMIT CURRENT D ...

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APPROXIMATELY 40% OF THE TREE IS EITHER BURNED OR TREATED ASA WASTE PROBLEM. A GREATER PERCENTAGE OF THE TREE CAN BE UTILIZED THROUGH IMPROVED OR NEW TECHNIQUES OF COMMINUTION SO THAT NEW OR IMPROVED RECONSTITUTED PRODUCTS CAN BE MADE. THE INTENT OF THIS PROPOSAL IS TO DEVELOP AN IMPROVED TECHNIQUE OF COMMINUTION WHICH CAN BE USED TO EFFECTIVELY DEFIBRATE AND FRACTIONATE WOODY BIOMASS INTO ITS VAR ...

CURRENTLY, POULTRY PRODUCTS WHICH ARE PROCESSED AND DISTRIBUTED IN A NON-COOKED FORM, MAY CONTAIN SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS OF PATHOGENIC BACTERIA SUCH AS SALMONELLA, LISTERIA AND CAMPYLOBACTER. POULTRY PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY HAS NOT AT THIS TIME DEVELOPED A SYSTEM OF EVISCERATION THAT DOES NOT CONTAMINATE THE CARCASS TO SOME EXTENT. TECHNOLOGY TO ELIMINATE THESE CONTAMINATING PATHOGENS FROM THE CARCASS ...

The incidence of food borne outbreaks associated with Salmonella has risen steadily since the mid1970's. The monetary cost of salmonellosis has been estimated at $4 billion annually. The primarycause of salmonellosis has been linked to the consumption of eggs or egg products containingSalmonella enteritidis and 80% of all eggs consumed in the United States are transported to thepurchaser in the ...

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project envisages new thermoset coating materials derived from lesquerella oil. The proposed research will result in the creation of markets for lesquerella oil and wil assist the USDA efforts to replace imported castor oil with domestically produced lesquerella oil. Bench-scale investigations of lesquerella oil modification will focus on addition ...

THE LIGASE CHAIN REACTION (LCR) ENABLES AS FEW AS 10 DNA TARGETS TO BE AMPLIFIED TO LEVELS DETECTABLE USING MANY CONVENTIONAL DETECTION METHODS. THE AMPLIFICATION TECHNOLOGY CAN BE APPLIED TO THE DETECTION OF SALMONELLA IN FOOD SAMPLES WITH BENEFITS REALIZED IN THE REDUCTION OF PRE-ENRICHMENT AND SELECTIVE ENRICHMENT GROWTH TIMES AND IMPROVEMENT IN ASSAY SENSITIVITY, SURPASSING ALL CURRENT DETECTI ...

The ready-to-assemble (RTA) construction system is a new method for assembling wood structuresbuilt from the following engineered wood products: parallel strand lumber (PSL), laminated strandlumber (LSL), and laminated veneer lumber (LVL). The RTA system is designed for rapid assemblyby small crews of unskilled labor using common hand tools. The design of the RTA systemincorporates engineered w ...

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