Re: the Five---Cornered COW
OK-- straight from a veterinarian who works with farm animals...
>>You've come to the right place!
Most cows have 4 nipples; (aka. teats, or as the farmers say
it-"tits"); however, sometimes (maybe 10-15%) calves are
born with 1, 2, or even 3 and 4 supranumary teats or extra teats.
One of the routine practices I perform is to remove these
extra teats on calves, usually at the same time as I dehorn them.
Believe it or not, I just snip them off with a pair of scissors
while the calf is standing. I have the farmer "tail her up",
which is a very effective way to immobilize all Bovine.
I had a female farmer say to me just today: "its a good thing
women don't have extra teats!" Extra tits are removed
because they can become a problem when the cow matures
and comes into milk. They can be functional and secrete
milk but usually at a much lower rate. They just make it
harder to milk them and often lead to mastitis which can
make the cow sick.
So, now I deserve to know why you asked this question.
I haven't even a wild guess. --Kris<<
From now on-- all of my ASCII cows will have 4 nipples.
---> The things we learn on alt.ascii-art !! <---
-joan
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