Personally I dont care about the animals welfare with in reason we are on top of the food chain simple. thank you for your time and hopefully answers . Just think of that for a moment! Nice to see someone waving the flag for the farmers. Pus is a fluid that consists of dead immune cells, infectious material, and tissue. The reality is that cows that are given the best care are the most profitable. You can find plenty on just YouTube showing EXACTLY what really goes on in most Dairy farms. Im very glad this, article cleared things up. Cows were showered before milking and teats checked and cleaned with antiseptic. Believe it or not, cows sometimes get sick! Milk is such a low grade food and you must understand youre fucking up the planet no? My vitamin d levels were critically low when I was already taking supplements. Of course your comment will appear!! That loss of body condition is a result of the extreme genetic manipulation for unnaturally high milk yields. AND they will sometimes mix it with cows blood from a nicked vein. Youre right, like in everything, there are always a few bad apples in the bunch. I grew up on it. Since salt contains chlorine and swimming pools contain chlorine, when you go swimming you are actually swimming in table salt. In Canada, the maximum allowable limit for somatic cells in milk is 400 000. Symptoms that may accompany pus include swelling, pain, and fever. What happens to all those babies who never get mothers milk?? As excuse me. just so we can keep on drinking pus. Just because you copy and paste propaganda and put things in capital letters does not make it truth. Mastitis is caused by a variety of different bacteria so the severity of the illness can really vary. And I can tell you that vegans are very ignorant when it comes to information that doesnt harmonize with their philosophy. I wasnt even talking to you in the first place And if you dont even care, then why did you reply to my comment? It is truly heart-breaking that you, and other people, would think things like this.. but thats why I blog. In the new NutritionFacts.orgvideo-of-the-day, I note that the antiseptics used to disinfect cow teats can provide a source of iodine, but have been found to boost the level of pus in the milk of cows with staph-infected udders. When a cow is treated with antibiotics, her milk also does not enter the supply chain and is discarded until the drug specific withdrawal time has passed. This level of disease is reflected in the concentration of somatic cells in the American milk supply. This accurate definition from Wikipedia sums up mastitis clearly and succinctly: Mastitis occurs when white blood cells are released into the mammary gland, usually in response to an invasion of bacteria of the teat canal. So human milk contains somatic cells as well, when the milk is healthy and more when they get mastitis. No harm? The abuse is being done by the activist themselves. They will tell you any lies that you are willing to believe. Somatic cell count, a measurement of the amount of white blood cells, IS NOT a measurement of pus. Generally, these "experts" equate somatic cells with pus cells. Abnormal milk from cows is collected into a separate vessel or bucket and discarded. I drink a lot of milk (gold top 5% fat lovely) about a litre a day. Additionally, all milk is tested on farm and at the processing plant for antibiotic residues; if residues are detected, all contaminated milk is discarded and the farmer responsible pays a hefty fine. Im not a dictator, but want this to be a place where real discussion can take place. and the link that you provided for the burning of trucks.. there were no animals aboard. Thank you for your perspective. Somatic cells = puss but the worst part about dairy is the casein which is a known carcinogen. If the cow has mastitis, it is normal that when the time comes to milk it, blood comes out and milk takes on a pink color. My health has not changed one tiny bit from drinking milk, to not drinking milk. Think about it farmers are just like you, they have a heart. Oh and to answer one question, the male dairy cows are all killed for veal, they are tied down to ensure their muscles dont develop so the cows are always artificially inseminated in a device called a rape rack. You can read my previous article on fat to learn about the nutrition misconceptions that have caused the health epidemic today. I assume they are trapped, fenced in and cannot just wander off if they have had enough.Do you ever wonder if keeping animals against their will may be morally wrong? Feeding someone and ensuring their health just so you can keep them captive to exploit them is wrong. However I think dairy farms are unfairly lumped in with poor practices other livestock industries. Remember farmers are humans too. Yes because all vegans are extremists and push this wrong information onto you. Good luck my friend! This disease can be identified by abnormalities in the udder such as swelling, heat, redness, hardness or pain if it is clinical. So the confusion is comparing somatic cells SSC to pus which it isnt. Calcium and protein is in so many vegetables, its like ignoring what we have right in front of us. (they are available in science and medicine journals) Because theres just so much money being made; animal agriculture, massive govt subsidies lets not forget that doctors, hospitals and big pharma DONT MAKE MONEY OFF HEALTHY PEOPLE. Once a cow has recovered and her milk has tested clear of antibiotic residues, her milk is once again shipped to the processing plant. Thanks for the complement, Im glad you liked it! Milk has even been scientifically shown to reduce incidence of osteoporosis. Cows today are treated so much better than in the past. About 2 years ago I became lactose intolerant. Basically, the snake-oil salesman is not going to tell you that his product is harmful to your health, unbelievably cruel to animals and is destroying the entire planet. , I cant even drink milk because of lactose intolerance, but I absolutely would if I could. It's actually one of the most regulated and tested foods in the grocery store. Mastitis will only cause the milk to be watery, or have flakes or clots. Why is it ok to do this to another species when its not healthy or beneficial to either the cow or consumer? Cows that have mastitis are separated from the milking herd so their milk is separated from the milk that leaves the dairy. 100 pounds of food a dayear to get 7 gallons of milk?????? **A cow enjoying her dry, comfortable bedding**, The cows also have the luxury of taking a shower before every milking. This is blatant exploitation not mutually beneficial evolution, or cant you see that? Think about it, Where do you stop pal? A cow must have a calf in order to produce milk, but then have that calf taken away from her. As mentioned earlier, milk is also packed in large tanks or in bulk. Weather milk is healthy or not, it is certainly not humane. Again ? Milk consumption has actually declined over the last decade here in America, people should be healthier if milk was bad but like you say, now there is more osteoporosis. Pokemon Omega Ruby Randomizer Nuzlocke Download Gba. Dante The Opera Artists; Dante Virtual Opera; Divine Comedy; About IOT. Its awesome, I used to go through a few blue cap 4 pinters (full fat in the UK) a week. As Ive often said, An assertion is not a fact. When it does happen farmers discard the milk. It saddens me to see such hatred towards dairiesespecially when I know from years of experience on these dairies that farmers work so hard to raise happy, healthy cows. I think the real question youre driving at is how can cows exist if they are not farmed, if it werent for people like you? I found this page because so many vegans and activists claim there is pus in milk. You have entered an incorrect email address! The average somatic cell count in U.S. milk per spoonful is 1,120,000. The amount of blood allowed in milk is zero. Its like running in circles. You can read about how we use alternatives to antibiotics at the dairy here. Milk does have pus in it. And then decide who to trust. Heres an official definition for you: a thick yellowish or greenish opaque liquid produced in infected tissue, consisting of dead white blood cells and bacteria with tissue debris and serum. I think once you understand mastitis, you can understand how the pus myth originated. Its not gross. The study he uses to "prove" his case notes that the iodine used to clean a cow's udder is a good preventative practice and works effectively. Anecdotes =/= data, I dont mean to sound like a smarty, but with that logic, wouldnt that mean that your body is full of puss! I have no agenda. Other dairies do a really good job on milk quality too. And I can confirm that sick cows are separated from the herd and that their milk is flushed. We all remember the Humane Society of the United States investigation showing sick and crippled dairy cows being beaten and dragged into the California dairy cow slaughter plant en route to the national school lunch program, triggering the largest meat recall in history. Instead of going on the YouTube why not talk to some real farmers. Turning dairy cows into milk machines has led to epidemics of so-called production-related diseases, such as lameness and mastitis (udder infections), the two leading causes of dairy cow mortality in the United States. Rather than denying its existence, a better question for you to answer Dairy Guy would be how does so much pus, which is produced in sores in response to infections, get onto dairy in the first place? You are a total fantasist if lying to yourself makes you feel better thats fine, but dont push your bullsh_t on gullible people who also want to justify their own part in human greed and cruelty despite the clear facts. Pus is not the correct term its a slang for drum roll please. Being in the industry that youre in? If the udders of our factory-farmed dairy cows are inflamed and infected, industry folks say, it doesnt matter, because we pasteurizethe pus gets cooked. do they spend 9 months bonding and nursing with their mom and her milk There is no money in being vegan. Or maybe its weird that vegans arent dying from malnutrition. Take care. the contamination between the calf and mother its not profitable so you put the baby to work too. In that way, organic farming is cruel to animals as you cannot give them anything to help them when they are sick. what happens to the male calf document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Milk Myths Debunked Part 1: Is There Pus in Milk? Dairies use Alternatives to Antibiotics to keep Cows Healthy, https://www.dairymoos.com/ants-milk-aphids/, http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/14-cattle-trucks-burned-in-arson-at-Harris-Ranch-2455411.php, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nathan-j-winograd/peta-kills-puppies-kittens_b_2979220.html, article on fat to learn about the nutrition misconceptions, http://nutritionfacts.org/2011/09/08/how-much-pus-is-there-in-milk/, https://www.dairymoos.com/debunked-nutritionfacts-org-puss-in-milk/, https://www.dairymoos.com/what-is-somatic-cell-count/, Interesting Facts about California Agriculture, Lactose Intolerance not only Genetic but Cultural. Milk is highly regulated and tested. So how much pus is there in a glass of milk? The key to curing mastitis is advanced detection. PETA kills animals and throws their bodies in dumpsters so they dont have to live in this world. Milk is disgusting and horrifically unhealthy & cruel anyone who say different is selling you something (like milk? The average somatic cell count in U.S. milk per spoonful is 1,120,000. More recently, Sae's post gained a new virality in Spanish-speaking corners of the internet. A million cells per spoonful sounds like a lot, but pus is really concentrated. There are many people who are animal farmers. So any stick cow is sent to the hospital. Somatic cell count is a measure of white blood cells that are present in the milk. After the cow is milked, the lotion is applied a second time to make sure the cows udder stays bacteria free. Read about casomorphine. Plus, if someone is trying to convince you to be scared of any particular food, whether its milk, sugar, aspartame, etc. The screenshot circulating on Facebook was taken at3:29 of the video, when the pink liquid from one of the cows arrives in the transparent container. So if you want to use the definition of pus, then every breastfed baby is also drinking pus too! They just want to to fall for fallacious thinking, in this case an availability heuristic which meaning that media prevalence doesnt equal actual prevalence. Perhaps you have read or heard that milk contains pus. I actually have to take extra supplements since I became lactose intolerant. Im sure your dairy farm is as you say it is, however, I have seen many videos where the cows are treated horribly kicked, stomped, hit with bats, jabbed with pitch forks, and calves drug away from their bawling mothers!!! Football is an activity that carries a high risk of injury, including that 1 out of 100 participants will suffer a concussive injury. Forcing other people to do what you will not do is nothing but hypocritical. We aim to reduce cases of mastitis by ensuring that our cows live in a clean and sanitary environment. All rights reserved. It doesnt matter the size, dairy farms are not factories. The advice for mums is massage, heat and most important to keep feeding the baby to help drain the blocked ducts. Ive never even met a human mother who has had mastitis. I urge anyone to purchase organic or nonorganic milk and bring a sample to a laboratory of your choice, and if the test results come back with 0% pus I will personally eat a steak and cheese sandwich gross Because dairy milk is pooled together in large tanks, virtually all dairy milk contains this pus. Your only representing your tiny (probly imaginary) farm. The sad part about this is that while these activists claim to be acting in the best interest of animals, they often end up causing real suffering for animals. So if mum gets mastitis, which the majority of mums will experience at some point, the amount of somatic cells increases to fight the condition. You are trying to sell something youre selling your beliefs. All the the other farms give ZERO fucks about their livestock or their customer. Watch some videos of dairy cows being abused. You can search the web and find these groups. A million cells per spoonful sounds like a lot, but pus is really concentrated. Yes, cows can get mastitis. You may have no agenda but the dairy guy has the agenda to protect the dairy industry. Really?? @The Dairy Guy. They are white blood cells. You can read more about it here. Apart from his illness not being set off my the lactose, he has not changes at all, he went through a period of no milk, now he uses lacto free products and feels good. They arent tea manufacturers or tea growers, but are instead animal activists. AI helps stop the spread of disease and it allows better genetic selection and mating. One cup of 2-percent milk contains 12.3 grams of sugar, more than a Reeses Peanut Butter Cup and almost as much as a chocolate chip cookie. I am an ex vegan myself. Bob, you make my heart happy. As farmers, we take each case of mastitis very seriously. I think he knows what he is talking alittleeeee bit more than the fanatics making their claims. Before that my bloods were perfect for vitamins found in milk. Consequently the dairy industry continues to shrink while plant-based milk sales rocket. We have the state milk inspector come to our dairy regularly to inspect our facilities to make sure everythings top notch. I dont! You should test some milk, and let me know your results. You can read my post about SCC https://www.dairymoos.com/what-is-somatic-cell-count/. We all remember the Humane Society of the United States investigation showing sick and crippled dairy cows being beaten and dragged into the California dairy cow slaughter plant en route to the national school lunch program, triggering the largest meat recall in history. So it doesnt make sense to compare the two when the age populations are not the same. Sometimes a cow will develop an infection of the udder called mastitis. org) you reference are bias and do have an agenda. Ping pong is an activity that uses a ball, therefore ping pong is football and is an activity that carries a high risk of injury including that 1 in 100 participants will suffer a concussive injury.. In a perfect world i agree with you, but we are far from that! Veal is not right, and has nearly been eliminated in the US for good reason. Breast infections are most common among women who are breastfeeding, when bacteria from. Destroying our planet and abusing and murdering animals just so they can eat a damn chicken wing or burger or piece of bacon etc. greg ballard obituary 2021 Perhaps you can remind us what the acceptable legal limit for white blood cells (pus) in milk is? After treatment, most cows experience a prompt and speedy recovery. In fact, because mastitis can hamper a cows productivity so much, most dairies make it their priority to prevent mastitis. Besides, it contains casein which is addictive and that is why people cant stop eating dairy. Its your choice to choose who you believe. You eat broccoli for a week and ill drink milk. In order for you to continue getting milk you would force the cow to get pregnant then take the calf away so you can profit off of her utter milk that was provided for her calf, not for you. Also, I think any woman who has ever breast-fed can tell you that poor health, poor diet and stress will result is lessened milk production. Im sure at your farm they are. If there is no pus in milk why is there the need to have it regulated? Buy some cows and keep them into retirement, nobody is stopping you from taking part, If we take your illogical argument that animals are better off living on farms than in the wild, why dont we farm more animals to benefit them, especially endangered ones? Even if pus was green, when diluted in milk it wouldnt turn the milk green. We can disagree, debate the merits, fact check, and so on. The calves were raised to be milkers not for veal not all dairies mistreat their animals fact is I named some of them and made pets of them. So selfish. Cows are artificially inseminated, but while some people try to make sound bad, it is actually not so. Some connections should be made her by intelligent people. Assuming the excess neutrophils drawn to the infected udder are pus-forming, 5 million divided by 4 million equals little more than a single pus-drop per cup (though I guess that could mean as much as 2 or 3 per tall frosty glass). Veganism isnt natural and is a modern day fad. This is what you drink, warns one Facebook postthat was shared more than 45,000 times since it was published in 2016. "The average somatic cell count in U.S. milk per spoonful is 1,120,000." Dr. G says that according to his calculations, there is 'not much' pus in a glass of milk - he believes it's unlikely the average cup of milk in the United States would contain more than a single drop of pus. So ants can have mutually beneficial relationships with other animal species, but humans cannot? Ive seen how disgusting it is. Some day you will be looked upon with the shame of any slave owner. Thats weird because milk supposedly strengthens bones? But its ALSO made from dead or decaying microorganisms. He decided he would ask for a meal at the next. The udder sac is hard, tight, and firm. Farmers spend their lives figuring out how to give cows the best care with the resources they have. Dairy farmers actually try to improve the quality of life, health, and longevity of the cows. The average somatic cell count in a spoonful of milk in the US is over one millionwhich equates to an average of around 1 drop of pus in the average glass of milk. Theres plenty more vegetables that are the same. Be well! Watching people make such egregious accusations and personal attacks is telling. Health regulations in Canada, Mexico, and the United States, do not allow the commercialization of milk containing colostrum, nor the sale of colostrum as milk. Drink milk at your own peril. Pages that push vegetarian or vegan diets or lifestyles may not be interested in telling the whole truth about dairy. (Just as an aside: the somatic cell count averages for our herd over our last threeSCC tests were: 142 000 (Jan 5), 147 000 (Jan 12), 163 000 (Jan 19) ). So how much pus is there in a glass of milk? PETA). Dead white cells are pus. Milk is not even healthy nor can we absorb the calcium countless studies show that the rate of OSTEOPOROSIS IS HIGHEST IN COUNTRIES THAT CONSUME THE MOST DAIRY likewise those counties with considerably less dairy consumption had significantly less osteoporosis. Some of the commenters here: RUDENESS. Many of those undercover videos are staged by activists. Yes some people believe drinking the milk of another animal, after humans have been weaned from their human mothers milk, is normal. Michael Greger M.D. Anything you can say in addition to the article above, to mitigate my fears/distaste will be welcomed. Nope, nothing, nada. A founding member and Fellow of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, Michael Greger, MD, is a physician, New York Times bestselling author, and internationally recognized speaker on nutrition. We only treat the animals when they are sick not when they are healthy. You can do it though. The subject matter depicted or included via links within the Fact Checking content is provided to the extent necessary for correct understanding of the verification of the information concerned. The cow is milked in the hospital pen, where she can be cared for, and be separate from the rest of the herd until she is better. Rachel how many cows have you funded for retirement in a pasture. Pus is a name given to white blood cells produced in infections. This line is drawn to ensure that sick cows are treated and that their milk does not enter the food chain. A breast infection, also known as mastitis, is an infection that occurs within the tissue of the breast. I have been getting a lot of facebook stuff about pus in milk etc (usually the David Wolfe ones) which just looked so unlikely. Do your cows go outside? Consider that the recommendations for sugar intake call. Infection and pus need not be present for there to be white blood cells. What ulterior motive does an anti dairy blog or something has.. they just dont want animals to be hurt, humans, or the planet. It is a WELL ESTABLISHED FACT that the hormones put in cows make ALL of them sick HENCE WHY ANTIBIOTICS ARE USED in 100% of them. increasing bad Cholesterol, antibiotics intake and more) as well as aesthetic aspects of Somatic/pus cells in milk, and have not been able to make myself consume Dairy again since (really unfortunate because I loved everything about it). and I appreciate this article and the facts presented. The bull calves go to a local beef ranch that raises them until they are full grown. i feel like this is fake, i drink milk like every day every second and i dont get sick.