1829 results about "Animal feces" patented technology

The present invention relates to a visual indicating device and an article for controlling odors, in particular foot, garbage, basement, cooking, pet, tobacco, feces and urine odors. The article comprises a visual indicating agent that is color sensitive to the odor, and optionally, an odor absorbing agent. The visual indicating agent changes color when the article has been exposed to a sufficient amount of odor to saturate the article. The indicating agent may be applied in differing concentrations to two or more zones so as to indicate to a user of the article how much of the odor absorbing capacity has been used, or conversely, how much of the odor absorbing capacity remains. Suitable visual indicating agents that change color in response to odors are also described. The article for controlling odors may be a disposable odor absorbing sheet, air freshening product, diaper, undergarment pad, face mask, air filtration device, sanitary napkin, tampon, panty shield or incontinence pad.

The invention discloses a combined anaerobic fermentation method of organic solid wastes. The organic solid wastes used for the combined anaerobic fermentation include domestic wastes, excess sludge, feces, kitchen waste, straws, etc. The method comprises the following steps: carrying out different pre-processing processes to obtain organic materials with a granularity less than 5 mm; passing through a cutting pump, adjusting the C/N ratio, adjusting the water content, etc. to obtain a homogeneous fermentation substrate with a solid holdup of 2 to 10%; hydrolyzing and acidifying the fermentation substrate in the presence of a hydrolase; fermenting for a period of 15 to 25 days under the condition of stirring at a middle temperature of 32-38 DEG C to obtain biogas, which can be used for energy supply or output of a system; aging and desalting the biogas liquid to obtain a liquid humic acid fertilizer; and processing the biogas residues to a granular humic acid fertilizer. The fermentation substrate has proper C/N ratio to obviate feedback suppression of the substrate during the fermentation of a single material and simultaneously can enhance the hydrolysis effects of celluloses, lignin, hemicelluloses, etc. The method has the advantages of easy flow pattern control, low energy consumption, and no generation of sewages, and can obtain the high-quality biogas fluid and the high-quality granular humic acid fertilizer.

A method of utilizing the chymotrypsin level of an individual as a measure of the success of secretin, other neuropeptides, and peptides or digestive enzyme administration to such individuals, and in particular, as a prognosticative of potential secretin, other neuropeptides, peptides, and digestive enzyme administration for persons having ADHD, Autism and other PDD related disorders. In one aspect, a method for determining the efficacy of secretin, other neuropeptides, peptides, or digestive enzymes for the treatment of an individual diagnosed with a pervasive developmental disorder (PDD) comprises obtaining a sample of feces from an individual, determining a quantitative level of chymotrypsin present in the sample, and correlating the quantitative level of chymotrypsin determined to be present in the sample with the PDD to determine the efficacy of treating the individual with secretin, other neuropeptides, peptides, or digestive enzyme administration. In another aspect, a therapeutic method for treating an individual diagnosed with i PDD pervasive developmental disorder comprises determining the efficacy of secretin, other neuropeptides, peptides, and digestive enzyme administration for the treatment of the individual based on a measure of the individual's chymotrypsin level, and administering secretin, other neuropeptides, peptides, or digestive enzymes to the individual based on the determination of the measure of the individual's chymotrypsin level.

A method of utilizing the chymotrypsin level of an individual as a measure of the success of secretin, other neuropeptides, and peptides or digestive enzyme administration to such individuals, and in particular, as a prognosticative of potential secretin, other neuropeptides, peptides, and digestive enzyme administration for persons having ADHD, Autism and other PDD related disorders. In one aspect, a method for determining the efficacy of secretin, other neuropeptides, peptides, or digestive enzymes for the treatment of an individual diagnosed with a pervasive developmental disorder (PDD) comprises obtaining a sample of feces from an individual, determining a quantitative level of chymotrypsin present in the sample, and correlating the quantitative level of chymotrypsin determined to be present in the sample with the PDD to determine the efficacy of treating the individual with secretin, other neuropeptides, peptides, or digestive enzyme administration. In another aspect, a therapeutic method for treating an individual diagnosed with i PDD pervasive developmental disorder comprises determining the efficacy of secretin, other neuropeptides, peptides, and digestive enzyme administration for the treatment of the individual based on a measure of the individual's chymotrypsin level, and administering secretin, other neuropeptides, peptides, or digestive enzymes to the individual based on the determination of the measure of the individual's chymotrypsin level.

The invention relates to a compound microbial agent for degrading antibiotic and pesticide residues as well as preparation and application thereof, and belongs to the field of biotechnology and environmental protection. Multi-thallus compound microbial powder is prepared from the compound microbial agent according to the weight percentage of living microbes to the total amount of compound microbial powder as follows: 10%-15% of bacillus subtilis, 10%-15% of aspergillus niger, 10%-15% of bacillus mucilaginosus, 10%-15% of enterococcus faecalis, 8%-12% of bacillus licheniformis, 8%-12% of bacillus megaterium, 8%-12% of pseudomonas fluorescens, 5%-8% of lactobacillus plantarum, 5%-8% of bacillus polymyxin and 6%-8% of streptococcus thermophiles. The compound microbial agent has the effects of degrading antibiotic and pesticide residues, fermenting and composting organic matter, acting as functional fertilizer and repairing the environment, and can solve the problems of secondary pollution caused by antibiotic residues in culture feces and resource utilization of organic waste and realizes biodegradation of the antibiotic and pesticide residues in soil when applied to the agricultural ecological environment, thereby being of great value and practical significance in restoration of agricultural ecological environment and protection of human health.

A device for quantitively collecting, preserving, storing and mailing a fresh and wet specimen of fecal or other biological matter for later analysis comprises a simple tubular vessel double sealed at one end by a machine manipulable plug having breakable hollow nib and cover, and that is engaged at the opposite end by a machine manipulable stopper from which a specimen carrying stick axially projects into the vessel through an internal sealable septum spanning a median section of the vessel. The cross-sectional profile of the stick is shaped to form a widened shoulder carrying a resilient washer. The shoulder matingly engages a correspondingly shaped passageway in the septum when the stopper engages the vessel which restricts the amount of specimen passing therethrough. The amount of specimen and preserving fluid are quantitatively balanced and remain so until part or all of the fluid is extracted for analysis either manually by breaking of the sealing nib or automatedly by machine removal of the plug or stopper. Collection by a patient or unskilled person is enhanced by providing the tubular vessel as part of a sample collection and return kit which further contains a disposable paper catch web which is made to be temporarily secured to a toilet droopingly spanning the seat to catch the feces for sampling. The kit also provides a sealable plastic bag and a crush resistant mailing carton. The above components of the kit are carried within a sterile bag until used.

The invention relates to a green bioactive organic fertilizer, which effectively solves the problems of soil hardening, environmental pollution, and harm from residual chemical substances of grains, vegetables and fruits to human bodies. The solved technical scheme is that the green bioactive organic fertilizer is prepared by taking sludge, waste powder, poultry and animal feces, straw powder, residues, feather powder, amino acid original powder, phosphoesterases complex, a first group of complex bacteria, and a second group of complex bacteria as raw materials; uniformly mixing the sludge, the waste powder, the poultry and animal feces, the straw powder, the phosphoesterases complex and the first group of complex bacteria; stacking and covering the mixture with a sack for performing a biogenic reaction, and keeping a reaction product at the temperature of 50 to 55 DEG C for 2 days; adding the residues, the feather powder, the amino acid original powder into the reaction product, uniformly mixing the mixture for performing a secondary reaction, and keeping a reaction product at the temperature of 50 to 55 DEG C for 7 to 10 days; and adding the second complex bacteria into the latest reaction product, uniformly mixing, palletizing, checking and packaging the mixture. The green bioactive organic fertilizer has the advantages of scientific formulation, simple preparation method, good effect, no pollution and no harm to human bodies.

The invention relates to a method for producing a high-efficiency composite microbial agent by using livestock liquid dung, and belongs to the technical field of environmental microbiology and agricultural science. The method comprises the following steps: diluting livestock liquid dung or livestock feces with water; after hydrolysis and acidification treatment, performing standing and settlement for desilting; mixing a supernatant obtained with a photosynthetic bacterial solution for anaerobic culture; using the mixed solution as a base liquid and stepwise adding lactobacilli, saccharomyces, bacillus thuringienesis and actinomycete into the base liquid in a proportion; and after anaerobic culture and aerobic treatment, finally filling the mixture into a biological fluidized bed for further treatment to obtain the high-efficiency composite microbial agent. The microbial agent is rich in the photosynthetic bacteria, the lactobacilli, the saccharomyces, the actinomycete, the bacillus thuringienesis, azotobacter, nitrobacteria, denitrifying bacteria and other beneficial organisms, and be widely used in agriculture, livestock breeding, fresh water aquaculture, organic sewage treatment, microbial deodorization, and other aspects. The technology is suitable to be used by various livestock farms (raisers) for liquid dung treatment.

The invention discloses a hermetia illucens breeding system and belongs to the technical field of green cultivation. The hermetia illucens breeding system comprises a culture pond and a ceiling arranged at the upper part of the culture pond; the culture pond is sequentially provided with a water absorption layer, a heating device and a grid layer from bottom to top; the heating device comprises a heating tape and a fixing frame for fixing the heating tape; a compost is put on the upper part of the water absorption layer; the heating device is located in the compost; the grid layer is located on a surface layer of the compost; a lifting device is arranged on the side of the culture pond; the lifting device drives the heating device to lift; and a heat preservation cover is arranged at the top of the culture pond. Hermetia illucens is bred by using the hermetia illucens breeding system, so that the survival rate of hermetia illucens larvae is high and the hermetia illucens is not affected by an external environment; furthermore, the hermetia illucens is easily separated from the compost and insect feces do not need to be cleaned, so that the cost of manpower and material resources is greatly reduced. In addition, the compost in the culture pond is digested and fermented in the hermetia illucens breeding process and can be directly returned to the field as an organic fertilizer, so that the hermetia illucens breeding system is economical and environmentally friendly.

The subject invention is a method and material for removing fluid from the intestinal tract of a host and may be useful in treating animals or human patients suffering from fluid overload states. In one embodiment, the subject method involves ingesting an enterically coated non-systemic, non-toxic, non-digestible, water absorbing polymer which absorbs fluid while passing through the intestinal tract. The polymer is excreted in the feces wherein the polymer and absorbed fluid is removed from the body. Preferred polymers include super absorbent acrylic acid polymers, preferably provided in bead form. The polymers may include functional groups for selectively removing blood borne waste products, e.g. urea, from the G.I. tract.

The invention discloses a novel organic substrate and a preparation method thereof. The method comprises the following steps: using feces of beasts and birds as earthworm food; providing environment suitable for earthworms to grow; sieving the feces generated through being processed by the earthworms into earthworm feces with the grain diameter between 4 and 6 mm; and matching and adding pelhamite, perlite and trace elements for being uniformly mixed to prepare the novel organic substrate, wherein the grain diameter of the pelhamite and the perlite is between 3 and 5 mm. The novel organic substrate comprises the following ingredients in percentage by weight: 58 to 71 percent of earthworm feces, 25 to 35 percent of pelhamite, 3.5 to 6.5 percent of perlite and 0.05 to 0.5 percent of trace elements. The invention has the advantages of simple preparation method, rich resources and low price of adopted materials, changes waste materials into useful materials, reduces the environment pollution, and has sufficient nutrition and stable performance. When being used for flower culture, the invention improves the quality of the flower pit tray seedling culture, and reduces the seedling culture steps such as fertilizing and the like.

The invention discloses a method for producing an organic fertilizer by utilizing poultry and livestock excrement. The organic fertilizer is prepared from the following raw materials in parts by weight: 200-250 parts of dried poultry and livestock excrement, 1-2 parts of EM (effective microorganism) inoculant, 250-350 parts of straw, 50-60 parts of expanded perlite, 50-60 parts of expanded vermiculite, 35-45 parts of diatomaceous earth, 50-65 parts of bentonite, 10-15 parts of borax, 15-25 parts of magnesium sulfate, 10-13 parts of zinc sulfate, 9-15 parts of copper sulfate, 35-50 parts of gypsum, 15-20 parts of sodium humate, 60-80 parts of monopotassium phosphate, 100-150 parts of beer waste residue, and 10-13 parts of soil conditioner. According to the method, a jade component is contained in the soil conditioner, and contains massive trace elements beneficial to human bodies; the fertilizer contains an adsorption component which can effectively adsorb and immobilize toxic heavy metal elements in the soil, so that the heavy metal elements can be prevented from being absorbed by crops. The method is simple, and is low in production cost; the fertilizer does not contain harmful bacteria, and is rich in beneficial biological bacteria.

The invention provides a composting method for biologically dehydrating livestock manure, which comprises the following steps: under the condition of adding biological fermentation strains, horizontally laying the livestock manure, adding fly maggots for fermenting, and then, adding the livestock manure and biological fermentation strains in batches, wherein the fermentation period is 3-7 days, and the fermentation condition is 22-42 DEG C. The invention also provides a composting method for biologically dehydrating the livestock manure, which comprises the following steps: under the condition of adding the biological fermentation strains, horizontally laying the livestock manure, and then, adding the fly maggots for fermenting, wherein the fermentation period is 7-12 days, and the fermentation condition is 10-22 DEG C. The invention reduces the initial water content of livestock manure composting by microbiological synergistic action, fully performs the action of composting fermentation strains, does not need to add auxiliary materials for regulating the water content of the livestock manure, reduces the treatment cost of the livestock manure, and improves the composting quality. Meanwhile, the culture of fly maggots provides a large amount of high-quality feed protein and raw materials for further processing to better recycle organic wastes, thereby realizing the purposes of protecting environment and increasing efficiency and yield agriculturally.

A vacuum-operable feces collector includes a primary housing having an outer wall for defining a cavity therein. The housing further has a rear portion provided with a plurality of vents. The device further includes a vacuum mechanism for collecting the excrement from a support surface. Such a vacuum mechanism includes an elongated hose and further includes a cage removably positionable within the auxiliary housing and a motor and a rotary fan operably connected thereto. The motor and the fan are housed within the cage wherein the cage has a plurality of outlet openings and an inlet port disposed upstream therefrom for assisting the fan to direct air outwardly from the auxiliary housing. A storing mechanism is operably connected to the vacuum mechanism and includes a disposable bag removably connected to the hose.

The invention relates to a biological organic fertilizer using grain and oil processing leftovers, excellent animal feces and natural potassium mineral as raw materials and a preparation method thereof. The organic fertilizer comprises the following components in percentage by weight: 10-15 percent of animal feces, 10-15 percent of crop straws, 10-15 percent of natural potassium mineral and the balance of the grain and oil processing leftovers; and in addition, special composite microbial bacteria in an amount which is 0.3-0.5 percent of the total weight of the raw materials are added for the fertilizer. The preparation method has a simple process flow and small floor area and is easy to operate and control; the organic fertilizer has stable quality; peculiar smell is not produced in the production; and the method has no influence on the environment, and is an environmentally-friendly method for treating organic pollution wastes.

The invention discloses a pollution abatement method for a livestock and poultry farm. The method comprises the following steps of: separating feces from fence washing water and rain water at the source; carrying out solid-liquid separation on the feces and the sludge generated in each treatment procedure; conveying the separated liquid part to a plug flow anaerobic fermentation reactor or a liquid high-temperature aerobic fermentation reactor for liquid biological treatment, carrying out aerobic fermentation and filtration to get a liquid organic fertilizer; and conveying the separated solid part to a high temperature aerobic fermentation device, after fermentation, aging and deeply processing the solid part to get a solid organic fertilizer. Bad smell is exhausted after being processed in a biological deodorization filtering tower, and the filter material replaced from the biological deodorization filtering tower is considered as carbon source and conveyed to the solid aerobic fermentation device so as to be treated. Firstly, the fence washing water is treated by a grid impurity removal facility, after being treated by an SBR (Sequencing Batch Reactor Activated Sludge Process) biological reactor and medicated for flocculation and sedimentation, the fence washing water is drained after being purified by a wet land, or drained after being treated by aerobic fermentation reaction and filtering, and the sedimentary sludge and the solid substances under the grid fence are conveyed into a solid-liquid separation procedure so as to be treated. The method can be used for managing or beneficially using all the pollutants, and contributing the effort for establishing the resource-saving and environmentally-friendly society.

The invention relates to a deodorant nitrogen-conserving conditioner. The using method comprises the following steps: evenly mixing pig manure and crushed straw or other crop straw in a ratio of 2-8:1, wherein the moisture content is between 60 and 65 percent; carrying out simple high-temperature composting by adding 25 to 40kg deodorant nitrogen-conserving conditioner in each 1,000kg compost rawmaterial; and adopting a pile-turning or a forced ventilation mode, wherein the temperature is not more than 70 DEG C during high-temperature composting. The deodorant nitrogen-conserving conditionercomprises 15 to 20kg calcium chloride, 10 to 15kg calcium superphosphate and 3 to 8kg zeolite. The compost becomes thoroughly decomposed after 30-day composting. The deodorant nitrogen-conserving conditioner is characterized in that: the conditioner can reduce odorous substances in the pig manure compost and ammonia volatilization and eliminates odour more than 10 days earlier; moreover, the conditioner increases the content of nitrogen nutrients in a compost product by over 20 percent and reduces nitrogen loss by over 70 percent in the composting process; and at the same time, the conditioner has the advantage of simple and easy operation and is suitable to be used in organic fertilizer factories and vast rural areas.

Activated carbons may be produced by carbonization of poultry manure, followed by activation of carbonized manure. Carbons produced from poultry manure by the method described herein exhibit enhanced activity for metal ion adsorption.

The invention relates to a black stratiomyiid breeding device and method. The device comprises two spaces which are divided by a separation plate, wherein the space A is an adult breeding chamber and the space B is a larva breeding chamber; ventilation windows are arranged on the outer side faces of the adult breeding chamber and the larva breeding chamber; a timing switching door is arranged at the upper part of the separation plate; a triangular adult ovulation mechanism is arranged in the middle of the separation plate; the triangular adult ovulation mechanism is composed of an ovum receiving box and one layer of insect attractant coating on the upper surface of the ovum receiving box; the ovum receiving box is arranged in the larva breeding chamber; an ovum rotary collection device is arranged under the ovum receiving box; an animal excrement storage groove is formed in the bottom of the larva breeding chamber; the animal excrement storage groove is arranged under the ovum rotary collection device; the space A is a space which is composed of a partial transparent material at least; and the space B is a space composed of a light shielding material. By using the device to breed black stratiomyiid, the breeding efficiency is improved and the automatic collection and growth of ova are realized and the breeding cost is also reduced.