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Forum: Chicken-feeded pigs

Published: January 6, 2004
By: Joâo da Silva

I’ve heard that feeding dead chicken from farm to pigs is not a good idea. Anyone knows if it’s true that pigs become “biters“? Could they get any disease from the chickens?

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Duarte Santos
Duarte Santos
8 de enero de 2004
Alo amigo João Silva: Do Canada, fala para si Duarte Santos (Angolano com curso de veterinaria para suinos) radicado no Canada onde exerço a profissão de “swine specialist”. Não é aconselhável alimentar suinos com carne de galinha, pois existem sérias doenças que são zoonoticas entre as duas espècies. Aqui, bem como na Europa, está totalmente proibido o uso de sub-produtos de origem animal como parte do regime alimentar de outras espécies. A sua possivel vantagem seria mais economica que nutritiva. Milho e soja + minerais e vitaminas + alguns amino acidos sinteticos e alguns probioticos são ainda a melhor maneira de alimentar suinos. Cumprimentos. Duarte Santos
Paul
Paul
9 de enero de 2004

The main disease risk from feeding chickens to swine is Salmonella infection - a very big risk unless the chicken waste is sterilised before feeding. More information sources on Salmonella, plus how to control it can be found here:
www.pighealth.com/offers/food.htm

Duarte Santos
Duarte Santos
9 de enero de 2004

Absolutely right, Paul; the main zoonotic pathogen would be Salmonella, but there are possible implications if the by-product is not sterilized, and if you sterilize the costs may exceed the possible economic benefits. Here in Canada we can not feed any animal by-product to swine, or any other species.
Duarte Santos - swine specialist

DR SUSHANTTH  RAI, BELLIPADY
10 de julio de 2007
Dead chicken can be fed to pigs but certain precaution to be considered like sterilising the meat; in case this is not possible please boil to about 100 F, this is to avoid E.coli, salmonellosis infection. Don't feed dead birds which are more than four hours from death. If the above precaution is followed it's absolutely safe to feed dead chicken to pigs.
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