Sleep with chicken around bed and avoid malaria!

Edit The Times of India 24 Jul 2016
A lot of people enjoy eating various chicken delicacies all around the world. It is believed that chicken provides best protein to the human body but what if we tell you that sleeping next to a chicken could help you avoid malaria? ... Four compounds, namely Naphthalene, Isobutyl Butyrate, Trans-limonene and Hexadecane, also referred to as chicken specific compounds, are being cited as the reason behind repelling mosquitoes ... RELATED....

Sleep next to a chicken, avoid malaria

Edit The Times of India 22 Jul 2016
Scientists have come up with a surprising way to avoid getting malaria - sleeping with a chicken next to the bed. A study in Ethiopia found that while mosquitoes have a taste for human blood, they are repelled by the smell of chickens ... The researchers identified four "chicken-specific compounds" - isobutyl butyrate, naphthalene, hexadecane and trans-limonene - found in their feathers that appeared to have a repellent effect ... RELATED....
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