Let’s see if cow’s urine, dung are good for us

[Guest guest]

Here is an interesting news item from Mumbai Mirror

(http://www.mumbaimirror.com/nmirror/mmpaper.asp) dated Wednesday,

March 22, 2006.

Only thing is I think that there should be an ayurveda expert on the

team.

 

Cybervaidya

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Let's see if cow's urine, dung are good for us

 

Wednesday, March 22, 2006

 

Karnataka govt has asked Veterinary University to substantiate

ancient beliefs about their medicinal benefits

- Usman Merchant

 

Bangalore: After the Madhya Pradesh government's decision to sell

cow's urine through co-operative dairy milk booths, the Karnataka

government in which the BJP is the major partner has announced that

it will facilitate research on the medicinal benefits of gomutra.

 

The first budget presented by the coalition government on Monday ear

marked Rs 25 lakh for promoting research in this field. Animal

husbandry minister and senior BJP leader V.S Acharya told Mumbai

Mirror that scientists at the Karnataka Veterinary University will

be asked to conduct research to verify scientifically the medicinal

benefits of cow's urine and cow dung. "It is a long held belief in

our country that cow's urine has medicinal benefits. What we want to

do is to try and substantiate this belief with scientific backing.

There is a strong demand from among a section of the people to

promote gomutra and its curative properties. Hence we decided to

undertake the project", he explained.

 

The government has also allocated Rs 2.70 crore for protection and

development of local breeds of cattle.

 

Under this programme 20 acres of land in each district will be

leased to any person or agency who is interested in development of

cattle breeds.

 

The beneficiaries of this programme will have to rear at least 100

cattle and will have to collect urine from the cows which will sent

to the Veterinary University to be used for the research on cow

urine.

 

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