Reduction of viable Mycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis in slurry subjected to anaerobic digestion in biogas plants
| Autor: | E. Einax, Karsten Donat, G. Reinhold, Veit Zoche-Golob, S.W.F. Eisenberg |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Paratuberculosis
Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Feces 03 medical and health sciences Biogas Genetics medicine Animals Anaerobiosis Food science 030304 developmental biology 0303 health sciences Chemistry 0402 animal and dairy science Bayes Theorem 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences Biodegradable waste Plants medicine.disease 040201 dairy & animal science Manure Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis Anaerobic digestion Biofuels Digestate Slurry Cattle Animal Science and Zoology Fermentation Digestion Food Science |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Dairy Science. 102:6485-6494 |
| ISSN: | 0022-0302 |
| Popis: | Cattle infected with Mycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis (MAP) shed the bacterium in their feces. This may lead to considerable concentrations of MAP in slurry, which has been postulated to contribute to MAP transmission when this slurry is used as fertilizer. For other bacterial species, anaerobic digestion has been shown to reduce bacterial load and to increase the safety of organic waste. Therefore, the objective of this study was to investigate the effects of anaerobic digestion in biogas plants on MAP survival in slurry from 16 dairy farms with a history of MAP infection. Presence of MAP was determined using MAP culture and a commercial MAP IS900 quantitative PCR (qPCR) applied on untreated slurry samples, slurry samples after primary fermentation, and digestate. Unfermented slurry samples from most enrolled farms tested positive for MAP, via both culture and qPCR. After the fermentation process, MAP could no longer be cultured in most samples, with the exception of 2 samples from farms where high numbers of MAP-shedding cows were kept at the time of sampling. A Bayesian binomial model predicted a probability of 93% for a MAP-negative culture result after fermentation. In most samples, MAP DNA was still detectable when using the IS900 qPCR. The probability of a negative result in qPCR was estimated to be 27%. Results of this study indicate that subjecting MAP-positive slurry to anaerobic digestion in biogas plants leads to a reduction of viable MAP below the detection limit; however, MAP DNA remained detectable. It remains undetermined whether MAP DNA detected in fermentation products is a residue of MAP degradation or belongs to viable MAP below the detection limit or in a dormant state. In conclusion, subjecting MAP-positive slurry to anaerobic mesophilic digestion reduces viable MAP concentration below the detection limit. The use of digestion products as fertilizer on pasture and agricultural soils instead of untreated slurry may therefore reduce the risk of MAP transmission. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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