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Cows fed small amount of seaweed burp 86 per cent less methane in trial
Feeding cattle a small amount of a seaweed species found in Australia has been shown to reduce their methane emissions by up to 86 per cent.
Key points:
- Red seaweed contains a compound that can reduce the production of methane
- Proponents say it could be the equivalent of removing 100 million cars from the road if adopted by the agriculture industry
- Some scientists warn the side effects of eating red seaweed on a large scale could include the production of ozone-depleting gas
Supplementing either 0.25 per cent or 0.5 per cent of a cow’s daily feed with Asparagopsis taxiformis — a red seaweed native to Australian coastal waters — resulted in an average drop in methane production of over 50 per cent and 74 per cent respectively over a…
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