"sf" > wrote in message
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> I'd like to know why they were feeding dairy cows grain
> laden with animal protein.
>

In general, lactating dairy cows, as any lactating animal, need a lot of
protein and high energy foodstuffs. Animal proteins are a good source for
the protein, but cow byproducts are not not not supposed to go into feed
for other cows in this country. Other animal proteins--fish meal, for
example, are safe.

I just wish people [people working in feed manufacturing] would do what they
are supposed to do and follow the rules. People sometimes just do not think
about what they're doing and the consequences. I suppose no one was
thinking about what if they made someone else's cows sick, or someone ate
that cow and got sick.

My family has a dairy farm. We would never intentionally feed our cows the
stuff that they're not supposed to have. We don't want them getting sick.
There is a certain amount of trust you put in the manufacturer that they're
doing what they're supposed to and making a safe product for your animals to
eat, and it's maddening when something like this happens.