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on Saturday September 01 2018, @09:22AM
from the cows-eating-sushi-is-the-end-of-the-world dept.
from the cows-eating-sushi-is-the-end-of-the-world dept.
University of California researchers are feeding seaweed to dairy cows in an attempt to make cattle more climate-friendly.
UC Davis is studying whether adding small amounts of seaweed to cattle feed can help reduce their emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas that's released when cattle burp, pass gas or make manure.
In a study this past spring, researchers found methane emissions were reduced by more than 30 percent in a dozen Holstein cows that ate the ocean algae, which was mixed into their feed and sweetened with molasses to disguise the salty taste.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 01 2018, @10:48PM
If you need it to be a regular part of the idet, blended in so that it's generally present in the rumen, then a salt lick won't do it.
Any given cow might go a week or more between significant goes at the salt lick.