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JUN-10-02 "69 :34 AM P• E7 <br /> June 5th. 2002 <br /> Mr. Mohamniad Khats <br /> Fremont. CA <br /> Dear Mr. Mohammad: <br /> 1 ata writing at your request regarding:our plans for manure dispnsa4 at your ranch when <br /> Occupied by our chicken.~. <br /> 1.0 start,our tv,o flocks, with a total of 5000 hems, were!loused on the floor over a bed of <br /> wood shavings using a system called:built-up litter.This allows the manure to combine <br /> with the bedding nwterial and does not need tO be cleaned out until the. flock is rerrx>ved <br /> froniIthc house, in our case 70 weeks or one year and a hatf. At this pc+int this litter is a <br /> valuable organic fert-14er that can replace or supplement the chemical fertilizers and als<t <br /> adds"'organic matez to the soil, dur.program included the marketing of the litter to local <br /> farmers. <br /> Enc"you will find copies of references for this subject: Cycle of Life.Watt <br /> PoultryUSA, April 2002;and Poultr "Productinn by Card and Nesheirn. 1972 <br /> Our flocks in your raneh were managed using the best techniques its animal management, <br /> health, and environnter:t. The ranch Was operated by Ramsi Vega, a UC Davis graduate in <br /> r uate <br /> d Management and supervised myself,a UC DBI is post-grad <br /> Animal Selena an ag p by <br /> spec alizing in Poultry Genetics. The ranch was visited by the County health departrrrent <br /> and found no violations whatsoever. . <br /> our IIfloeks were ici ants of the USDA National Poultry lrnprovcntcnt Plan(Partic. 4 <br /> I t� P <br /> 265)and after rigorous telas <br /> sting,classified w Salmonella free(including SalmotteUa <br /> enteritidis), Mycoplasma gallisepticum and M. synoviae. Such cltissification permits to <br /> ship'to other stair's and other countries. <br /> References: Dr. Ralph Ernst, Ph.D:,°Animal Science at UC Davis, (530)752-3513 <br /> Dr, Pranci.ne Bradley,Ph.D.,Antinial Science at UC Davis,(530')752-6316 <br /> Sincerely yours, <br /> << , Fduar&Ncga <br />