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Re: Breed improvement in dairy cows -Reply
I'm not suggesting dilution of anybody's
>milk, but it struck me that much of our intensive dairy cow breeding over
>the past decades has mostly allowed the cows to put through more
>water. Do any Sanetters have a more informed perspective on this?
>BOB
When I worked with (5) cows, you could always tell one cow's milk from
another, and the richness was inversely proportional to the quantity.
Whats more, the more a cow produces, the more she is vulnerable to milk
fever, with the Channel breeds being the most vulnerable.I don't know
what we would have done without vets, and mastitis ointment, too.
Susceptability to illness should be considered if you are shipping cows
to a remote place.
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Karen Stark
ks36@cornell.edu
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