Everything I hear how cow farmers need to take care of their stock baffles me more and more how these were able to survive for so long
A cow needs to be milked every certain period to avoid infections, bruising, death
A cow needs help with the birth of a calf, as its sometimes a process which cant be done by a cow itself
A cow builds up gasses in their stomachs, requiring punctures to avoid sickness, death
And not to mention the parasites, specific diets, and maybe some other things I wouldn’t know about
In: Biology
In addition to everything else folks have said, bear this in mind about the regular milking. Cows only give milk after they have had a calf. If you keep taking the milk, her body keeps producing it. In the wild, the calf drinks only as long as it needs to, and then it starts to ween off, so mom’s body produces less milk. When the calf doesn’t need to nurse anymore, mom’s body stops producing milk, at least until her next calf is born.
The needing to be milked constantly is purely because a dairy cow is constantly having their milk taken by farmers, so their body keeps producing.
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