new research debunks trad views on nutrition

[Perris]

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Pathogens such as Clostridium perfringens, Salmonella spp., and Escherichia coli use fimbriae to adhere to the intestinal enterocytes.

A product like Varium (Amlan International), which contains a proprietary, thermally processed calcium montmorillonite, can bind the fimbriae of these bacteria (Figure 1), reducing their presence in the intestine (Table 1). This reduction in pathogenic load allows beneficial bacteria, such as Lactobacillus, to thrive with less microbial competition."

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or you could just let your chickens eat dirt (and save your money )

 

[Folly's place]

Depends on the dirt!
Here we checked our chicken eggs for lead, and found none. Wonderful! Our older buildings were never painted with paint containing lead, and no toxic dumping occurred either where they can roam. that's not true many places, with buildings built and painted before 1970, for sure.
Our MSU toxicology lab ran this test, not expensive, and worth it for peace of mind.
Mary

 

[Mother of Chaos]

Depends on the dirt!
Here we checked our chicken eggs for lead, and found none. Wonderful! Our older buildings were never painted with paint containing lead, and no toxic dumping occurred either where they can roam. that's not true many places, with buildings built and painted before 1970, for sure.
Our MSU toxicology lab ran this test, not expensive, and worth it for peace of mind.
Mary

Also a high risk in soils next to heavily-trafficked areas from the 1920’s ~ mid-70’s, from leaded gasolines (petrol.)