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Preparation for and Cremation
Cremation Stack
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Cremation is the first alternative to burial. Permission
must be obtained from the local authority and is unlikely to be granted
in areas of high population density or where the smoke might present a
hazard, such as near a main road.
For incineration of FMD-infected bovine carcasses, the following quantities of fuel are
recommended:
• one piece of heavy timber (approx. 3 x 0.3 x 0.2 metres), for example, a wooden
railway sleeper per adult carcass
• kindling wood : one tonne per tonne of coal
• straw: one bale per carcass
• coal: 203 kg per carcass. (The total quantity of coal required will be
proportionately less as the number of carcasses increases)
• Heat generating exothermic powder: approximately 0.8 kg per carcass (or 25 kg per
tonne of coal)
A cremation stack should be built on a convenient piece of flat ground close to the
slaughter site.
Carcasses should be soaked in diesel oil or paraffin before lighting fire.
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