POULTRY TREATMENT
January 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A NEW treatment to protect chickens against infection has been developed to phase out antibiotics usage. Australian science agency CSIRO says naturally produced proteins called cytokines can improve the health of poultry; they are administered like vaccines and are naturally produced by chickens themselves, extracted, then copied.
A NEW treatment to protect chickens against infection has been developed to phase out antibiotics usage. Australian science agency CSIRO says naturally produced proteins called cytokines can improve the health of poultry; they are administered like vaccines and are naturally produced by chickens themselves, extracted, then copied.
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