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<blockquote data-quote="msscamp" data-source="post: 529751" data-attributes="member: 539"><p>The only thing I can think of would possibly be the difference in housing - beef cows are usually on pasture, whereas dairy cows are usually in a corral. Corrals collect manure, manure gets packed down, and gives off heat as it decomposes, thus possibly raising the cows temperature by a degree or two? Corrals also tend to provide at least some protection from wind, so that might be a factor as well. I have no idea how long it takes to complete the automated milking, but it is usually done in a milking parlor and perhaps that is a factor, also? Final possible factor could be feed - dairy cows are raised to produce high amounts of milk, it usually takes grain to do that, and their feed would certainly reflect that. That grain would contribute a higher energy level, and possibly a higher body temp - at least some of the time. Beef cows are not usually fed grain - usually pasture and hay only. I have no idea how accurate - if at all - I am, but it seems logical to me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="msscamp, post: 529751, member: 539"] The only thing I can think of would possibly be the difference in housing - beef cows are usually on pasture, whereas dairy cows are usually in a corral. Corrals collect manure, manure gets packed down, and gives off heat as it decomposes, thus possibly raising the cows temperature by a degree or two? Corrals also tend to provide at least some protection from wind, so that might be a factor as well. I have no idea how long it takes to complete the automated milking, but it is usually done in a milking parlor and perhaps that is a factor, also? Final possible factor could be feed - dairy cows are raised to produce high amounts of milk, it usually takes grain to do that, and their feed would certainly reflect that. That grain would contribute a higher energy level, and possibly a higher body temp - at least some of the time. Beef cows are not usually fed grain - usually pasture and hay only. I have no idea how accurate - if at all - I am, but it seems logical to me. [/QUOTE]
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