date:Jul 16, 2012
The article references a study in which researchers claim chemical and antimicrobial residues were found in chicken feather meal that was given to chickens as feed. John Glisson, DVM, MAM, Ph.D., director of research programs at USPOULTRY and Ashley Peterson, Ph.D., vice president of science and technology at the NCC offered a their scientific viewpoint on the claims and the study methodology. For example, the feather meal study used a small sample size from 4-lb. and 22-lb. bags of feather meal