Table 1. .
Summary of inactivation of different pathogens by different treatments.
| Pathogen | Inactivation by |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pasteurization* (70°C) | Mesophilic AD (37°C) | Thermophilic AD (55°C) | Pre-asteurization and anaerobic digestion at 37°C ** | Composting | Alkaline hydrolysis | |
| Escherichia coli | ++ | + | + | (PI) | + | (PI) |
| Salmonella | ++ | + | ++ | (PI) | ++ | (PI) |
| Clostridium | – | – | – | (–) | – | (PI) |
| Brucella abortus | ++ | NI | (PI) | (PI) | NI | (PI) |
| Bacillus antracis | – | – | – | (–) | – | (PI) |
| Mycobacterium bovis | ++ | (+) | (PI) | (PI) | C | ++ |
| Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae | ++ | + | ++ | (PI) | ++ | (PI) |
| BSE prion | – | – | – | (–) | – | ++ |
| Aphto virus | (PI) | NI | (+) | (PI) | C | (PI) |
| Rabies virus | ++ | NI | (PI) | (PI) | (PI) | (PI) |
| African Swine Fever Virus | ++ | NI | (PI) | (PI) | ++ | (PI) |
| Phlebo virus | (PI) | NI | NI | (PI) | (PI) | – |
| Cysticercus bovis | (PI) | ++ | ++ | (PI) | (PI) | (PI) |
++, total inactivation; +, inactivation; –, survival; (PI), no information on process, but predicted inactivation of pathogen; (–), no information found, but predicted survival of pathogen; NI, no information found; C, contradictory information; *, Pasteurization for 60 min; **, Pre-pasteurization for 60 min at 70°C.