This is my Cow Facts and Trivia Page.  Here you will find a collection of cow facts and trivia I have collected surfing the net.  I am still researching Holsteins.  They are my favorite and I think the most beautiful of the Bovine breeds.  Please stop back from time to time to see what has been added to this page.  And by all means if you have bovine information you would like to share with me, send it to me and I will be happy to add it.  Now lets moooove on to those facts!

You can estimate a cow's age by counting the number of rings on its horns.

An average half ton cow produces about 10 tons of manure every year.

A cow can detect odors up to 5 miles away.

Elderly cows in India have their own Nursing Home.

Cows have almost total 360 degree panoramic vision.

Cows can see in color.

A cow spends about 6 hours eating and 8 hours chewing cud a day.

Cows give approximately 60 pounds of milk a day.

A cow's intestines can grow up to 170 feet long.

Cows can walk upstairs but not down them because a cows knees cannot bend properly to walk down stairs.

Dairy cows can produce 125 pounds of saliva in a single day.

The Sanskrit word for "war" means "desire for more cows."

The average cows temperature is 101.5 degrees Fahrenheit.

A cows liver weighs 10 to 12 pounds, and the kidney's average 20 pounds each.

Cows have a total of 32 teeth, 8 incisors on the bottom front and 6 strong molars on the top and bottom back.  On the top front of their mouth, they have a tough pad of skin instead of teeth.

There are more 10,354,979 cows that give milk in the US.  Of these one fifth are in Wisconsin.

A cow must be a mother before she can produce milk.

A 1 year old female calf is called a heifer.  She weighs between 450 and 500 pounds.

There are more than 800,000 cows producing milk in California.

The average California cow produces 19,825 pounds of milk each year.  More milk per cow than any other state in the nation.  That's enough for 128 people to have a glass of milk every day for an entire year.

We get photographic film and phonographic records from cow's gelatin.

Cows have one stomach with 4 sections.

Cows regurgitate their food and rechew the cud to help digestion.

Cows live an average of 6 to 7 years.

Cows can weigh 1500 pounds and 90 at birth.

Cows give 60 pounds of milk a day.

Cows have been known to give up to 35% more milk while listening to Elvis.