[Terrapreta] methane, cowfarts and charcoal in the feedlot

[Michael Bailes]

Activated charcoal is used in some animal feeds already.
See
http://forums.hypography.com/terra-preta/11626-some-unusual-uses-charcoal.html
It is a good idea, surprising that no one has got on to it yet.Not only thst
look what agoogle seach turned up

> Activate charcoal
> "If you feed charcoal to milking cows, the quality of the fat in the milk
> improves and the taste is much better than cow that was not fed charcoal.
> ...
> www.actcharcoal.com/main/page.asp?id=32&tid=&bt=&cs= - 30k -



CharcoalRemedies.com: The Complete Handbook of Medicinal *Charcoal* ... -
> Google Books Result<http://books.google.com.au/books?id=sTocSIb0yccC&pg=PA171&lpg=PA171&dq=cow+feed+charcoal&source=web&ots=6x6bvGD6l3&sig=CyHcvaFkD5WmsdhEV2sh6XUzPHs&hl=en>by
> John Dinsley - 2005 - Technology - 304 pages
> Those lambs that received *charcoal* ate more *feed* than those that did
> not *...* mad *cow* disease and other toxic organisms, *charcoal* should
> look better and *...*
> books.google.com.au/books?isbn=0973846402*...* Activated *charcoal*: a
> versatile decolorization agent for the *...*<http://www.springerlink.com/index/XUP879762156J685.pdf>A.
> & Piva, G. 1996 Reduction of carryover of aflatoxin from *cow*. *feed* to
> milk by addition of activated carbon. Journal of Food. Protection 59,
> 551–554. *...*
> www.springerlink.com/index/XUP879762156J685.pdf -Applied Clay Science :
> Aflatoxin B1 adsorption by clays from water *...*<http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0169131706001591>(1992)
> examined the carry-over of aflatoxin from *feed* (AfB1) into *cow's* *...*1% sodium bentonite and activated
> *charcoal* additions to *feed* that contained 100 *...*
> linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0169131706001591*]*Canadian Organic
> Growers <http://www.cog.ca/documents/RS5.pdf>File Format: PDF/Adobe
> Acrobat - View as HTML<http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:Ha7XaZ1ZVhkJ:www.cog.ca/documents/RS5.pdf+Cow+feed+charcoal&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=11&gl=au&client=firefox-a>
> *charcoal* or clay the third day after the new born *...* Give *charcoal*twice a day. Give
> *cow* 4 drops a *...* If a *cow* is up and eating *feed* 25 gm chloride of
> *...*
> www.cog.ca/documents/RS5.pdf
>

The tablets for humans are very expensive but still used here by
gastroenterologists.
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On 02/03/2008, geoff moxham <teraniageoff at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Sean, list-folks,
>  a There was the well known addition that
>  the healthfood industry promotes it for REDUCING FLATULANCE and
>  cleansing.

>  Then it would inoculated in their gut and sequestered in every cow pat
>  recycled as fertiliser/compost. Even better if it could go in feedbins
>  for free-ranging cattle and they could then distibute it in the
>  pasture. Sort of above-ground worms for the  "magical renewing '
>  aspect of terrapreta.  Maybe the cattle would even get better.
>  regards
>  Geoff TDH
>
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