A. Jurek

Dynamics of quantitative variation for Escherichia coli in meat industry wastewaters

Wastewaters from the meat industry are a potential source of epidemic risk, owing to considerable amounts of chyme (the content of stomachs and intestines) and blood from beef animals. These wastes get into wastewater and further into the environment, causing a sanitary-epidemic threat. Pathogenic viruses, fungi, bacteria and parasites, which can be found in wastewaters from the meat industry, are an epidemic hazard for people and animals. Therefore, effective methods of their utilization have been sought for many years. The methods used so far are too energy-consuming and material intensive (GERBA & BITTON 1984).