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    This document discusses dairy farming and milk production. It provides information on the history of dairy farming, how milk is cared for and pasteurized to kill bacteria, the characteristics of common dairy breeds like Holstein and Jersey cows, and the milking process where cows are milked twice daily by machine to collect milk. It notes that milk from cows treated with antibiotics cannot be consumed by humans.

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    Got Milk

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    This document discusses dairy farming and milk production. It provides information on the history of dairy farming, how milk is cared for and pasteurized to kill bacteria, the characteristics of common dairy breeds like Holstein and Jersey cows, and the milking process where cows are milked twice daily by machine to collect milk. It notes that milk from cows treated with antibiotics cannot be consumed by humans.

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    This document discusses dairy farming and milk production. It provides information on the history of dairy farming, how milk is cared for and pasteurized to kill bacteria, the characteristics of common dairy breeds like Holstein and Jersey cows, and the milking process where cows are milked twice daily by machine to collect milk. It notes that milk from cows treated with antibiotics cannot be consumed by humans.

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    Got Milk

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    This document discusses dairy farming and milk production. It provides information on the history of dairy farming, how milk is cared for and pasteurized to kill bacteria, the characteristics of common dairy breeds like Holstein and Jersey cows, and the milking process where cows are milked twice daily by machine to collect milk. It notes that milk from cows treated with antibiotics cannot be consumed by humans.

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    Got Milk?

    Milk
    • Most wholesome & complete food
    • Oldest agricultural industry
    – dates back 7,000 years
    Care of Milk
    • Milk is easily contaminated with bacteria
    – udder is close to ground
    • Pasteurization: heat to 161 degrees F for 15
    seconds- kills bacteria
    Dairy Breeds- Holstein
    • Holstein: most popular breed in U.S.
    – largest breed
    – most milk production
    – lowest butterfat in milk
    – black & white
    Dairy Breeds- Jersey
    • Jersey: smallest milk breed , light brown
    color
    • least milk
    • most butterfat
    • fat on meat is yellow
    (because of butterfat)
    Dairy Breeds
    • Guernsey: milk is yellower due to high
    content of carotene
    • Ayrshire: newest breed, looks like Holstein
    but red & white
    – good foragers of grass
    • Brown Swiss: oldest breed, dual purpose
    breed (meat & milk)
    Dairy Breeds- Brown Swiss
    • Brown Swiss: oldest
    breed, dual purpose
    breed (meat & milk)
    Milking
    • Dairy cows require lots of high quality feed
    & water
    • Dairies usually milk 2 times each day (or
    every 12 hours)
    – udder is washed & dried
    – dip teats in iodine to disinfect & close sphincter
    muscle
    – milking machine pipes milk to a cooling tank
    Milking
    • Any cows treated with antibiotics, milk is not
    suited to humans
    – can cause a whole truck of milk to be dumped out
    due to contamination
    • Lactation period = 10 months, dry = 2 months
    • Freshen: cows calve and begin to lactate
    • Colostrum: mothers first milk, loaded with
    antibiotics etc. for the calf

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