Would you eat a chicken that died through sickness, or injury?

[HenOnAJuneBug]

Okay...this topic has been morphed into a whole new discussion.

Kind of, but it illustrates a phobia that people have about diseases. I personally would only eat a sick animal if I had to, but am confident that heat destroys all pathogens.

 

[Tesumph]

They try to make that same connection with ebola, ie, that you can get it from eating bush animals like bats. However, they eat bats all of the time in Ivory Coast and that country has never had an occurrence of ebola.

Different bats, different diseases.

Ebola is actually a better example of why you shouldn’t eat diseased animals, since it can be transmitted through body fluids and infected tissue.
Still not perfect since a bat will not show clinical signs of the Ebola virus, while we’re talking about eating obviously sick chickens.

They have actually isolated the HIV virus, but I think we’ve strayed far enough off topic haha.

 

[Shadrach]

But does Mareks affect humans?

If intestine had been breached...ummm, no. Glad you didn't get sick.

From what I've read, Mareks doesn't transfer to humans.
The intestines weren't ruptured but it's an important point. The type of injury will have a lot of bearing on whether it's wise to eat it.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I would not eat infected or sick birds at all bats not at all

 

[Tesumph]

Okay...this topic has been morphed into a whole new discussion.

Yup! But all relevant. Zoonotic diseases are important for animals keepers to understand. Not every pathogen is spread the same way.
What if a bat that was hosting the Ebola virus bit a chicken? Would the chicken show symptoms? Could you eat the chicken?

All good questions, but maybe not for this thread.

 

[Cyprus]

They try to make that same connection with ebola, ie, that you can get it from eating bush animals like bats. However, they eat bats all of the time in Ivory Coast and that country has never had an occurrence of ebola.

I was going to make the point of different species of bats, but I felt you wouldn't receive my correction well

 

[pennyJo1960]

Ah heck Cyprus go ahead tell us of the bats

 

[HenOnAJuneBug]

Different bats, different diseases.

Ebola is actually a better example of why you shouldn’t eat diseased animals, since it can be transmitted through body fluids and infected tissue.
Still not perfect since a bat will not show clinical signs of the Ebola virus, while we’re talking about eating obviously sick chickens.

They have actually isolated the HIV virus, but I think we’ve strayed far enough off topic haha.

Your doing what scientists do who try to protect an idea: come up with explanations without any evidence for said claims.

Point me to a study that demonstrates HIV isolation.

 

[HenOnAJuneBug]

I was going to make the point of different species of bats, but I felt you wouldn't receive my correction well

Point me to evidence.

 

[Cyprus]

Your doing what scientists do who try to protect an idea: come up with explanations without any evidence for said claims.

Point me to a study that demonstrates HIV isolation.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/2949638/