Replacing Antibiotics with Grape Pomace in Poultry Could Turn Wine Waste into a Farming Solution
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Cornell University researchers found that adding grape pomace to broiler chicken feed at 0.5% of total feed produced growth performance and feed conversion rates that closely matched chickens receiving zinc bacitracin antibiotic, while reducing antibiotic dependence and creating a circular use for wine industry waste.
Results are from controlled feeding trials; real-world adoption by poultry farmers would require further scaling and economic viability studies.
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