United States raw milk debate prior to symptom onset." Milk collected or stored in unsanitary conditions may harbor a host of disease-causing organisms (pathogens), such as "tuberculosis" (Mycobacterium bovis), the bacteria "Campylobacter" (Campylobacteriosis), "Escherichia" E. coli O157:H7), "Listeria" (Listeriosis), "Salmonella" (Salmonellosis), "Yersinia" (Yersinia enterocolitica), and "Brucella" (Brucellosis). Pasteurization consistently removes all of these pathogens, though they can be reintroduced if the product is handled carelessly. Thus dairy farms that pasteurize their milk can have unsanitary facilities without the attendant outbreaks of disease that would occur if a raw milk dairy kept its herds in similar unsanitary conditions. People with weakened immune systems, such as elderly,
Milk on production systems, nutrition of the cows, and only to a minor extent different genetic potential of the animals. What the cow ate made the most impact on the production obtained. New Zealand cows with the lowest yield per year grazed all year, in contrast to Israel with the highest yield where the cows ate in barns with an energy-rich mixed diet. The milk yield per cow in the United States, the world's largest cow milk producer, was per year in 2010. In contrast, the milk yields per cow in India and China – the second and third largest producers