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This is the Conversation Forum for SEx - Science Explained Forum << Science broadcasting Sex: Satellite Prediction >> Subject: SEx: Cows, Milk and freshness Posted Oct 23, 2009 by Ictoan S.H.A.D.O.W. Secretary - AWE - WAWi   Posting 1 Got sent one of those silly exam answer emails the other day which got me wondering. One of the questions was 'A way to keep milk fresh' The given answer was 'Leave it in the cow'. Now, forgetting for the moment that cows need to be milked due to continued production of milk even when full (we'll assume for argument that this is not a factor and cows can be left unmilked for any length of time with no adverse effect on them) would the milk in the cow actually remain fresh? Would the cow's immune system combat any bacterial growth in the milk or would it still go off? Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: SEx: Cows, Milk and freshness Posted Oct 23, 2009 by turvy. No more than 30 charac~ This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 2 I've never heard anything so utterly ridiculous in my life. "Leave it in the cow". If you discount all requirements for milking the cow one could assume that the milk in the udder would go through a continuous cycle of renewal therefore remaining fresh. In the real world the cow would stop producing milk pretty quickly. t. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: SEx: Cows, Milk and freshness Posted Oct 23, 2009 by Not-so-bald-eagle This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 3 In RL I should think the cow would start to 'leak' what a cruel idea anyway... Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: SEx: Cows, Milk and freshness Posted Oct 23, 2009 by Happy Nerd This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 4 Exactly so. It is the same for any nursing female mammal. Absent the stimulus of nursing/milking, the teats will ooze some at first, then the glands will dry up until the next pregnancy. HN Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: SEx: Cows, Milk and freshness Posted Oct 24, 2009 by Not-so-bald-eagle This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 5 and can 'dried' milk really count as 'fresh' ? Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: SEx: Cows, Milk and freshness Posted Oct 24, 2009 by Amy Pawloski, aka 'paper lady' --'Mufflewhump??' click here for definition... This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 6 *winces in sympathy for the cow* Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: SEx: Cows, Milk and freshness Posted Oct 24, 2009 by Not-so-bald-eagle This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 7 Cows are 'fine-tuned' to produce loads of milk, far more than they'd produce to naturally feed calves. I've seen - and heard - cows when milking was (slightly? ) late, trying to push their way into a milking shed. Their distress was obvious. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: SEx: Cows, Milk and freshness Posted Oct 24, 2009 by Jack Winterbourne: The Amazing Meeting, London... It was so muff-a-fluffing rock! This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 8 There'd be a risk of mastitis and e coli infection etc too trying to leave it in the cow. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: SEx: Cows, Milk and freshness Posted Oct 24, 2009 by Not-so-bald-eagle This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 9 This is definitely a pro-cow thread ! Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: SEx: Cows, Milk and freshness Posted Oct 24, 2009 by Not-so-bald-eagle This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 10 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2TZc0r2ba0 self-milking cow ! Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: SEx: Cows, Milk and freshness Posted Oct 24, 2009 by Br dragonqueen - eternally free and forever untamed; weredoctor; SExpert; Honorary Flogstress... RIP Mum, I miss you. This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 11 Most likely a cow in dire need of being milked. When the udders are overfilled they start to leak. At least that what Nan said, and she spent most of her life milking and tending cows. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: SEx: Cows, Milk and freshness Posted Oct 24, 2009 by Not-so-bald-eagle This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 12 no in fact, a cow which spurts on its own Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: SEx: Cows, Milk and freshness Posted Oct 26, 2009 by Ictoan S.H.A.D.O.W. Secretary - AWE - WAWi This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 13 "There'd be a risk of mastitis and e coli infection etc too trying to leave it in the cow." Thanks Jack - an actual answer to the question! So basically, no, it wouldn't remain fresh, there'd be infection and whatnot. I suspected as much (all other obvious things notwithstanding). 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