Xref: utzoo misc.headlines:21734 sci.bio:4137 sci.skeptic:6801 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!comp.vuw.ac.nz!cc-server4.massey.ac.nz!A.S.Chamove From: A.S.Chamove@massey.ac.nz (A.S. Chamove) Newsgroups: misc.headlines,sci.bio,sci.skeptic Subject: Re: More Budget Busters Message-ID: <1990Dec10.225507.10556@massey.ac.nz> Date: 10 Dec 90 22:55:07 GMT References: <1990Nov5.103853.10645@pbs.org> <1990Nov5.224851.19579@nntp-server.caltech.edu> <1990Dec4.145421.25102@engin.umich.edu> <1409@gtx.com> Organization: Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand Lines: 8 X-Reader: NETNEWS/PC Version 2.2 Bovine flatulence partially results from the fact that much (60% ?) of the food it eats is not digested. Part of the research is an attempt to innoculate the cow gut with bacteria to improve this conversion. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Arnold Chamove Massey University Psychology Palmerston North, New Zealand