• over_clox@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Did they study the paint chemicals themselves to see if that by itself was a natural bug repellant?

    Did they check if the paint chemicals are even safe for cows?

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    • SmoothLiquidation@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      I haven’t read the study, but most of these would need a placebo group, so divide the herd into thirds, one with no paint, one with stripes, and one fully painted white to get a baseline for each group. Also would be good to randomize which group each cow goes in each day so to rule out one cow who is especially tasty to flies.

      • Tja@programming.dev
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        2 months ago

        Also blindfold the scientists and the cows so it’s double blind. We don’t want the cows acting in a fly-attracting way because of placebo.