Chicken farmers replace antibiotics with oregano oil

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Chicken farmers replace antibiotics with oregano oil

normanack Give this chicken some oregano oil and call me in the morning. Animals raised to be food get diseases easily. There’s a lot of them hanging around in one place, waiting to die, so it’s not terribly surprising that they get sick. Precautions have to be taken, which is why these animals have long been given antibiotics. The problem with antibiotics is that feeding animals too many of them breeds disease-resistant germs. But it’s possible that a solution exists, and bonus: It sort of seasons chickens from the inside. Oregano oil may be a natural solution to protecting chickens from germs without antibiotics, and also probably making them taste like pizza. Belle and Evans Farms in Pennsylvania has been using oregano oil to keep its chickens healthy for about three years now. Its owner, Scott Sechler, told The New York Times , “I have worried a bit about how I’m going...

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@PermaBio » 11 Jan '13, 11am
Criadores de galinhas substituem antibióticos por óleo de oregãos. [link]
@EssentialFoods » 07 Jan '13, 12pm
Chicken farming is a fowl business - perhaps better with herbal antibiotics?! [link]
@foodbookfair » 06 Jan '13, 6pm
Is oregano the new chicken antibiotic? [link] via @grist
@diversesanctuar » 03 Jan '13, 2am
"This was reshared a LOT even though we posted it over the holiday, so just in case anyone missed it: Animals... [link]
@NenaEspinosa » 01 Jan '13, 5pm
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@seabreezeSD » 29 Dec '12, 6pm
"In 1999, Bayer did a study comparing oregano oil’s effectiveness to Bayer’s products for controlling E. coli in... [link]
@_ahaymaker » 29 Dec '12, 5pm
Oregano instead of antibiotics: farmers being thoughtful & creative about the whole system. Inspiring! [link] via @grist
@Nutriosity » 29 Dec '12, 3pm
#OreganoOil, not just for cooking! Possibly a new antibiotic treatment for #Chickens? #Flavorful [link]
@UtahGreenNews » 28 Dec '12, 3pm
Farms in Pennsylvania has been using oregano oil to keep its chickens healthy for about three years now... [link]
@EmilySaladino » 28 Dec '12, 3pm
"Sometimes, hippie stuff works" @grist on how farmers can keep chickens healthy w oregano oil instead of antibiotics: [link]
@NomadicTexan » 28 Dec '12, 3pm
RT @RamblingEpicure: Good news: Chicken farmers are replacing hormones with oregano oil. [link] [link]
@SCMouse » 28 Dec '12, 2pm
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@JennMSterling » 28 Dec '12, 2pm
Chicken farmers are replacing hormones with oregano oil -- progress? [link] (via @food52 )"
@Monnowman » 28 Dec '12, 2pm
Chicken farmers use rosemary oil instead of antibiotics. Yum. #food [link]
@RamblingEpicure » 28 Dec '12, 2pm
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@elizabethc29 » 28 Dec '12, 2pm
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@nomadscookies » 28 Dec '12, 2pm
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@Food52 » 28 Dec '12, 2pm
Chicken farmers are replacing hormones with oregano oil -- we love it! [link] (via @grist)
@YourRootSeller » 28 Dec '12, 6am
Chicken farmers replace antibiotics with oregano oil [link] via @prismatic
@HeartlandGlobal » 28 Dec '12, 3am
Oregano oil may be a natural solution to protecting chickens from germs without antibiotics. Also probably makes... [link]
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RT @limbodog: Oregano oil replacing anti-biotics for chickens? [link]
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Oregano oil replacing anti-biotics for chickens? [link]
@mark_e_evans » 28 Dec '12, 12am
Some US Chicken Farmers are replacing Antibiotics with Oregano Oil [link]
@lilmikesf » 28 Dec '12, 12am
Chicken farmers replace antibiotics with Oregano oil that outperforms Bayer Pharma products in 4 eColi tests - [link]
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@mywildalaska » 27 Dec '12, 8pm
RT @NRDCBioGems: The verdict's still out but Oregano oil may be a natural solution to protecting chickens from germs without antibiotics [link]
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@Katie_J_Hill » 27 Dec '12, 6pm
In 4 tests, oregano oil outperformed Bayer prods for controlling E. coli in piglets. Could it cut use of antibiotics? [link]
@NRDCBioGems » 27 Dec '12, 2pm
The verdict's still out but Oregano oil may be a natural solution to protecting chickens from germs without antibiotics [link]
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