Research – Pathogens removed from cows’ drinking water

“The trials show great promise for the agricultural sector in the UK with potential for farmers to deliver healthier calves with a reduced requirement for antibiotic treatment and ultimately higher yields and increased profitability from their dairy herd,” said Ian Tremain, agriculture innovation manager at Bridgwater & Taunton College.

WET Group, which supplied the technology used to clean the borehole water commonly mixed with artificial nutrition feed and then fed to cows, worked with the Agriculture Innovation Centre at Bridgwater & Taunton College on the year-long trial on cows, and has decided to fund further trials in order to expand on initial findings. The final phase of the trials, which will see the introduction of WET Group’s upgraded mineral enhanced Guided Enhanced Membrane (GEM) system is due to commence in October 2019.