GM Maize has No Effect on Cow Milk Production
April 3, 2009| |
Results of the two-year feed trial commissioned by Bavaria's Agriculture Ministry revealed that genetically modified maize has no effect on the health of cows or on their milk production. The study, which was carried out in Munich Technical University and several other research facilities in Bavaria, covers a significantly longer trial period and a greater number of animals than any other similar trial carried out to date.
Blood, milk and excrement samples were collected from a group of cows fed with the transgenic maize variety MON810. These were compared to samples taken from cows fed with a conventional (isogenic) maize variety. The scientists estimated that more than 2.5 milligrams of Bt protein were ingested daily by the cows fed with the transgenic maize. They confirmed that there was no transfer of transgenic components from the BT maize to the milk.
Read the complete story at http://www.coextra.eu/country_reports/news1378_en.html A summary paper (in German) is available at http://www.transgen.de/pdf/dokumente/fuetterungsstudie_bayern03-09.pdf
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