Is milk a collection of animal cells?!
I hope there's no mitosis going on on such a large scale!. also, I learnt that cow's milk can contain pus if she is unhealthy!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
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Well, there are somatic cells in milk, which are just normal animal cells that are in all animal's milk, it's a part of lactation!. But yes, they're actual body cells from the animal!. Most of the cells in cow milk are either white blood cells or cells from the udder tissue!. In fact, the legal limit for somatic cell counts in milk is 750,000 cells per milliliter - which is about 0!.03 of an ounce!
There is NO SUCH THING as milk without animal cells, since it's a fundamental part of lactation!. I think it would be impossible for milk to not have any bodily cells because, um!.!.!. the body makes the milk!. It passes through the body to get out!. We leave thousands of our own bodily cells around us every day, our beds are covered with thousands if not more shed skin cells!. All of our bodily secretions are full of bodily cells!.
The word pus is defined in the Medical Dictionary as "Pus: A thick whitish-yellow fluid which results from the accumulation of white blood cells (WBCs), liquified tissue and cellular debris!. Pus is commonly a site of infection or foreign material in the body!."!. So it does mention white blood cells and cellular debris, both of which are present in cow's milk!. However, the definition of pus also implies it's because of infection or foreign material in the body!.
Some milk does have pus because of that - it's no secret, nobody denies the fact that cows on conventional dairy farms are given hormones to boost milk production, which in turn increases the chances of mastitis - a painful infection of the udders!. Sometimes the infection's symptoms don't manifest right away or can be neglected or go unnoticed, especially in a full scale dairy operation where there's hundreds of cows that have to be milked, and where the milking is done by machinery and equipment, not by hand!. So it is very much possible that pus from a mastitis infection can get into milk!.
There is a lot of food safety legislature that regulates the use of milk that comes from sick cows and farmers are supposed to test on-site their milk for the somatic cell count!. A dairy farmer's raw milk collection cannot exceed a somatic cell count of 750,000 per mL at the "farm gate"!. An abnormally high cell count suggests cows had mastitis and produced milk with way too much somatic cell count!.
So as you can see, once it's tested initially on-site at the farm, it's combined with milk from other farms and heads onward to pasteurization, processing and so on and so forth and there's no further somatic cell testing!. Is it possible that farmers get around this legislature, or that poor quality milk still gets through, esp!. since it's not tested past the farm's gates!? Yes, I'm sure it is, we see breaches of legislature pertaining to the safety and well beings of animals raised for consumption or raised for dairy, eggs, etc!.
There's millions of dairy cows in the USA alone and a simple Yahoo search for key terms like "somatic cell count violations united states breaking the law" or any combination of those words produces thousands of viable results that specify particular cases where it was violated, in which thousands if not more gallons of milk with beyond legal limits of "pus", somatic cells, whatever you want to call it made it past the farm gate!.
An example of one of many, many violating dairy farms I found here is the case Victory Farms vs!. Whetstone Valley, which was a case about how cows with mastitis were still used for milk, even though somatic cell counts in the milk soared WAY above legal limits!. Thankfully this dairy farm went to court, and this is a link to the federal case and notes of it:
http://www!.sdbar!.org/Federal/2004/2004ds!.!.!.
So basically, yes, there are somatic cells in ALL milk, but the government tries to regulate it as best as they can so that milk with abnormally high cell counts (which suggests sick, mastits-ridden cows) doesn't make it out to market!. It still happens though, and alarmingly so!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
There is NO SUCH THING as milk without animal cells, since it's a fundamental part of lactation!. I think it would be impossible for milk to not have any bodily cells because, um!.!.!. the body makes the milk!. It passes through the body to get out!. We leave thousands of our own bodily cells around us every day, our beds are covered with thousands if not more shed skin cells!. All of our bodily secretions are full of bodily cells!.
The word pus is defined in the Medical Dictionary as "Pus: A thick whitish-yellow fluid which results from the accumulation of white blood cells (WBCs), liquified tissue and cellular debris!. Pus is commonly a site of infection or foreign material in the body!."!. So it does mention white blood cells and cellular debris, both of which are present in cow's milk!. However, the definition of pus also implies it's because of infection or foreign material in the body!.
Some milk does have pus because of that - it's no secret, nobody denies the fact that cows on conventional dairy farms are given hormones to boost milk production, which in turn increases the chances of mastitis - a painful infection of the udders!. Sometimes the infection's symptoms don't manifest right away or can be neglected or go unnoticed, especially in a full scale dairy operation where there's hundreds of cows that have to be milked, and where the milking is done by machinery and equipment, not by hand!. So it is very much possible that pus from a mastitis infection can get into milk!.
There is a lot of food safety legislature that regulates the use of milk that comes from sick cows and farmers are supposed to test on-site their milk for the somatic cell count!. A dairy farmer's raw milk collection cannot exceed a somatic cell count of 750,000 per mL at the "farm gate"!. An abnormally high cell count suggests cows had mastitis and produced milk with way too much somatic cell count!.
So as you can see, once it's tested initially on-site at the farm, it's combined with milk from other farms and heads onward to pasteurization, processing and so on and so forth and there's no further somatic cell testing!. Is it possible that farmers get around this legislature, or that poor quality milk still gets through, esp!. since it's not tested past the farm's gates!? Yes, I'm sure it is, we see breaches of legislature pertaining to the safety and well beings of animals raised for consumption or raised for dairy, eggs, etc!.
There's millions of dairy cows in the USA alone and a simple Yahoo search for key terms like "somatic cell count violations united states breaking the law" or any combination of those words produces thousands of viable results that specify particular cases where it was violated, in which thousands if not more gallons of milk with beyond legal limits of "pus", somatic cells, whatever you want to call it made it past the farm gate!.
An example of one of many, many violating dairy farms I found here is the case Victory Farms vs!. Whetstone Valley, which was a case about how cows with mastitis were still used for milk, even though somatic cell counts in the milk soared WAY above legal limits!. Thankfully this dairy farm went to court, and this is a link to the federal case and notes of it:
http://www!.sdbar!.org/Federal/2004/2004ds!.!.!.
So basically, yes, there are somatic cells in ALL milk, but the government tries to regulate it as best as they can so that milk with abnormally high cell counts (which suggests sick, mastits-ridden cows) doesn't make it out to market!. It still happens though, and alarmingly so!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Milk is a secretion by cells!. It's the product of modified sweat glands!. I'd have to double check (haven't reviewed the materials yet), but I believed it's released via holocrine secretion - rupture of the cell!. As to whether or no it has pus, as a previous poster said, it may be vegan propaganda!. If you're really concerned and still want to drink milk, you can always purchase kosher milk or some other type (forgot what it's called) that's certified to be cruelty-free!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Most cow's milk has measurable quantities of herbicides, pesticides, dioxins (up to 200 times the safe levels), up to 52 powerful antibiotics (perhaps 53, with LS-50), blood, pus, feces, bacteria and viruses!. (Cow's milk can have traces of anything the cow ate!.!.!. including such things as radioactive fallout from nuke testing !.!.!. (the 50's strontium-90 problem)!.
And sorry, Danielle!. The pus thing is not propaganda!. It's true!. If it makes you feel better to believe that its false, then go ahead and think what you like!.
Each bite of hard cheese has TEN TIMES whatever was in that sip of milk!.!.!. because it takes ten pounds of milk to make one pound of cheese!. Each bite of ice cream has 12 times !.!.!. and every swipe of butter 21 times whatever is contained in the fat molecules in a sip of milk!.
Check http://www!.rense!.com/general26/truth!.htm for the rest!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
And sorry, Danielle!. The pus thing is not propaganda!. It's true!. If it makes you feel better to believe that its false, then go ahead and think what you like!.
Each bite of hard cheese has TEN TIMES whatever was in that sip of milk!.!.!. because it takes ten pounds of milk to make one pound of cheese!. Each bite of ice cream has 12 times !.!.!. and every swipe of butter 21 times whatever is contained in the fat molecules in a sip of milk!.
Check http://www!.rense!.com/general26/truth!.htm for the rest!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Is milk a collection of animal cells!.!.!. yes, but so are hair and s***!. Nearly everything is a collection of cells!.
Mitosis is good, it makes the world go 'round!. Where would you be without mitosis!? Nowhere!.!.!. that's where!.
Cow's milk can contain pus in trace amounts!. There are several things in your food that you don't want to know about!. There is rat hair and feces in your rice!. There are grasshopper legs and rabbit blood in your lettuce!. There are a million other nasty things in your food that you can't see!.!.!. but they're all in parts-per-million, so it is still safe to consume!. But if you don't consume organic goods, there may be even more nasties to deal with!. Choose accordingly!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Mitosis is good, it makes the world go 'round!. Where would you be without mitosis!? Nowhere!.!.!. that's where!.
Cow's milk can contain pus in trace amounts!. There are several things in your food that you don't want to know about!. There is rat hair and feces in your rice!. There are grasshopper legs and rabbit blood in your lettuce!. There are a million other nasty things in your food that you can't see!.!.!. but they're all in parts-per-million, so it is still safe to consume!. But if you don't consume organic goods, there may be even more nasties to deal with!. Choose accordingly!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Milk consists of protien, fat, water, etc!.
http://www!.nationaldairycouncil!.org/NR/r!.!.!.
Viewed this way, yes, milk contains animal cells, though not a whole "collection"
If a cow is unhealthy, its milk is unfit for comsumption!. As milk is "converted" from blood at the breast tissues, it can certainly contain pus!.!.!.depending on what stage of illness the cow is in!.!.!.Normally, fresh milk from a healthy cow is OK, since it is "filtered" by the breast tissues when secreted, then "pasteurised", treated with ultra violent rays, etc!. !.!.!.!.
The production of commercial milk is controlled strigently!. Modern methods ensure that milk is free of germs and pus, and safe to comsume!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
http://www!.nationaldairycouncil!.org/NR/r!.!.!.
Viewed this way, yes, milk contains animal cells, though not a whole "collection"
If a cow is unhealthy, its milk is unfit for comsumption!. As milk is "converted" from blood at the breast tissues, it can certainly contain pus!.!.!.depending on what stage of illness the cow is in!.!.!.Normally, fresh milk from a healthy cow is OK, since it is "filtered" by the breast tissues when secreted, then "pasteurised", treated with ultra violent rays, etc!. !.!.!.!.
The production of commercial milk is controlled strigently!. Modern methods ensure that milk is free of germs and pus, and safe to comsume!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Milk does contain puss and blood cells, this is not vegan prop!. Many cattle suffer wounds from the machines that milk them and the constant milking which in tern causes mastitis of the milk glands and udders which is an infection, and with infection comes puss and blood cells!. There IS puss in the milk you drink, it is proven!. Gross huh!?Www@FoodAQ@Com
You're afraid of mitosis!? Your very existence is a result of cell mitosis!.
Mammary glands are not "modified sweat glands"!. Their sole purpose is to feed the infant of a mammal!.
Cows are tested regularly for disease!. A sick cow is taken from the herd immediately and treated!. If they return it too quickly, the antibiotics will be discovered at the processing plant and the entire batch will be dumped!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Mammary glands are not "modified sweat glands"!. Their sole purpose is to feed the infant of a mammal!.
Cows are tested regularly for disease!. A sick cow is taken from the herd immediately and treated!. If they return it too quickly, the antibiotics will be discovered at the processing plant and the entire batch will be dumped!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I guess so!. But also know that milk and eggs are the best foods for protein, so if you don't want meat then drink your milk and have a egg once in a while!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Thank you people,especially Maggie and the sources:
I've drunk milk fresh[always from healthy cows]!.!.!.within a minute of milking, its nutritious and yum!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I've drunk milk fresh[always from healthy cows]!.!.!.within a minute of milking, its nutritious and yum!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
It is a composition of the nutrients the animal gets!.
And that pus story is vegan propaganda!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
And that pus story is vegan propaganda!.Www@FoodAQ@Com