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Researchers Test Date Pits as Replacement for Antibiotics

Jim Knisley   

Features Business & Policy Trade

April 13, 2011 – Researchers at UAE University in Al Ain are testing the use of date pits to replace the antibiotics administered to chickens. The idea is so promising that the university is patenting the concept.
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