There are two hormones involved in the synthesis and release of milk: prolactin and oxytocin. Both are produced in a pea-sized gland attached to the base of the brain called the pituitary gland, and carried to the breasts by the blood. Prolactin is produced by the anterior(front part) of the pituitary gland. It stimulates the cells in the breasts to synthesise milk. Prolactin synthesis is stimulated by several minutes of the infant sucking at the breast. Oxytocin is synthesised by the posterior (rear part) of the pitutary gland. It stimulates the release of the milk from the breast (also called milk 'let down'). Oxytocin production is also stimulated by suckling at the breast. See: http://www.breastfeedingbasics.org/cgi-bin/deliver.cgi/content/Anatomy/physiology.html http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic2594.htm
Milk synthesis and production is an involuntary action of the cow's body, thus occurs when the cow is either asleep or awake.
Depends on what breed you are referring to. Dairy cows give a lot of milk; beef cows don't.
cows...! DUHHHHHHHHHHHH! where else would COWS milk come from? I mean COME ON!
Angus cows are beef cows, not dairy cows. Holsteins are dairy cows, not beef cows, which is where we get the majority of our milk from.
No, Brown cows do not have brown milk.
No . it is from milk and chocolate. Whole milk is from cows, not chocolate milk. Chocolate milk is made by a combination of products.
Cows don't lay eggs, or milk duds. Cows have calves and produce milk. Bulls produce semen to fertilize the cows.
pink milk is not made from cows its strwberry
No it is not healthier than cows milk because it is processed.
The milk that goes down the drain is milk that has been collected from cows that have mastitis. Cows with mastitis cannot have their milk mixed with the milk of cows that do not have mastitis.
you get milk from cows
No. Milk is milk and comes directly from mammals like cows.