Imagine being able to look inside a cow.
Whatever the reason, were almost a century ahead and the practice continues to remain highly moot.
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What is a Cannulated Cow?
Within a cow live millions of independent microorganisms that work day and night to fuel its digestive system.
The rumen fluid and microbes are then transferred to the body of the ill cow.
This is called transfaunation.
Getting to know the inside of the ruminant.
Various animal activists have opposed the farming practice across countries.
The duration of their own life increases, and transfaunation helps revive other dying and diseased animals.
These cows are often the healthiest among the herd.
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Today, the practice is thriving across the world from Europe to Australia.
However, this does not take away from the jarring presence of laboratory rumina for modern experimentation.
These faux rumina are made of plastic, but imitate the process of fermentation in a real cow.
Why cut open an animal when you might get the desired results from a plastic model?
The answer seems to lie in the resultant depletion of methane emissions in livestock farming.
The cows that were cannulated or fistulated also proved to become healthier and live longer.
The intrigue of the matter, of course, notwithstanding.
References#The Lantern#BBC#Modern Farmer#Rumen Cannulation: Procedure and Use of a Cannulated Bovine
