does noise affect milk production in dairy cows?
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There are fans running all the time, and the sound of the milking units, and people hollering to each other to be heard.  A loud noise would startle them, but the ones I mentioned are ordinary noises they're used to.  Many farmers have a loud radio on; those cows are used to that.
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Dairy farming has become big busines, and unless you can afford to invest in a large operation with hundreds of cows and the equipment that goes with it, it's almost impossible to make a living at it.\n\nYou might be able to do better with organic farming - raising cows that are grass fed and selling unpasteurized milk for people who are looking for that for health benefits.  Look for states where selling unpasteurized milk is legal - it is not in Colorado; here you have to buy an interest in the cow and pay monthly maintenance fees to get unpasteurized milk.
225210
About one-thousand pounds, and add fifteen to thirty pounds if milk sack is full.  Different kinds of cows produce more or less milk.
500782
Yes it does. Greesy/fatty food, and anything you have trouble processing like milk and dairy cause gas (flatulence). It's caused by the billions of bacteria in your intestine that process the food and let out a gas as a byproduct. Once it accumulates the sound is made by the vibration of the anus, similar to a tuba player buzzing their lips in a mouthpiece. Nice image eh?
186810
I rub my earlobes and think of cows in a pasture. I know it sounds really dumb (which I also thought when I was told about it), but it really does work.
21798
cows and goats can carry some diseases and it can be spread through the milk. T.B. can be spread that way and dairy animals are regularly tested for T.B. If an animal gets mastitis the milk can become harmful. In the late 50's a young girl who lived next to my grandmother and drank fresh cow milk got milk sickness and nearly died. It left her with some brain damage and shaky hands. I don't know if it was caused by something the cow ate or an actual disease the cow had. I think the milk would need to be tested to find out for sure. Also her 4 brothers and her parents drank the milk, as did several other people in the neighberhood and as far as I know she is the only one who got sick.
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Actually, no it doesn't. The sound you hear is actually vibrations in your ear that your brain converts to noise. So if there are no living creatures with ears and brains around to 'hear' it, it does not make a noise...just some air vibrations going all over the place.
72135
i tend to doubt it bc im pretty sure the sound does not effect there reproduction rate however sharing headphones(gross but some ppl do) can increase the spread of bacteria
21730
I would assume it goes to the calf (for which the milk would naturally be produced) needs more milk after the night's fast.  Just a thought.
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A Courtesy Flush.\n\nThis is one of the best reasons to keep off the fats and processed foods. Take plenty of fibre and if that is a problem get a fibre supplement and finally eat a natural yogurt every so often.\n\nGenerally I can use a courtesy flush at the beginning to cover up the noise and evacuate myself all in one go.
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I worked at a zoo for nine years and witnessed the birth of two calves.  In that time I never heard any make a sound.  I don't think they are mute but animals are known to be able to make sounds beyond our range of hearing.  Elephants for example can make sounds that can be heard only by elephants and communicate for many miles.
687949
no its not milk.  its only discharge. you only produce milk when you are pregnant.
148909
animals can be genetically modified to produce more milk in cows. mouse is used in transgenic approach to identify teh effect of deletion in a gene locus or mutations.
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There really is not much good information about the effect of music on plants because all attempts to do controlled studies on plants and music result in "no difference". Any "differences" between a music treatment and a no-music control (or other-music treatment) in pseudoscience studies can almost always be attributed to some difference in other variables in the project which have not been suitably controlled (light, water, fertilizer, soil type, humidity, etc.)
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Haha... Most living things change their behaviour when exposed to loud music. My dad does all the time.\n\nLoud music plays havoc on the ears, imagine a tiny mouse ear. Plus listening consumes energy... so mice are into some big hell when under such environments.
305421
Can't begin to tell you how much sleep I have been losing over this one, too.  Seems to me that constipated cows might give, well, uh, crappy milk.
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There have been strong arguments for and against drinking it for many years. One of the big problems, particularly with large herds of cows, is that no matter how clean the cows or the barns, all milk finishes up containing fecal material. This is what happens when they hose down a cow and then put a vacuum down at the south end of it. But smaller herds  raised on pasture grass, rather than in pens eating corn, are healthy and pathogen-free and more care is taken in the milking process. So if you make sure you get milk from the latter you would be OK. Many people say that pasteurized milk is associated with allergies, increased tooth decay, colic in infants, growth problems in children and even osteoporosis arthritis, heart disease and cancer. Where I live in Mexico many Mexicans will not drink anything other than raw milk which is delivered fresh to their homes every day.