Source:
https://www.tv2east.dk/sjaelland-og...ndulfart-nu-ender-fuglene-som-byggematerialer
Published today at 16:14
Dead turkeys driven away in shuttle service - now the birds end up as building materials
Jakob Olling
The dreaded bird flu H5N1 has hit hard hard at turkey farms in our area in recent days.
More than 90,000 turkeys have thus been killed and driven to destruction at Daka in Randers.
More specifically, six trucks with large containers have in recent days run in shuttle operation between the turkey farms on Zealand and Lolland and Daka's installations for handling the infected birds.
- These are large birds that fill a lot. That's why we've had to drive so much. When they then arrive at us, they are placed in special raw material silos by staff in protective suits, after which the container was disinfected, and they can drive back and pick up more birds, says Søren Mohr Jensen, communications manager for Daka.
Gets pressure boiled to kill viruses
The first step on the turkeys' path through the factory is to kill all the flu virus in the turkeys. It is popularly said by pressure cooking them. They are put under a pressure of three bar, and then heated to 133 degrees for 20 minutes so that all the virus dies.
The birds are then treated so that they end up as meat and bone meal and fat, respectively.
Meat and bone meal are initially used for incineration - and later the remains from this incineration will end up in cement just like other types of ash.
- It is used as a filler in cement production. But it is only a small part of the cement that is used to build houses, he says.
Turkey in the tank
The grease is converted into biodiesel, which is mixed into the diesel that all diesel cars pour into the tank.
- Our goal is to use as much as possible from these animals, he says.
Although more than 90,000 turkeys seem like a big task, it's not unheard of for Daka.
- It is clear that it is a big task, but it is not extraordinary. We have experienced a lot of infection with bird flu all over the country, and we have also faced the mink situation, where we decreased as much as we could, he says.
