There are plenty of blog articles and Facebook messages that recommends pumpkin seeds as a natural teaching for chickens.
The simple answer is probably not.
Do not treat worms in chicks with pumpkin seeds, use a chicken -many the -thatKilverm.
But as a healthy treat for chickens that may have the extra bonus of some preventive effects against worms, pumpkin seeds are great!
Do you want to learn more?We go into science below.
What do we know about pumpkin seeds like a deormer?
There are scientific studies that have demonstrated pumpkin seeds to kill worms.But that does not mean that feeding pumpkin seeds for chicken intestinal parasites will kill.The studies will take a closer look.
What type of pumpkin seeds is used?
Most studies that test pumpkin seeds, such as the standards, do not use pumpkin seeds or even pumpkin seeds.I the placeA pumpkin seed extract is made using water or chemicals such as ethanol,,Methanol Eller Benzen.
An extract like this contains a much greater concentration of compounds in pumpkin seeds that are believed to influence worms.Chickens must eat a terrible mass of whole seeds or seed meals to consume a similar amount of connections.
Also some chemicals that are used to make the extract,such as ethanol, can also be toxic to worms and contribute to the results.
In addition, different types of pumpkins have different relationships ofCucurbitacin and Cucurbutine, the connections are supposed to influence worms, in their seeds.
Laboratorium Studies
Many of the studies that show pumpkin seeds to kill worms are carried out in a laboratory.
Naturally,A petri dish with worms and pumpkin seedsIs a completely different environment for a digestive tract with chickens full of enzymes and chemicals, different foods and microbes.
And again, these studies use pumpkin seed extract.
Moreover, most worms used in laboratory studies are different species than those that infect chickens.Some are earthworms, MenOthers are parasitic wormsBut not the species that is often found in chickens.
Tests of pumpkin seeds Deormers on Dieren
Pumpkin seeds Deortic properties are tested on both animals and in laboratories.
Some studies of sheep and goats have foundPumpkin seeds to reduce the worm loadsand other studies have shown thatThey do not.Some scientists have completedThe pumpkin seeds can be an effective preventive, but no treatmentWorm problems in pets.
Pumpkin seeds have also beenEffective against worms in miceAnd in a studyDog.
However, many of the worms in the studies do not infect chicks andOnly one of the studiesIt turned out that pumpkin seeds were effective against worms used a seed meal instead of an extract.
Tests of pumpkin seeds in for chickens and birds
INResearch of ostriches that have fed pumpkin flourFound a reduction in loading eggs, which suggests some effectiveness against aviary parasites.
In Kuikens, oneResearch using a pumpkin seed extract based on ethanol was effective against roundworming.GentlemenAnother study using pumpkin seed mealOnly showed "moderate" effectiveness against some roundworm and tapeworm and "marginal" effectiveness against caecal worms compared to a conventional dorm.
We found no studies that looked at pumpkin seeds and its effect on the other worms that influence chickens, such as thread worms.
Do you have to feed pumpkin seeds for chickens?
Pumpkin seeds are not a more dormal for chickens.
But do you have to feed pumpkin seeds for chickens?
Pumpkin seeds are a great treat for chickens.They are rich in phosphorus and magnesium.With chickens.
But don't trust pumpkin seeds to prevent your chickens from getting worms.
It is not worth the risk when the health of your chickens is on the field.Chicken -proof dorms, use kilnAnd keep the pumpkin seeds for goodies instead!
We recommend donating chickens twice a year in the spring and autumn.
For more information about worms in Kuikens,Visit the blog.
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