BBC: Korean dish 'may cure bird flu'

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Scientists at Seoul National University say that they fed an extract of kimchi to 13 infected chickens, discovering signs of clear recovery in 11 of them just a week later. The scientists, led by Professor Kang Sa-ouk of the University's Biological Sciences unit, admitted that it was hard to prove the results, and that the source of the chickens' improvement was far from clear. (AP-Foodtechnology)

"We found that the chickens recovered from bird flu, Newcastle disease and bronchitis. The birds' death rate fell, they were livelier and their stools became normal," said Professor Kang Sa-ouk. (BBC)

``A veterinarian at an Indonesian zoo asked us to send our animal feed additive, which contains the bacteria leuconostoc citreum, a type of lactobacillus found in kimchi,’’ said Lee Jong-Dae, president of Celltech International. (Korea Times)