Why do we use cow manure in so many things but other animals’ poop (i.e. cats and dogs) are considered to be toxic?
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Remember that thing about how cows have four stomachs, and that their digestive system is…quite fascinating?
Something about that makes cows able to eat some technically foul things, kill the foul things, make use of what they are eating, and produce faeces that are actually not as foul any more.
I’ve only heard this in passing once, so don’t go wild on which details I have misunderstood;
Sheep have a parasite that they can get digestive troubles with if you keep a lot of sheep on the same pasture (even if it’s large) for a long time.
But it has turned out that cows who eat the grass in the same pasture, kills the parasites.
Which means that it’s not that odd that a pasture with a few hundred sheep, ALSO has like five-ten cows.
WHY is it this way? I don’t know for sure. The details are a bit flakey.
I was kind of hoping that someone who knows the full story can come here and fill in the blanks.
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