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Abstract

Liquid dairy manure, which is produced in enormous quantities in flush dairy manure management systems, is commonly used as an alternative to chemical fertilizers. It provides nutrient benefits to crops and soils. While dairy waste is a well-accepted and widely used fertilizer, the presence of indicator organisms and human pathogens in manure may lead to pathogen contamination in crops and soils. This study is focused on the examination of ozone gas-based sterilization. In the past, ozone (O3) has been used for sanitizing various foods and solid surfaces, but the potential of O3 for eliminating human pathogens in liquid dairy waste is not studied yet. Pathogens such as Salmonella Typhimurium and Escherichia coli O157:H7 are reported to be present in liquid dairy manure, and this research evaluated the effects of various levels of ozone on the survival of these two pathogens. We designed a continuous type O3 treatment system that has four major components: (1) ozone generator using oxygen; (2) ozone concentration control by mixing with pure air; (3) continuous monitoring of ozone concentrations; and (4) ozone experiment chambers. Various levels of ozone (43.26, 87.40, and 132.46 mg·L−1) were produced in the ozone system, and subsequently, ozone was diffused through liquid manure. Liquid manure was exposed to ozone for multiple durations (30, 60, and 120 min). To determine the effectiveness of O3 in eliminating pathogens, time-series samples were collected and analyzed for determining the levels of S. typhimurium and E. coli O157:H7. Preliminary results showed that ozone concentrations of 132.46 mg/L, and exposure time of 120 min resulted in the reduced levels of E. coli and Salmonella. Low levels of ozone and limited exposure time were found to be less effective in pathogen removal potentially due to high solid contents. Additional studies carrying out experiments to evaluate the impacts of solids in combination with ozone concentrations will provide further insights into developing full-scale ozone-based treatment systems.

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Title
Assessment Impacts of Ozone on Salmonella Typhimurium and Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Liquid Dairy Waste
Author
Chang, Ruixue 1 ; Pandey, Pramod 2 ; Peja, James 3   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Pandey, Prachi 4 ; Li, Yanming 5 ; Zhang, Ruihong 6 ; Weimer, Bart C 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

 Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA; [email protected] (R.C.); [email protected] (P.J.); [email protected] (P.P.); [email protected] (B.C.W.); Department of Environmental Sciences and Technology, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China; [email protected] 
 Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA; [email protected] (R.C.); [email protected] (P.J.); [email protected] (P.P.); [email protected] (B.C.W.) 
 Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA; [email protected] (R.C.); [email protected] (P.J.); [email protected] (P.P.); [email protected] (B.C.W.); Department of Biology, Howard University, Washington, DC 20060, USA 
 Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA; [email protected] (R.C.); [email protected] (P.J.); [email protected] (P.P.); [email protected] (B.C.W.); Department of Biological System Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA; [email protected] 
 Department of Environmental Sciences and Technology, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China; [email protected] 
 Department of Biological System Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA; [email protected] 
First page
6527
Publication year
2022
Publication date
2022
Publisher
MDPI AG
e-ISSN
20763417
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2685973218
Copyright
© 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.