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21 hours ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

It reduces the production of an enzyme which plays a role in digestion and consequent emissions.

If that enzyme wasn't needed by the animal, why is it there.

We use medicines in people and animals to treat illnesses, and essentially help the body work as best it can 

This seems to be a concoction designed to reduce the animal's ability to function as well as it can.

All a but sad when a big company chases "green" credentials in this way.

So do other things in other feeds though ? 
same as some things make us fart more and some things prevent farting and change how you react to foodstuffs  etc? 
don’t think it’s harmful to the cow ? 
May be wrong as I haven’t read much of this , there may be more than breaking down enzymes , but farmers been giving digestion aids in feeds for years , seaweed etc, not sure what’s so bad about this one and why it’s caused such a response that previous things didn’t ? 

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12 minutes ago, fatolive said:

So do other things in other feeds though ? 
same as some things make us fart more and some things prevent farting and change how you react to foodstuffs  etc? 
don’t think it’s harmful to the cow ? 
May be wrong as I haven’t read much of this , there may be more than breaking down enzymes , but farmers been giving digestion aids in feeds for years , seaweed etc, not sure what’s so bad about this one and why it’s caused such a response that previous things didn’t ? 

Seaweed, minerals, etc are naturally occurring foodstuffs. 

This additive stops/reduces the production of a hormone.

Quite different.

There have been previous issues with food additives- maybe they've been lost over time- but BSE (mad cow disease is an example)

The UK also forbids the use of growth hormones in livestock too, to protect people from them being passed on through the food chain. 

Unfortunately, problems are always predictable, and arise later.

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3 hours ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

You might, but I'd like to keep it!

Still plays a digestive function, and I'd be a bit miffed if Amazon insisted I have it out for the benefit of the planet.

Don't suppose anyone would bother about my coxxyx, unless it releases something nasty.

I'd quite happily sacrifice my appendix if it meant keeping global temperature changes to less than 1.5 degrees c. 

You selfish bastard! 😂

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5 minutes ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

Seaweed, minerals, etc are naturally occurring foodstuffs. 

This additive stops/reduces the production of a hormone.

Quite different.

There have been previous issues with food additives- maybe they've been lost over time- but BSE (mad cow disease is an example)

The UK also forbids the use of growth hormones in livestock too, to protect people from them being passed on through the food chain. 

Unfortunately, problems are always predictable, and arise later.

So does sea weed , that’s my point, it isn’t quite different , it’s the same thing but ones natural and ones man made but they both do the same thing , block the offending enzyme 

if reducing gas by inhibiting the enzyme is all this boaver does that is , as I totally agree with the additives bit , and base was a good example , but in this case, as I understand , yes one’s a natural way of doing it , well uses  natural ingredient at least and  the other a man made additive that does the same thing within the cow ? 
 

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6 hours ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

Seaweed, minerals, etc are naturally occurring foodstuffs. 

This additive stops/reduces the production of a hormone.

Quite different.

There have been previous issues with food additives- maybe they've been lost over time- but BSE (mad cow disease is an example)

The UK also forbids the use of growth hormones in livestock too, to protect people from them being passed on through the food chain. 

Unfortunately, problems are always predictable, and arise later.

BSE was caused by feeding cattle bone meal originating from infected dead cattle, and dead sheep infected with scrapie. I mean what could possibly go wrong.

Not your normal food additive really. 

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