.
California has "Happy Cows," or so we are told by the
California Milk Board's propaganda machine.
realcaliforniacheese.comrealcaliforniacheese.comOpen ↗
The latest state-by-state pus cell count, as reported in the
April 10, 2004 issue of Hoard's Dairyman, the "National
Dairy Farm Magazine," (page 268) reveals that the number of
pus cells in milk from California's unhappily diseased
"Happy Cows" has soared to a new heights. In 2002, the
average liter of California milk contained 298 million pus
cells. In 2003, the average liter of California milk
contained 11 million more pus cells than in 2002.
When pus cell counts increase, that is a sign of diseased
and stressed cows, not happy cows.
Good news for Wisconsin's cheeseheads. Their pus cell
count has been reduced from an average of 297 million to
286 million.
What other states are now drinking unhealthier milk?
California did not suffer the greatest increase. Here are
the top three loser states and their per liter pus cell
increases:
Alabama (73 million more pus cells per average liter)
Florida (85 million more pus cells per average liter) Nevada
(87 million more pus cells per average liter)
The "Notmilk Trying Harder Award" goes to:
Oklahoma (127 million less pus cells per liter) Arkansas (99
million less pus cells per liter) South Dakota (73 million
less pus cells per liter)
The vilest most putrid pus-filled milk:
By far, Florida, with an average of 633 million pus
cells per liter, an increase of nearly 16 percent over
2002. Yeech!
The cleanest milk:
Montana (a mere 236 million pus cells per average liter)
America has less stringent standards than Europe and Canada.
If America adopted the healthier standards (no more than 400
million pus cells per liter, instead of our allowable 750
million standard), only two states would be permitted to
sell their milk every day of the week: Montana and
Washington. All other states exceed the magic (arbitrary)
400 million pus cells per liter in 15% or more of the tests.
Pus in milk? A dairy cow filters ten thousand quarts of
blood through her udder each day and uses dead white blood
cells (somatic cells) to manufacture her milk. These dead
cells are pus cells. Dairy scientists are aware that when
one quart of milk is tainted with 400 million or more pus
cells, some 35% of the milking cows in the herd are infected
with mastitis. Udders bleed and discharge bacteria, mucus,
and blood into milk.
Number of pus cells Per Liter of Milk in Your State:
STATE____2002______2003____
AL - 444,000,000 517,000,OOO AZ - 360,000,000 353,000,OOO AR
- 486,000,000 387,000,OOO CA - 298,000,000 309,000,OOO CO -
312,000,000 296,000,OOO CT - 310,000,000 304,000,OOO DE -
386,000,000 392,000,OOO FL - 548,000,000 633,000,OOO GA -
407,000,000 479,000,OOO ID - 320,000,000 307,000,OOO IL -
322,000,000 314,000,OOO IN - 343,000,000 375,000,OOO IA -
333,000,000 316,000,OOO KS - 476,000,000 372,000,OOO KY -
413,000,000 419,000,OOO LA - 479,000,000 498,000,OOO ME -
290,000,000 282,000,OOO MD - 351,000,000 345,000,OOO MA -
308,000,000 316,000,OOO MI - 287,000,000 313,000,OOO MN -
420,000,000 353,000,OOO MS - 442,000,000 480,000,OOO MO -
437,000,000 395,000,OOO MT - 248,000,000 236,000,OOO NE -
443,000,000 382,000,OOO NV - 330,000,000 417,000,OOO NH -
299,000,000 263,000,OOO NJ - 339,000,000 365,000,OOO NM -
311,000,000 311,000,OOO NY - 280,000,000 285,000,OOO NC -
364,000,000 414,000,OOO ND - 344,000,000 287,000,OOO OH -
327,000,000 327,000,OOO OK - 483,000,000 356,000,OOO OR -
286,000,000 260,000,OOO PA - 317,000,000 346,000,OOO RI -
206,000,000 256,000,OOO SC - 404,000,000 448,000,OOO SD -
459,000,000 386,000,OOO TN - 413,000,000 476,000,OOO TX -
342,000,000 364,000,OOO UT - 284,000,000 262,000,OOO VT -
302,000,000 280,000,OOO VA - 333,000,000 374,000,OOO WA -
275,000,000 253,000,OOO WV - 422,000,000 395,000,OOO WI -
297,000,000 286,000,OOO WY - 341,000,000 289,000,OOO
Robert Cohen notmilk.comnotmilk.comOpen ↗