02/26/15, 03:48 PM
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Cows are built that way, almost always the front teats are wider set than the rear. When you see bull statistics on teat placement, they are referring to "front teat placement" because that is where you are more likely to have wide teats/issues associated with that. If the rear teats were wide, they would hit the leg and that would be a cull cow because constantly rubbing up against the leg would be asking for mastitis. So, in a way, you could say cows have been culled/bred for narrower rear teats.
An ideal dairy cow will have four teats equally placed apart. You don't want the rear teats too close or you can't get the machine to stay on, you don't want the front teats too wide for the same reason.
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) and not had a lot of experience with cows/never paid attention to this before. So it's just a curiosity, really. But wondering, if cows always had the front two teats spread further apart than the back two? Both of my heifers do. They are half-sisters. Anyway, just wondering and also wondering if that is bred that way on purpose, like does it help with milking somehow or?? Is it just how it is?
