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In wearable technology for our bovine friends. shes got two bits of kit on her. one, a pedometer — kind of like what we all wear on our wrists — that measures what she is doing, lying down, sitting, walking around and how much energy shes using. and around her neck, shes got something that measures her head movements so we can know when shes eating and when she might be producing something out of her front end. and that helps you to work out how much methane shes producing? yeah, so methane ...

Producing something out of her front end. and that helps you to work out how much methane shes producing? yeah, so methane is produced after shes eaten her meals, so if we know how much shes eating, how often shes eating, well be able to extrapolate her methane, as well as being able to measure it to compare it. and you have belch chambers, is that right? we do. we use those for research, thats not something we use routinely in the field, and we use it very infrequently to really get an idea of ...

And hello, magenta. hello, magenta. can i ask you what is magenta wearing and why? magentas wearing the latest in wearable technology for our bovine friends. shes got two bits of kit on her. one, a pedometer — kind of like what we all wear on our wrists — that measures what she is doing, lying down, sitting, walking around and how much energy shes using. and around her neck, shes got something that measures her head movements so we can know when shes eating and when she might be producing so...

Measures her head movements so we can know when shes eating and when she might be producing something out of her front end. and that helps you to work out how much methane shes producing? yeah, so methane is produced after shes eaten her meals, so if we know how much shes eating, how often shes eating, well be able to extrapolate her methane, as well as being able to measure it to compare it. and you have belch chambers, is that right? we do. we use those for research, thats not something we use...

Shes appearing here alongside her team and her showbiz agent eileen wall, head of research at scotlands rural college. eileen, welcome. hi, spencer, and hello, magenta. hello, magenta. can i ask you — what is magenta wearing and why? magentas wearing the latest in wearable technology for our bovine friends. shes got two bits of kit on her. one, a pedometer — kind of like what we all wear on our wrists — that measures what she is doing, lying down, sitting, walking around and how much energ...

To measure it to compare it. and you have belch chambers, is that right? we do. we use those for research, thats not something we use routinely in the field, and we use it very infrequently to really get an idea of how the methane changes over time, how it might differ for this cow over another cow or eating different foods. is there any way we can find out how much methane magentas producing right now? yeah, so the equipment that we have in the chamber is not exactly the same as this — this i...

And that helps you to work out how much methane shes producing? yeah, so methane is produced after shes eaten her meals, so if we know how much shes eating, how often shes eating, well be able to extrapolate her methane, as well as being able to measure it to compare it. and you have belch chambers, is that right? we do. we use those for research, thats not something we use routinely in the field, and we use it very infrequently to really get an idea of how the methane changes over time, how it ...

Kind of like what we all wear on our wrists — that measures what she is doing, lying down, sitting, walking around and how much energy shes using. and around her neck, shes got something that measures her head movements so we can know when shes eating and when she might be producing something out of her front end. and that helps you to work out how much methane shes producing? yeah, so methane is produced after shes eaten her meals, so if we know how much shes eating, how often shes eating, we...

One, a pedometer — kind of like what we all wear on our wrists — that measures what she is doing, lying down, sitting, walking around and how much energy shes using. and around her neck, shes got something that measures her head movements so we can know when shes eating and when she might be producing something out of her front end. and that helps you to work out how much methane shes producing? yeah, so methane is produced after shes eaten her meals, so if we know how much shes eating, how ...

Shes got two bits of kit on her. one, a pedometer — kind of like what we all wear on our wrists — that measures what she is doing, lying down, sitting, walking around and how much energy shes using. and around her neck, shes got something that measures her head movements so we can know when shes eating and when she might be producing something out of her front end. and that helps you to work out how much methane shes producing? yeah, so methane is produced after shes eaten her meals, so if w...