†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†