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Musical cows. (Short Takes).


"Moo" over Limp Bizkit? Researchers at Great Britain's University of Leicester History
The University was founded as Leicestershire and Rutland College in 1918. The site for the University was donated by a local textile manufacturer, Thomas Fielding Johnson, in order to create a living memorial for those who lost their lives in World War I.
 found that 1,000 Holstein cattle exposed to slow music (less than 100 beats per minute beats per minute Cardiac pacing The unit of measure for the frequency of heart depolarizations or contractions each minute–or pulse rate ), such as Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony, gave 3 percent more milk than those not exposed to music at all. Fast, screechy screech  
n.
1. A high-pitched, strident cry.

2. A sound suggestive of this cry: the screech of train brakes.

v. screeched, screech·ing, screech·es

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 music (more than 120 beats per minute) actually caused a decrease in milk production.
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Title Annotation:increasing milk production
Publication:Science World
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:4EUUK
Date:Dec 10, 2001
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