Let’s talk about ovarian cancer.

[MgnRose]

Hello, everyone.

In my 4 years of raising chickens, I have had 2 die due to ovarian cancer (my favorites, of course ). The diagnosis was confirmed upon necropsy.

I am currently concerned about my little Rose- a sweet Easter Egger I am very bonded to. She hasn’t been laying, stands as though she is uncomfortable, and takes abnormally small poos. I have eliminated egg binding and egg yoke peritonitis and am preparing for the worst.

Upon my research:

a 10 percent flax seed supplemented in the diet may help reduce severity (K Ansenberger et al., 2010)​

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26 or 53 mg/day curcumin can reduce tumor size and reduce cancer risk up to 35% (K Sahin et al., 2018)​

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200-400 mg/kg lycopene per day significantly reduced the overall ovarian tumor incidence as well as size and number of tumors (K Sahin et al., 2018; E Yilmaz et al., 2020).​

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Ginger at 5 g/kg of diet per day can potentially aid in treatment and prevention of tumors​

(J Rhode et al., 2007; G Zhang et al., 2009; C Wen et al., 2019; A Akbarian et al., 2011; X Zhao et al., 2011).​

400-800 mg/kg of genistein per day can exhibit an anti cancer effect (F Erten et al., 2021).​

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Is there anything else I can do to help prevent this terrible disease in my flock and to aid Rose’s healing? I am sick with heartbreak at the thought of losing another chicken and as a woman who just got through breast cancer treatment, I am tired of watching cancer destroy beautiful creatures.



See more at: http://www.poultrydvm.com/condition/ovarian-cancer

 

[Sally PB]

Oh no! I'm sorry to hear about your girls' and your struggles with cancer. I will be following to see if anyone has any other input/experience to add.

 

[Rurumo]

Flax looks really promising, I think you are on the right track, good luck!