The hormone that is injected into dairy cows for increased growth and milk production is called recombinant Bovine Somatotrophin Hormone or rBST, purchased as Posilac by American dairy farmers.
There is no "medicine" that is used for dairy cows to increase milk production. Only a particular growth hormone called rBGH or recominant Bovine Growth Hormone.
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Read Labels! Hormone free dairy is now bragging since hormone supplementation is now so unpopular.
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Yes. The hormones in a cow's bloodstream do not affect its kashrus, or that of the milk it produces.
Growth hormones are something that are fed animals at most slaughter houses or dairy houses. This means that the meat, poultry or dairy you are consuming is not organic. Growth hormones make cows or chickens provide more meat, poultry or dairy by growing them artificially.
Cows treated with growth hormone reach market weight faster, which is an advantage for the farmer. A con is that these hormones stay in the meat and are passed on to humans through consumption of the meat.
What kind of "hormone" are you concerned about? There is more than one type of hormone that can be found in milk, aside from growth hormone. Most hormones that are in milk are in trace amounts that are barely detectible, and are normally found in all females that produce milk: Oxytocin, Progesterone, Estrogen, Growth Hormone, GnRH, etc.
Commercial grocery store chains usually have milk with growth hormone. If it is not labeled specifying no growth hormone, it probably has it. In the U.S. it is not required to be included on the label even if it is used as many consumers would avoid it if they knew...
Dairy farming is an agricultural term to mean the long term production of milk, generally from dairy cows. The production can either be done onsite or transferred to a dairy factory.
A female bovine bred for dairy production that has not had a calf.
Victoria leads the nation in the production of dairy products in Australia. It has a strong dairy industry with large dairy farms and processing facilities.