Biomaterial Database

Waste management: equine carcass disposal. 2003

Scott R R Haskell, and Carol J Ormond, and

Department of Environmental Toxicology, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D002048	Burial	The act or ceremony of putting a corpse into the ground or a vault, or into the sea; or the inurnment of CREMAINS.	Burials
D006736	Horses	Large, hoofed mammals of the family EQUIDAE. Horses are active day and night with most of the day spent seeking and consuming food. Feeding peaks occur in the early morning and late afternoon, and there are several daily periods of rest.	Equus caballus,Equus przewalskii,Horse, Domestic,Domestic Horse,Domestic Horses,Horse,Horses, Domestic
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D000821	Animal Feed	Foodstuff used especially for domestic and laboratory animals, or livestock.	Fodder,Animal Feeds,Feed, Animal,Feeds, Animal,Fodders
D014481	United States	A country in NORTH AMERICA between CANADA and MEXICO.
D014484	United States Environmental Protection Agency	An agency in the Executive Branch of the Federal Government. It was created as an independent regulatory agency responsible for the implementation of federal laws designed to protect the environment. Its mission is to protect human health and the ENVIRONMENT.	Environmental Protection Agency (U.S.),Environmental Protection Agency,Environmental Protection Agency, United States,USEPA
D014730	Veterinary Medicine	The medical science concerned with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases in animals.	Medicine, Veterinary
D014866	Waste Products	Debris resulting from a process that is of no further use to the system producing it. The concept includes materials discharged from or stored in a system in inert form as a by-product of vital activities. (From Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, 1981)	Product, Waste,Products, Waste,Waste Product
D017745	Incineration	High temperature destruction of waste by burning with subsequent reduction to ashes or conversion to an inert mass.	Thermal Destruction,Destruction, Thermal,Destructions, Thermal,Incinerations,Thermal Destructions
D018505	Waste Management	Disposal, processing, controlling, recycling, and reusing the solid, liquid, and gaseous wastes of plants, animals, humans, and other organisms. It includes control within a closed ecological system to maintain a habitable environment.	Management, Waste,Managements, Waste,Waste Managements