Does Rosemary Really Work as an Immune-Booster in Poultry?

If you’re into organically reared poultry,

Then you simply CANNOT miss out on this study.

Fellows from Damanhour University observed a significant increase in immune blood activity within a cohort of 120 Cobb broilers after…

…feeding rosemary leaves.

Also, the leaves registered a positive effect on reducing free radicals in the birds.

Both of these findings certainly add value to the commercially-focused argument for more consciously reared poultry.

Better meat quality and bird health are major benefits that speak for themselves.

As well as, “…reduced use of costly synthetic vitamin E.”

Although the study doesn’t back a direct short term relation to improved broiler performance,

You cannot deny that healthier birds with lower stress = better long term performance.

Take a look at what they found:

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