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Q: How do cows eat grass without being sick?
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sick cows were being tortured into the slaughterhouse


Can your cow get sick from wet food?

No, silage is wet food and cows don't get sick from it. Grass with dew on it is also wet food and they don't get sick on that either. They will get bloated on alfalfa or clover that is eaten early in the morning though, especially if they are turned out when they are hungry.


Can cows be sick?

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Can cattle eat Kentucky blue grass without becoming sick?

Yes, certainly!! There's nothing in KBG that will make a bovine sick, so it's a grass that is absolutely and assuredly safe for cattle to eat.


Can not milking cows make cows sick?

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Why do cows miscarry?

Sometimes cows will have a miscarriage if they become very sick, mostly from brucellosis.


Can cows get hemorrhoids?

Yes, cows can get constipated, especially when they are sick. However, constipation is more common in calves than fully grown cows.


How do cows eat grass with out being sick?

Their digestive systems are built to handle forages and roughage and use them adequately for their bodily functions. Certain microbes in the digestive system help break down the fibrous material, and the four different chambers in the stomach help with processing the forages in four different stages within that stomach. Cows don't get sick eating grass, they never have and never will. Antiquality factors such as bloat, fescue toxicity, grass tetany and nitrate toxicity come up but that's mostly associated with the quality or lack there of in the grasses that make them sick. Bloat is caused by high levels of protein in the young grasses or in legumes, and mostly caused by turning animals out on a fresh pasture when they are hungry. Fescue toxicity is caused by a fungus (ergot) that is commonly grown in Tall Fescue, and makes for foot, ear, and tail gangrene in cattle if eaten in excess. Grass tetany is a lack of magnesium in the grass, which, in the cow, leads to symptoms of magnesium deficiency which kills quickly if not treated quickly. Nitrate toxicity occurs after a bad case of frost or drought and nitrates build up in the grasses. Too much nitrate in the cow causes illness which also needs to be treated immediately. But as for grass being just grass without the antiquality factors I mentioned, ruminants were always designed to eat grass. It's just the way they've evolved over thousands and thousands of years.


Why does grass get sick?

Dogs eat grass so that they will throw up. This is because they already feel sick to their stomach. They eat the grass because they know that throwing up will make them feel better.


Can cows milk make a kitten sick?

Cows milk can make a kitten sick, but it usually only does when the milk for some reason has spoiled or if the kitten is allergic to milk and/or other dairy products. Symptoms may include trouble breathing, throwing up, or your kitten being increasingly lethargic. ~Ares


Do ligers eat grass?

Only when they are sick.


What vitamins are dogs getting from eating grass?

Dogs should not eat grass it makes them sick a lttle of it is fine it will help them but to much will make them sick