Dairy Management and Production

While a herd of cattle is sometimes referred to as cows the word cow is in fact the term for female cattle, moose and elk. Bulls or steers can be any color depending on breed. Holsteins are black and white, jersey's are brown, angus are black and so on.

kills bacteria

discovered by Louis pasteur, hence pasturization

(Actually, no. Pasteurisation is what kills germs. Homogenisation has nothing whatsoever to do with germs and everything to do with 'shelf life' because it breaks down the fat in the milk into tiny globules which cannot form again so you don't get any cream at the top of the milk. It damages the structure of the milk and enables the fat in the milk to go into the bloodstream unchanged. As usual the consumer has little choice but to pay top price for second-rate food. As you might guess, I hate homogenised milk and am trying to find a supplier of Pasteurised, non-homogenised milk. - added by Marie Cadavieco)

No, only the "female cows" do. Male "cows" are not cows. They are bulls or steers, which do not produce milk. Female bovines that have had a calf (or at least two) are called cows and those cows produce milk. Young female bovines that have not had a calf are called heifers, and they are not able to produce milk because they have not had a calf yet.

Not very long.... We used to buy raw goats milk from a farm down the road, and we always made sure to use it within about 3 days because it started to get a funny taste after that. We buy raw cows milk now and it lasts over a week.

It also depends on how clean the milking operation is. If milked properly, it should last 4 to 7 days from milking and assuming proper refrigeration (<5°C). Commercial dairy processors use raw milk before 4 days to ensure best quality.

Water intake depends on many factors including humidity and air temperature, salinity of the feed, physiological needs/stressors, size of the cow, how much milk that cow produces per milking or per day, location (as in latitude and climate), etc.

This means that numbers will vary. Some sources say two gallons, others claim as much as ten.

dairy products:

chesse(various)

milk(various)

ice cream

yogurt

sherbert

custard

butter

casein

cream

sour cream

some coffee creamers

7 cows and 11 chickens.

Cows have 4 legs. Chickens have 2 legs.

(4 legs)(7 cows) + (2 legs)(11 chickens) = 50 legs.

7 cow heads = 11 chicken heads = 18 heads.

A cow only has one udder, with four teats for each quarter of the udder.

If you are concerned about the safety of milk, you should not use non-pasteurized milk. Some people laud its benefits, but it always carries the risk of disease.

No. You've got this confused with the Jersey, which is the breed that produces milk with the most butterfat.

They can but strongly advise you to not feed it any dairy products because they are lactose intolerant! It will give your dog severe vomiting and stomach issues, and can potentially kill your cute little yorkie

Some ice creams claim to be high in calcium, but other than that ice cream does not have much nutritional value. It is usually eaten as a desert for enjoyment, so most ice creams certainly isn't health food considering the high sugar and fat content.

It varies from one cow to another. She may be freshening for a couple weeks before she even begins springing (or giving birth), or she may start freshening the second after the calf has hit the ground.

There is no "best" breed of dairy cattle. They all have their characteristics that are better than other breeds and other characteristics that are worse than other breeds. However, the most commonly found breed around the world is the Holstein-Freisian, which is considered one of the "best" milking breeds in terms of high milk production. But they cannot outdo the Jerseys in terms of milk fat content.

Cadbury Dairy Milk Caramel was created in 1976.

Dry cattle are cattle that are not giving milk. The term specifically refers to female cattle typically referred to as "cows."

Straight, unpasteurized milk from a cow, or powdered milk that is derived from unpasteurized milk (see your local large animal vet for the best milk replacer, as brands are sometimes different between countries/states/provinces, but basically are the same). NO SOY MILK REPLACER OR ANY MILK REPLACE THAT COMES FROM PLANT-BASED "MILK." Soy replacer is bad for calves because it doesn't contain the same amount of fats, proteins and calcium, among other nutrients, that is in cow's milk. You will kill your calf faster if you feed plant-based "milk" replacer than if you feed the real milk-based replacer.

Milk is pasteurized which reduces the microbial load. That makes it last longer.

Well, honey, a Holstein cow typically produces around 30 liters of milk per day. But hey, each cow is different, just like humans - some might be overachievers and pump out more, while others might slack off a bit. Just remember, quality over quantity, darling!

Everyone's brain is wired differently, and as such everyone's senses are also different. The signals and sensations are different for each person and for some drinking apple juice causes a positive stimulation of the senses and brain, whereas with others is causes a negative stimulation.

The process of milk is not directly linked to the cow's digestive system, no matter what colour of hide the cow is: black, brown, red, white, black-and-white, yellow, orange, etc. Milk becomes white because of the blood that supplies the cells in the alveoli that are found in huge masses in the udder. Milk has similar components to blood, except for hemoglobins and red blood cells which make blood red. These components that are fed to the milk secreting cells by the capillaries are what makes the milk white. Other contributors to the whiteness of milk are proteins called Casein that are found in milk.

Yes, a cow needs to calve before she can produce milk just as with humans and other animals. The method for breeding the cow can be via live cover where she is in with a bull or A.I. (artificial insemination) where the semen is collected from a bull at another location and the vet A.I. the cow in correlation with her ovulation cycle.

If a cow is not milked, she will experience a very swollen, sore and tender udder for several days which may subject her to mastitis, but after a little while, she begins to "dry up" or decrease in milk production, and the milk that is in her udder begins to get reabsorbed back into her body. After a few weeks her udder becomes loose and flabby, and she will not be producing milk anymore. A cow will not die if she does not get milked or for some reason stops milk production.

A few weeks. Often the calf will die of starvation before then, if you either don't milk the cow out and tube the calf with her milk, try to make the calf suckle as much as you can, or if you don't bottle-feed the calf. So make sure you are caring for the calf if the calf can't suckle from his momma.

No matter how much you microwave water, it will not "explode". However, if heated enough, water will actually boil. Boiling is a process which most liquids go through when heat is applied to them, depending on the how high the heat is, and how high the viscosity of the liquid is.