# What happens to cow's udders after they're slaughtered?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 30, 2013, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-cows-udders-after-theyre-slaughtered/677489 "2013-12-30T16:06:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-cows-udders-after-theyre-slaughtered/677489/21 "2014-01-02T16:20:00Z")

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Surgical gloves

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-cows-udders-after-theyre-slaughtered/677489/22 "2014-01-02T16:28:25Z")

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> [@Rhythmdvl](#):
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> Surgical gloves

Only for cartoon characters. 😉

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**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-cows-udders-after-theyre-slaughtered/677489/23 "2014-01-02T21:34:13Z")

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> [@August\_West](#):
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> I think it was something generic like “Lab Technician”, I was offered the job, but luckily something better came along! (no pun intended).😉

I think the bull gets the job. Lab tech sounds better than semen collector.

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**Author:** ![Charlie\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-cows-udders-after-theyre-slaughtered/677489/24 "2014-01-02T21:45:07Z")

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> [@Ornery\_Bob](#):
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> Strictly speaking, the cattle grown for beef are steers, or castrated bulls. Female cattle, “cows” are used for the for production of more cattle and aren’t specifically raised for their meat.
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> When they are no longer useful as producers, they’re slaughtered the udders become “beef byproducts.”

Beef Byproducts often mean “hot dogs” or “balogna” or any kind of sausage like pepperoni, salami, etc.

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