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RIPdultras t1_iy90ym2 wrote

Veterinary technician here. Short answer: No they do not. Long answer. When a cow gets a calf she produces milk. The more they milk her the longer she sill produce milk as her body thinks its feeding a calf. The production of milk slowly reduces over time and farms need to calculate this in order to be profitable. Once it is not profitable anymore they stop and wait until she recovers and is ready for another calf.

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arztnur t1_iy97chx wrote

How many Milk cycles can we get in an average cow life and what's the pregnancy duration?

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RIPdultras t1_iy9iceq wrote

Funny enough cows pregnancy last for about 9 months. Followed by aboht 10 months to a year kf milking period and then the dry period. How many cycles deoends on how healthy the cow is but they should last for about 10 years before they are too old.

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soylamulatta t1_iy9u3vf wrote

To put this in context of how exploitative the dairy industry is, the natural life cycle of a dairy cow is about 20 years.

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RIPdultras t1_iya2zif wrote

Well yes but also no. Although dairy cows are not mainly used for meat they still end up that way at the end. And you do not want old tough meat. So it is not just because of the industry but also to be profitable

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soylamulatta t1_iya4h5u wrote

so yes but also yes

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RIPdultras t1_iya8lhr wrote

Well...no. Your conclusion was correct but your assertion was incorrect

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soylamulatta t1_iya9usk wrote

The only way for the dairy industry to operate is through exploitation. I find that as companies try to increase profits the level of exploitation also increases. Am I missing something?

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DMT4WorldPeace t1_iybu1dy wrote

At this point the mother cow is then put into a device the industry coined a "rape rack" so the farmer can stick his entire arm up her vagina to insert bull sperm into her. After a 9 month pregnancy in confinement she gives birth to baby girls who will be put into the same torturous cycle as her or baby boys who are immediately killed.

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