It’s Cow Appreciation Day!
No one knows the true origin of this unofficial holiday. Maybe it started as a joke and people started milking it?
Today is the day to celebrate and appreciate all the weird and wonderful things that make cows essential in our everyday lives.
Origins: No one knows the true origin of this unofficial holiday. Maybe it started as a joke and people started milking it?
Jokes aside, here are 10 things you probably didn’t know about cows:
- There are over 800 breeds of cattle recognised worldwide
2. Cows are generally divided into meat or dairy cows
3. In the African culture, cows are used for Lobola, which is the bride price paid to the bride’s family before the wedding
4. Cows only yield 62-64% of meat depending on breed, sex, age and level of nutrition
5. Cows not only produce the regular steak and milk, they also produce by-products
6. By-products are produced in the process of making the main product. They are three categories – Edible, inedible and medicinal.
7. Edible by-products include a variety of meats (liver, tongue, tripe), fats yield oleo (candies and chewing gum), gelatin from bones and skin (ice cream, marshmallows) and intestines provide casings for sausages.
8. Inedible by-products produced from the hide (leather, base for ointments, insulation material), paint brushes, footballs, industrial oils and lubricants (soap, lipstick), fatty acids (pesticides and biodegradable detergents) and bones, horns and hooves produce piano keys, glues and instrument string.
9. Medicinal by-products include more than a 100 individual drugs for preventing clots, controlling anemia, insulin and material used for surgical sutures
10. Hindu nations believe that cows are holy and there are strict laws to protect them.
