When I was a kid we lived next door to a family who owned milk cows. I always wondered what their flaky son was doing out there. I actually thought it was sicker than that, but maybe he really did just need them to pee.
Scientists who discovered and isolated the cow’s reproductive hormones had to discover a way of obtaining gallons of pee from pregnant cows. That was the technique they used.
Probably most scientific discoveries that do make the news depend on countless less newsworthy discoveries like this.
At one time I had a housemate whose father artificially inseminated cows. My housemate would borrow his Dad’s car and there was always a single big glove in the back seat with a cuff that extended to the shoulder. He probably doesn’t need that any more.
I come to read this thread just after watching this week’s episode of Discovery Channel’s Dirty Jobs where Mike Rowe was making cow manure into pots. Quite the process. Very interesting. Very dirty.
I’m also reminded of the episode where his job was to check the herd for pregnancy. With one of those gloves.
One of my high school jobs was collecting urine from the winner and second place finisher at the local horse track. There was no touching involved. We had to wait it out.