Are US Cattle Being Fed Chicken Manure?
When you think of cattle feed very few of us probably imagine chicken manure. Certainly it would be the last thing that would enter the mind of most of us from farmers to eaters. Here’s what is known. Other nations banned this practice. The United States has not banned the practice of feeding chicken manure to cattle – quite the opposite in fact. You can find the following recommendation from West Virginia University: Alternative Roughages The following rations are based on free choice feeding and is adequate for both dry and lactating cows. Because chicken litter is high in minerals, no salt or minerals need to be fed with this ration. 70% chicken litter 30% hay There are of course many concerns associated with eating beef fed on chicken ‘crap’. The more we learn about disease transfer – such as influenza viruses, the more we realize how at risk we are in our modern world. Fact: Chicken feed has as one of its ingredients cattle in the form of crude protein from meat and bone meal. Oth
