Chicken Science

[Kikiriki]

I love chickens and I love science. I love reading about the science done with chickens!

So below are links to interesting studies. Hope you enjoy them and get some ideas for caring for your chickens!

Enteritis
http://journals.cambridge.org/actio...e=online&aid=8976474&fileId=S0007114512006083
Capsicum and turmeric

Coccidiosis
http://www.researchgate.net/publica...Immunity_against_Eimeria_acervulina_Infection
Capsicum, turmeric, and shiitake mushroom

Better growth and feed use efficiency
https://dl.sciencesocieties.org/publications/jas/articles/92/4/1531
carvacrol (from oregano), cinnamaldehyde (from cinnamon), and capsicum
And
http://www.researchgate.net/profile...PICE_HERBS/links/549fcd860cf257a635fe78b5.pdf
Garlic, black pepper, red pepper

Newcastle Disease
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378874101003701
Aloe
And
http://ps.oxfordjournals.org/content/85/12/2169.full
Bee propolis and horny goat weed

Salmonella
http://www.uokufa.edu.iq/journals/index.php/kjvs/article/view/2385
Capsicum

Fowl typhoid
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S037887410100397X
Aloe

Egg shell thickness and reduced bacteria in poop
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00071668.2014.938020?journalCode=cbps20&
Longevity Spinach