The institute's founder, Mark McAfee, told the Los Angeles Times this weekend that his customers are, in fact, specifically requesting raw milk from #H5N1-infected #cows. According to McAfee, his customers believe, without evidence, that directly drinking high levels of the #avianinfluenza#virus will give them immunity to the deadly pathogen
I’m probably the last person on earth to learn this, or at least the last Texan to learn this: lady longhorns…have long horns. I just assumed big horns = bull. There’s two longhorn cows that live on land near my neighborhood, every time I drive by I say ‘I should take their photo’. Finally, on Sunday, I drove by & saw they were out. Went back to house, grabbed camera and swung back. Looking at the photos later I was udderly amazed to see…udders on them thar #longhorns.
Photographed this handsome brahma in a rural country pasture & spruced him up with layers of texture for his social media debut. This breed of cows is very impressive & unique in appearance & always fun to see & photograph. An ideal image for the cattle rancher or for anyone who loves cows.
Could the world’s insulin supply problems be solved by a herd of cows? A genetically modified cow recently produced proteins needed for human insulin in its milk. Science Alert tells us why the scientists behind the experiment are hopeful. https://flip.it/jac.e0 #Science#Health#Cows#Insulin#Diabetes
Cow poop emits climate-warming methane. Adding red algae may help (www.sciencenews.org)
Adding a type of methane-inhibiting red algae directly to cow feces cut down methane emission from the poop by about 44 percent, researchers report.