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Why your dairy cow is eating discarded plastic

Cows eating garbage.

Dear Dr Othieno

I have four dairy crosses which I sometimes let loose to graze in my compound although they are mostly under zero grazing. One cow has started chewing on pieces of clothes and polythene waste and rags. I have also observed it licking tree backs, timber and even walls. What could be the problem and what’s the remedy?

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