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Article: Device that reduces poultry dust has added benefit. (Update).(electrostatic system also controls airborne pathogens)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
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- Resource: Engineering & Technology for a Sustainable World
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- March 1, 2002
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An electrostatic system that reduces airborne dust and microorganisms in poultry houses could also help sterilize Salmonella and other pathogenic bacteria in the dust, USDA Agricultural Research Service scientists report.
That is an added benefit of the system developed by ASAE member and ARS scientist Bailey Mitchell who works with the Southeast Poultry Research Lab in Athens, Ga. The system uses an electrostatic charge to trap airborne dust that harbors the organisms.
Since the initial studies in the early 1990s, Mitchell has found in new lab studies that the electrostatic charge seems to show a strong sterilizing effect on both airborne and surface ...