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Why Don't We Drink Pigs Milk?
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Chris | Report | 5 May 2004 22:42 |
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Something that has been puzzling me for sometime. We drink the milk of goats, cows, and sheep but why not pigs? |
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Len of the Chilterns | Report | 5 May 2004 23:03 |
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Pigs turn nasty when people try to milk them. However I will put the question to my daughter who has a BSc(Hons) degree in agriculture. len |
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Crista | Report | 5 May 2004 23:08 |
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Perhaps because goats, sheep and cows are ruminants? Crista |
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BobClayton | Report | 5 May 2004 23:09 |
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Had a search and there is a cheese called blivet made from pigs milk so they must be milked. Bob |
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Kevin | Report | 5 May 2004 23:12 |
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I think if you look at their diet it may give an answer, Cows, Goats and Sheep all graze grass, pigs eat any old s#@&! |
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Susanne | Report | 5 May 2004 23:24 |
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Did a web search and apparently they are too hard to milk. Sue:-) |
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syljo | Report | 6 May 2004 19:59 |
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Prefer soya milk - no animals take part here |
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Unknown | Report | 6 May 2004 20:01 |
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I agree with Kevin - seeing what they eat, I don't think I could fancy their milk :)) |
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Len of the Chilterns | Report | 11 May 2004 13:32 |
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Answer from my daughter (BSc Hons.Agric.): " Logistically it would be very difficult as they have a lot of very small teats and they can be remarkably difficult animals. Unlike ruminants, they eat anything, which is likely to affect their milk. Whose to say it is not a wonderful marketing opportunity waiting to be, er, milked ?" Len |
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Len of the Chilterns | Report | 13 May 2004 00:01 |
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Terri She went to Harper Adams although I went with her to look over Aberystwyth. She then worked as a technical adviser for some years for the Milk Marketing Board, later Milk Marque with a territory in Somerset. Now she is fully employed as a mum. Always have to wipe my chin after saying Aberystwyth. len |
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