Travelsweety Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 I urge chickens keepers to read this research, especially rehomers of ex batts like me. Having recently lost 2 to ovarian cancer, I was researching what I could do and I came across this. Just a big pinch of curcumin each day was shown to reduce the likelihood of developing ovarian cancer from 1 in 3 to 1 in 5. A higher dose may be even better. Do read it and make your own mind up. I've bought a 200gm bag for £9, it will treat my 3 chickens for a whole year. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29089332/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 Thanks for that! It makes a very interesting read! How are you storing the curcumin? As it says the researchers kept theirs in air tight containers at 4 degrees. Here is the full text btw: https://cancerpreventionresearch.aacrjournals.org/content/11/1/59.long Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beantree Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 Well I have to say I've never heard of this in hens. They die of many things but this isn't one of them. The treatment proposed doesn't have significant advantages either. So this is an advert and best ignored I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 @Beantree, this is definitely not an advert. Not if it makes it to PubMed. Maybe read the full RESEARCH article before judging this fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 In fact it’s research aimed at helping humans just using chickens as an experimental model (only non human animal in which ovarian cancer spontaneously develops with a high prevalence apparently). Not a massive population size in the study but the results certainly are interesting and sound pretty positive. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 3 hours ago, mullethunter said: In fact it’s research aimed at helping humans just using chickens as an experimental model (only non human animal in which ovarian cancer spontaneously develops with a high prevalence apparently). Not a massive population size in the study but the results certainly are interesting and sound pretty positive. Agree with this, interesting read but I'll not be rushing out to buy some just yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 I would also be interested in the incidence of ovarian cancer in other breeds of chickens. As they used Leghorns, which are a production breed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taylor765 Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 Very interesting! Thanks for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
