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Burpless Cows - chairman - 06-07-2013
Scientists at the University of Aberdeen are hoping to use selective breeding to breed burpless cows. Or, at least, cows that burp less often than average. This is possible because apparently there's natural variation in the frequency with which cows burp. Some burp all the time, and others not so much. So if you keep selecting the less burpy ones, eventually you'll produce a herd of burp-free bovines.
This is desirable — so much so that the EU is willing to put up €7.7 million in funding for the research — because it's the cow's belches that contain the atmosphere-warming methane. So the plan is that burpless cows will help save us from the spectre of global warming.
Re: Burpless Cows - ali - 06-07-2013
I thought most of that problematic methane gas was produced from the other end of the cow!
Re: Burpless Cows - ketchim - 06-08-2013
How many stomachs does a Cow have ?
Re: Burpless Cows - ketchim - 06-08-2013
1. The Rumen –
this is the largest part and holds upto 50 gallons of partially digested food.
This is where the ‘cud’ comes from.
Good bacteria in the Rumen helps soften and digest the cows food and provides protein for the cow.
Re: Burpless Cows - ketchim - 06-08-2013
2. The Recticulum –
this part of the stomach is called the ‘hardware’ stomach.
This is because if the cow eats something it should not have like a peice of fencing,
it lodges here in the Recticulum.
Re: Burpless Cows - ketchim - 06-08-2013
3. The Omasum –
this part is a ‘filter’. It filters through all the food the cow eats.
The cud is also pressed and broken down further .
Re: Burpless Cows - ketchim - 06-08-2013
4. The Abomasum –
this part is like a humans stomach and is connected to the intestines.
Here, the food is finally digested by the cows stomach juices and essential nutrients that
the cow needs are passed through the bloodstream.
Re: Burpless Cows - chairman - 06-08-2013
u know cows good?
Re: Burpless Cows - ketchim - 06-09-2013
I eat Beef them based on the physical characteristic of Livestock:
multiple stomach , cloven hoof et cetera