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Cows toilet trained to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
In the study, which took place in Germany, scientists trained the animals to use a designated toilet. Their urine was then collected and treated.
The ammonia from cows' urine turns into the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide when it's mixed with soil.
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The animals were placed in the MooLoo pen and were rewarded with food for urinating. After this, they were then placed in an area next to the MooLoo and rewarded for walking into the pen and urinating.
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"Very quickly, within 15 to 20 urinations on average, the cows would self-initiate entry to the toilet," Lindsay Matthews, a researcher involved in the study told Radio New Zealand.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-58552651
The ammonia from cows' urine turns into the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide when it's mixed with soil.
...
The animals were placed in the MooLoo pen and were rewarded with food for urinating. After this, they were then placed in an area next to the MooLoo and rewarded for walking into the pen and urinating.
...
"Very quickly, within 15 to 20 urinations on average, the cows would self-initiate entry to the toilet," Lindsay Matthews, a researcher involved in the study told Radio New Zealand.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-58552651
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