Argentina to boost beef production with IUD that prevents pregnant cows from reaching the slaughterh

He has patented his invention locally and in the European Union.

The IUD is designed for cows that have already given birth to five to seven calves, and are being fattened for slaughter.

Turin, 47, began experimenting with home-made bovine IUDs 20 years ago. Today he has a small factory built next to his home in Pergamino — 245 kilometers (152 miles) north of Buenos Aires in Argentina’s livestock and agricultural heartland — to produce the $3.00 devices.

Beef cows via Stephen Denness / Shutterstock

 

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