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Article: ARS licenses dust system to Baumgartner.(Agricultural Research Service licensed Baumgartner Environics Inc.)(Brief Article)
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- Feedstuffs
- Article date:
- January 3, 2005
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The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) has granted an exclusive license to a Minnesota company to commercialize an electrostatic system for reducing dust in livestock housing, according to a Dec. 30 ARS announcement.
Baumgartner Environics Inc. of Olivia, Minn., will have an exclusive field-of-use license for the device, developed by ARS engineer Bailey Mitchell at the ARS Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory in Athens, Ga. The device was originally developed to reduce airborne dust and microorganisms in poultry houses and hatcheries.
The system uses an electrostatic charge to trap airborne particles and microbes, including salmonella, ARS noted. Lab ...