Three biomass types used for windrow formation include woodchips, cornstalks, and a combination of half woodchips and half cornstalks
Deep compost sample was at least 0.91m into the carcass processed material of the compost. Shallow samples collected from the outer section of the processed carcass material directly under the carbon source covering of windrow
§ “NS” denotes a sample collected on which PCR diagnostics could not be performed
“-” represents a sample collected but for which PCR test results were negative
Table 4: Real-time PCR ct results for swine DNA testing in compost samples by biomass type