B2B (bull-to-bull)

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2001
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CTA. 2001. B2B (bull-to-bull). Spore 96. CTA, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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B2B (bull-to-bull)A bull in Baringo district, Kenya, has taught other cattle to eat cactus (Opuntia megacantha) as fodder, after the thorns have been burnt off. According to a report from the International Development Research Centre, two years of...
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A bull in Baringo district, Kenya, has taught other cattle to eat cactus (Opuntia megacantha) as fodder, after the thorns have been burnt off. According to a report from the International Development Research Centre, two years of drought had created a severe scarcity of cattle fodder when the staff of the local NGO Rehabilitation of Arid Environments heard about a cactus eating bull in the area. They bought up the animal and had him eat cactus in front of some 150 cattle of different herds.
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