1. Hot Pepper May Keep Poultry Meat Safe
A study suggests adding capsaicin, the spicy component of peppers, to the diet of broiler chicks may increase their resistance to Salmonella. Researchers have said that whether a diet that included hot peppers might protect commercial poultry from intestinal disease. They divided 1,530 chicks into three groups. One was fed a standard corn and soybean diet. The second had five parts per million of pure capsicum added to the feed, and the third, 20 parts per million. The chicks on hot diets were found to be more resistant to the Salmonella enteritidis bacteria. The researchers are looking into exactly why. The pepper diet could have a side benefit as well. While the poultry seem to have no objection to the spicy taste, rodents have an aversion it. "Feeding poultry feed to which capsaicin has been added could be very beneficial in poultry houses,"...
