For more milk, cows must be happy

Two hormones that serve two opposite roles are the reason behind these two scenarios, namely oxytocin and adrenalin, commonly called milk let down and fight or flight hormones, respectively. As the names suggest you can already know which is responsible for what outcome.PHOTO: COURTESY

Cows sometimes "hide milk", while other times produce lots of it. This is what you will observe as a farmer or milkman. What you will not see is the hormonal interplay yielding these two extremes.

Two hormones that serve two opposite roles are the reason behind these two scenarios, namely oxytocin and adrenalin, commonly called milk let down and fight or flight hormones, respectively. As the names suggest you can already know which is responsible for what outcome.