What Happens When Cows Listen To Music ?

Music, an artform that gives us pleasure, relief and lightens up our moods with positive vibes and cheerfulness or peace. This bliss isn’t just limited to humans but is also just as enjoyable to animals too. Dogs, birds, cats and cows are some examples of animals that enjoy the music and show calm or engaged response to it. Music genres can be of various types, which humans can temporarily listen and attune their mood and pace to but animals are different, they can show physical and behavioural changes with the kind of music they are exposed to. For example- fast paced, loud music can cause animals to exhibit agitated or stressed out behaviour whereas classical, soft low music has a positive, calming and relaxing effect on animals. Today we are going to talk about cows and the benefits of music for them and here’s the list:


Various scientific studies shows that soft music can increase serotonin levels in cows which is a feel good hormone resulting in high milk yield with happy and healthy cow’s mental health.


Music can activate the calming part of the nervous system in cows, lowering the cortisol, a stress hormone. Resulting in less anxious behaviour like tongue rolling and vocalization with increased resting and rumination, making them relaxed.


Many scientific studies show that music can significantly increase serum concentrations of immunoglobulins like (lgG, lgM and lgA), which are key components of the immune system. Music also increases antioxidant capacity in cows resulting in better disease resistance and immune responses.


Music uplifts cow’s mood and even results in increased food intake, this is important as sometimes animals too get depressed and reduce their appetite.


Music can make the interaction between cows and humans better, which makes them peaceful while socializing and leads to less aggressive behaviour.


When exposed to music cows relax which can make the milking time relaxing , increase the milk flow and helps set in a good routine for the same.


Apart from all other benefits, listening to music is very enjoying and therapeutic to cows, it boosts their psychological well being.

Music is good for cows as it is good for humans but always remember, genre of music plays a crucial role in benefiting cows. They should always be attuned to slow tempo, classical, instrumental and reggae music. Fast, loud and high rock music can cause agitation, stress and negative effect on them so it should be avoided.

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs):

1. Do cows like listening to music?
   Yes, cows like listening to soft, classical and slow tempo music, it reduces stress and increase milk production whereas high, fast and rock music can make them stressed, agitated and even lower their milk production.
2. What kind of music attracts cows?
   Cows like slow, calming and relaxing music. Mostly they like classical music with 100 beats under a minute, it reduces their stress, lower their heart beat and respiration with increased milk production.
3. Are cows sensitive to sound?
   Yes, cows are sensitive to sound, they can hear slightly wider frequency range than humans. Whereas humans hear signals in 300-3000Hz region, cattles are sensitive to sound upto 8000Hz. This means slow, low tempo music calms them, they enjoy it whereas high tempo, loud music causes fear and stress.