Neither wild nor farmed cows eat exclusively gains. When they eat grass, they eat the entire grass rather than just the seeds. Farmed cows are fed quite a lot of legumes and a fermented “dish” called silage. They also eat meat opportunistically, as do all hoofbeasts.
Yes, it’s as dangerous for the cow as for the human. Because flour is expected to be cooked, it’s not held to the same standard as foods expected to be eaten raw, and it’s very possibly contaminated with pathogens. Cows have some protection against certain strains of e coli, but not salmonella.
My first thought, like an idiot, “can cows eat flour?” Yeah mate, that’s all they eat…
Even cattle are eating too much processed foods these days!
I was concerned in case the cow missed the flour bag warnings:
I guess I should be posting this on the cows community from where it was cross posted but anybody know whether those warnings are cow relevant?
I think Cow’s exclusively eat raw grain so if it is a problem it’s too late anyways.
Neither wild nor farmed cows eat exclusively gains. When they eat grass, they eat the entire grass rather than just the seeds. Farmed cows are fed quite a lot of legumes and a fermented “dish” called silage. They also eat meat opportunistically, as do all hoofbeasts.
unless there’s trouble at mill
Like, I mean yeah. unless there’s trouble in the fields.
lol I’mma pretend I realized that in its entirety
Someone on a farming forum mentions acidosis
Relevant if we don’t want another patient zero for some cow flu or something.
Yes, it’s as dangerous for the cow as for the human. Because flour is expected to be cooked, it’s not held to the same standard as foods expected to be eaten raw, and it’s very possibly contaminated with pathogens. Cows have some protection against certain strains of e coli, but not salmonella.