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International Business Times
International Business Times
Science
Julie JAMMOT

Scientists Seek Miracle Pill To Stop Methane Cow Burps

A cow that’s part of study on reducing methane in bovine burps stands in an exclosure at UC Davis in California (Credit: AFP)

A scientist guides a long tube into the mouth and down to the stomach of Thing 1, a two-month-old calf that is part of a research project aiming to prevent cows from burping methane, a potent greenhouse gas.

Paulo de Meo Filho, a postdoctoral researcher at University of California, Davis, is part of an ambitious experiment aiming to develop a pill to transform cow gut bacteria so it emits less or no methane.

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