A huge row has broke out in Denmark after a number of dairy farmers claim their cows have been poisoned by the methane reducing feed additive Bovaer.
Several farmers have reported major health issues in their cows, including fevers, diarrhea, fertility and condition problems, cows collapsing and even some that have died.
Bovaer is a feed additive containing the active ingredient 3-nitrooxypropanol (3-NOP), that reduces methane emissions produced by cattle.
Manufactured by Swiss company dsm-firmenich, it is designed to be added to cow feed in small quantities to inhibit a specific enzyme in the animal’s digestive system, which can cut methane production by up to 30% in dairy cows. ---More...