“Video of dairy industry workers milking a cow by cutting its skin.”
What FACTLY found
The video shared in the post shows the draining process of an abscess from a bovine’s body. An abscess is an accumulation of pus, usually caused by a bacterial infection in human beings, cattle and other animals. NCBI and several other medical research studies have clearly stated that a sharp incision of a scalpel blade or hoof-knife into the abscess-infected portion is one of the primary methods of draining the abscess from cattle bodies. The video does not show a cow milking method
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 31 October 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 4 November 2022, 4 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Instagram posthttps://www.instagram.com/reel/CkYm8SJJjdO/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=f11a5737-add7-4cbc…
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This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.