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UW Meat Science & Animal Biologics Discovery

Link to HSL Calculator: https://hsl.meatsciences.cals.wisc.edu/

Need help with the HSL Calculator Website? Follow this link to YouTube “How To” Videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6IttLrrYtpjNP_p6bFqmC-4aohNfbcLL

Resources Related to HSL Calculations: 

Texas A&M Psychometric Calculator:  https://people.tamu.edu/~i-choudhury/psych.html

Link to HSL industry report: https://livestock.extension.wisc.edu/files/2021/08/Hydrated-Surface-Lethality_Industry-Report_27July2021.pdf

HOW TO USE THE CALCULATOR

+Loading a File
https://meatsciences.cals.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/371/2026/02/Load-File.mp4

+Creating a Thermal Profile
https://meatsciences.cals.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/371/2026/02/Create-Profile.mp4

+Estimating Pathogen Lethality
https://meatsciences.cals.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/371/2026/02/Estimating-Lethality.mp4

 

+Creating and Exporting Reports
https://meatsciences.cals.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/371/2026/02/Final.mp4
+Data Management
https://meatsciences.cals.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/371/2026/02/Final.mp4
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