Mold toxic to chickens Hmm

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Mold " toxic " to chickens

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC):

THE MINISTRY of Agriculture in Trinidad and Tobago has ordered the

slaughtering of more than 5,000 chickens, while denying the presence

of deadly bird flu on the island.

As a result of the order, the entire flock at the Cyril Le Blanc

farm at the farming village of Cumuto in East Trinidad was destroyed

yesterday, following the outbreak of the fungal disease, which has

been identified as Aspergillosis.

1,200 BIRDS DIED

Over the past three weeks some 1,200 birds died at the Le Blanc farm

which is contracted by poultry giant Nutrimix to rear chicks.

Agriculture Minister Jarette Narine told the local media that the

ministry had given instructions to have the remaining birds killed,

and this was confirmed by Nutramix Managing Director Ronnie Mohammed.

While giving the assurance that the disease, which has wiped out the

poultry stocks at the Le Blanc farm was not bird flu, the

Agriculture Minister said yesterday's measure was taken to ensure

that sick birds did not reach the marketplace and that health

officials eradicate the disease.

In a release, the ministry gave the assurance that the infection was

not transmitted from bird to bird, nor from birds to humans, but

contracted from the environment.

[Guest guest]

They do this because the mycotoxins, etc. contaminate the meat, making

it illegal to sell. (for human consumption, at least)

Mycotoxin contamination is something meat producers worry about..

thats one of the reasons why they are doing a lot of research on

binders, etc.

I don't know how frequently meats are tested for toxin contamination,

or how they do it, but I do know it is done.

I doubt if testing tools that were used for commercial use would be

useful for our own 'meat' because you have to remember, the thing they

are worried about on commercial farms is primarily their animals dying

on them or being visibly ill.

A human would have to be very ill from mycotoxins to register on these

tests, I'm sure.. Like on the verge of death..

Its my opinion that 'Standards' as they exist in the commercial world

are often extremely low..

To give you an idea of just how low, last summer when I was trying to

figure out what was making us ill, I rented a meter that measured

hydrogen monoxide and hydrogen sulfide..

The meter had an alarm on it that went off when an amount exceeding

the safety standard was encountered.

There are several places in my neighborhood where you commonly smell

the odor of rotten eggs associated with sewers and sewers venting..

This meter did not register at all there.. In order to get it to

register carbon monoxide, we had to start our car and literally stick

the thing right up to the tailpipe.. just a few inches away..