41.   The transformation of dairy cows through technology has been equally profound.

42.   Two years ago the St. Louis-based chemical giant created a furor by introducing a bioengineered growth hormone for dairy cows.

43.   Under the plan, dairy cows are allowed to produce milk up until they are slaughtered.

44.   Perhaps half the old wheat land is now fallow or planted in fruits, vegetables or forage crops for livestock, especially dairy cows.

45.   Protesters led their dairy cows through the crowd by the halter and waved banners with cartoon cows.

46.   A Holstein dairy cow cloned by Infigen Inc. of DeForest, Wis., was sold at auction last fall in the first commercial sale of a farm animal.

47.   A week later, only a few head of scraggly old dairy cows were on offer.

48.   First indications are that the full-grown dairy cows have not been affected by the outbreak, Stone said.

49.   How could they leave behind their prized dairy cows, their only source of income?

50.   In addition, cattle farmers in Thailand say that they mostly raise their dairy cows on grass rather than meat and bone meal.