Magnets in Cows by Kauy

●     Why would a cow need a magnet?

            Cows often need to have magnets put in their stomach because of hardware disease. Hardware disease occurs when cows ingest sharp metal objects, such as nails, wire, or other metal objects. The magnets are commonly made of ferrite and are used to group all the foreign metal objects before they can puncture and pierce organs.

●     I find the fact that they feed the cows magnets interesting.

1.    The magnets are about 8 cm long

2.    They are shaped like long pills

3.    They are often given at brandings to prevent hardware disease