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    BOOST poultry health with insects

    Aug 27, 2018 4 minutes
    By David Whyte

    It has always struck me how little our poultry get sick. Part of this has to be due to good quarantine, low stocking density, natural outdoor behaviour and foraging activities. Most people would be aware of the health benefits of natural herbs and mixed pastures.

    However until recently I had not thought of the health benefits of eating insects. Science is just catching up to the potential health benefits of insect eating by poultry. There are at least three different groups of healthy compounds in insects as poultry food.

    Antimicrobial agents

    First up is chitin. Chitin is the name

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