Using her own 'research assistant', Bailey, and the poo of hundreds of dogs from day care, PhD candidate Emily Bryson has been studying the breakdown of dangerous pathogens in different compost temperatures, even using worm farms. She recently sequenced DNA in dog waste bacteria to find a way to loop the poop into safe gardening.
Oral Presentation, Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Australasia 2021: Lethal and Sub-lethal Effects of Anti-Parasitic-Treated Canine Faeces on Eisenia fetida in Simulated Compost,
The Circular Economy in Regional South Australia: The potential for making and using organic compost, Emily Bryson April 2021