• CharlieTheOctopus [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    7 months ago

    Using waste products in the production of animal feed is actually pretty standard practice. For example, urea is a waste product found in urine that is routinely added to cattle feed to help with ruminant digestion.

    On its face it can seem very strange though, so there is that.

    • Owl [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      7 months ago

      On the one hand, yeah animals eat poop, get over it.

      On the other hand, densely packed, sickly animals with poor diets are a recipe for new diseases, and putting them in contact with products from other densely packed, sickly animals with poor diets is a recipe for increasingly novel new diseases.