A garlic flavored cow

YNet ^ | Nov. 6, 2006 | Nurit Palter

[Alouette]

Veterinarian researchers find that garlic used to ward off cattle ticks also improves taste of beef

Nurit Palter Published: 11.06.06, 14:09

Soon there'll be no need to season your steak as cows will be fed garlic flavored hay.

The Veterinarian Institute at the Agricultural Ministry recently conducted comprehensive research into the food being fed to cattle raised for meat. Contrary to the black and white milk cows, cattle grown for beef spend most of their time pasturing outdoors and are often infected with ticks.

Research conducted by Dr Varda Shkapf, an expert on parasites at the veterinarian institute, found that cattle fed with garlic hay let off such a pungent odor that even the ticks kept away.

Cattle that had not been fed with the garlic hay were found to be infected with ticks three times greater than those who had been fed the garlic hay.

"Results clearly showed that garlic wards off the ticks," Professor Dan Levanon, the chief scientist at the institute said Sunday. "We know that garlic remains inside the cattle's body and may even improve the taste of the beef," he added.

For those concerned that the steak on their plate may let off a strong smell of garlic can rest assured: Researchers say the garlic taste and its odor will be very mild, but more importantly, the meat will be tastier.

[Alouette]

What an excellent idea!

[Alouette]

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[WV Mountain Mama]

I'll be letting my dad know, pronto. He has about 70 head of black angus, yummy!!!

[Hegemony Cricket]

My brother, who lives in Florida, swears that eating lots of garlic keeps the mosquitos away from him, so I would say this is probably right...

[WV Mountain Mama]

Maybe I will try that, I am the original mosquito magnet!!

[Grut]

Mon Dieu! Nous nous tout serons Francaise!

[Esther Ruth]

I guess if you live on a farm with lots of outdoor dogs this could be a good idea also, feed them a clove of garlic a few times a week to keep ticks off of them. Better yet, garlic flavored dog food - yuk, would that dog smell or what!

Can see it know at the local farmer's feed store, basil and oregano flavored chicken feed so your chickens are already herb flavored :)

[AmericaUnited]

Maybe they can also feed the cows Marinade Sauce ? Why not... :)

[frithguild]

I do not like this ideeeah. Buh blah!

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

Two birds with one stone.

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

So.....

does he smell?

[ikka]

A pig grower I know claims that he can completely avoid the use of commercial de-wormers by using garlic and I think, some diatomaceous earth sprinkled on top of the pigs' feed.

[xarmydog]

I feed my dog a clove of garlic once a week.It was a known treatment for years on the farm.Works for us.My dog is not a big fan,but he has no choice!

[alwaysconservative]

We use a lot of garlic in cooking, and I have little or no problem with mosquitos or ticks. And I've used both garlic powder and DE on my dog's food for the same reason, and she had NO problems with ticks and very few mosquitos. (I also use food-grade DE on my plants instead of pesticides.)

[JRios1968]

Pre-seasoned beef...hmmmmmmm....

[kevkrom]

There's NO such thing as too much garlic. Yum!

[Young Werther]

I first learned of Kobe beef in the James Bond epic, "You Only Live Twice." It was told how Kobe cattle are kept in a stall and hand fed. They received a pint of beer for feed each day and their handler gives them a beer rub down as well!

I thought that my chances of ever tasting this marinated on the hoof beef were little or none. But then there was Viet Nam.

I made it as far as Guam and supported the SAC efforts blow 'em back to the stone age. There was a steak house in downtown Agana and it was there that I tasted my first Kobe steak. Garlic is okay but pass the Kobe Steak and don't hold my beer!

[CholeraJoe]

Now if they could just figure out how to feed mayonaisse to tuna so you don't have to add it.

[Cicero]

I love garlic.

[LongElegantLegs]

"I never ate a garlic cow
I never hope to eat one
But if I had to choose between,
I'd rather eat than be one."

[Hegemony Cricket]

Nah, not really.

However, that reminds me of:

"My dog has no nose."

"Then how does he smell?"

"Awful!"

[Millee]

LOL!

[Drawsing]

"I never ate a garlic cow I never hope to eat one But if I had to choose between, I'd rather eat than be one."

This is the one I remember from my youth.

I've never seen a purple cow,
I never hope to see one.
But from this milk I'm drinking now
I'm certain there must be one.

[Dust in the Wind]

The company I work for has a product with those two ingredients for that purpose in horses and slowing the life cycle of stable flies.

[SunkenCiv]

Hey, assuming that vampires are responsible for cattle mutilations...

[blam]

I wonder .... maybe BBQ sauce, huh?

[SunkenCiv]

:'D

[Larry Lucido]

I don't know. It might keep away the ticks, but will it also keep away the chicks?