|
Vitamin E may be key to safer fowl.
Agricultural Research
|
January 1, 2004|
|
COPYRIGHT 2004 U.S. Government Printing Office. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.
(Hide copyright information)
Copyright
|
Supplementing the diets of live turkeys with vitamin E may reduce the already small chance of transmission of a serious foodborne illness.
That's the finding of an ARS study conducted on the birds that was aimed at controlling Listeria monocytogenes, a major human bacterial foodborne pathogen found in poultry.
Microbiologist Irene Wesley of the ARS National Animal Disease Center (NADC) in Ames, Iowa, says dietary supplementation with vitamin E stimulates live turkeys' immune responses and enhances clearance of the microorganism from the gut.
"This ...
|
IN OUR PAGES: 100, 75 AND 50 YEARS AGO1954: Vargas Kills Himself
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune
; International Herald Tribune 08-25-2004 RIO DE JANEIRO: President Getulio Dornelles Vargas, 71, committed suicide today [Aug. 24] with a bullet through the heart. His death ended a crisis-ridden rule which had...
|
|
Anniversaries
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...Michael Fairless), essayist, 1901; Alfred Stevens, painter, 1906; John William Dunne, philosopher, 1949; Getulio Dornelles Vargas, Brazilian president, committed suicide 1954; Ronald Arbuthnot Knox, theologian and essayist, 1957; Johannes...
|
Find more facts and information related to the
article "Vitamin E may be key to safer fowl."
