Cows with holes in their stomachs
I’ve been posting a lot of photos of cows lately, so naturally I wanted to find an interesting video of a cow to post. Somehow, I ended up over at Damn Interesting reading about some cows that have man-made fistulas in their stomach areas.
These holes or “windows” give veterinarians and curious folk a close look at the digestive systems of cows. Food and medicine can be taken from and placed into this hole without having to go through the cow’s mouth.
Here’s an interesting little tidbit: Cook College (part of Rutgers University in NJ) has an “Experimental Animal Barn” that houses at least one of these “windowed cows”.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:40 pm
Yeah, my friend Annie went there while we were there too. She told me about this. She had to do it too. It just seems so wrong. hahaha
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Doobybrain reply on May 9, 2008 11:42 pm:
i kinda want to go too so i can stick my hand inside the cow. looks gross, but it seems like fun.
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May 11th, 2008 at 11:30 am
this seems kind of cruel and unnecessary?!
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