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Meet Michigan State University's 'therapy cows'

Matthew Dae Smith
Lansing State Journal
"I am absolutely loving it, I do not want to leave," MSU junior Deanna Blair said as she connects with "Bunnie," an adult Holstein cow, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018, at MSU's Dairy Cattle Teaching Research Center in Lansing. The farm offered students a unique way to de-stress while studying for finals. Ten dollars got them 30 minutes of cow brushing and petting time. Blair spent most of those 30 minutes with Bunnie.
"I am absolutely loving it, I do not want to leave," MSU junior Deanna Blair said as she connects with "Bunnie," an adult Holstein cow, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018, at MSU's Dairy Cattle Teaching Research Center in Lansing. The farm offered students a unique way to de-stress while studying for finals. Ten dollars got them 30 minutes of cow brushing and petting time. Blair spent most of those 30 minutes with Bunnie.
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On the initial approach, she was somewhat hesitant, "They're so big," MSU James Madison freshman Kat Close exclaimed, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018. About ten minutes in, Close didn't want to leave the cows. She and other MSU students paid ten dollars for 30 minutes of cow brushing time at MSU's Dairy Cattle Teaching and Research Center in Lansing. The event offered students a unique way to de-stress while studying for final exams.
On the initial approach, she was somewhat hesitant, "They're so big," MSU James Madison freshman Kat Close exclaimed, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018. About ten minutes in, Close didn't want to leave the cows. She and other MSU students paid ten dollars for 30 minutes of cow brushing time at MSU's Dairy Cattle Teaching and Research Center in Lansing. The event offered students a unique way to de-stress while studying for final exams.
Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal
On the initial approach, she was somewhat hesitant, "They're so big," MSU James Madison freshman Kat Close exclaimed, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018. About ten minutes in, Close didn't want to leave the cows. She and other MSU students paid ten dollars for 30 minutes of cow brushing time at MSU's Dairy Cattle Teaching and Research Center in Lansing. The event offered students a unique way to de-stress while studying for final exams.
On the initial approach, she was somewhat hesitant, "They're so big," MSU James Madison freshman Kat Close exclaimed, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018. About ten minutes in, Close didn't want to leave the cows. She and other MSU students paid ten dollars for 30 minutes of cow brushing time at MSU's Dairy Cattle Teaching and Research Center in Lansing. The event offered students a unique way to de-stress while studying for final exams.
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Taylor Morgan, a junior zoology student at MSU, brushes an adult Holstein cow, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018, at MSU's Dairy Cattle Teaching Research Center in Lansing. The event offered students a unique way to de-stress while studying for finals. Ten dollars got them 30 minutes of cow brushing and petting time.
Taylor Morgan, a junior zoology student at MSU, brushes an adult Holstein cow, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018, at MSU's Dairy Cattle Teaching Research Center in Lansing. The event offered students a unique way to de-stress while studying for finals. Ten dollars got them 30 minutes of cow brushing and petting time.
Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal
On the initial approach, she was somewhat hesitant, "They're so big," MSU James Madison freshman Kat Close exclaimed, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018. About ten minutes in, Close didn't want to leave the cows. She and other MSU students paid ten dollars for 30 minutes of cow brushing time at MSU's Dairy Cattle Teaching and Research Center in Lansing. The event offered students a unique way to de-stress while studying for final exams.
On the initial approach, she was somewhat hesitant, "They're so big," MSU James Madison freshman Kat Close exclaimed, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018. About ten minutes in, Close didn't want to leave the cows. She and other MSU students paid ten dollars for 30 minutes of cow brushing time at MSU's Dairy Cattle Teaching and Research Center in Lansing. The event offered students a unique way to de-stress while studying for final exams.
Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal
"I am absolutely loving it, I do not want to leave," MSU junior Deanna Blair said as she connects with "Bunnie," an adult Holstein cow, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018, at MSU's Dairy Cattle Teaching Research Center in Lansing. The farm offered students a unique way to de-stress while studying for finals. Ten dollars got them 30 minutes of cow brushing and petting time. Blair spent most of those 30 minutes with Bunnie.
"I am absolutely loving it, I do not want to leave," MSU junior Deanna Blair said as she connects with "Bunnie," an adult Holstein cow, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018, at MSU's Dairy Cattle Teaching Research Center in Lansing. The farm offered students a unique way to de-stress while studying for finals. Ten dollars got them 30 minutes of cow brushing and petting time. Blair spent most of those 30 minutes with Bunnie.
Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal
Taylor Morgan, a junior zoology student at MSU, pets "Andrea," an adult Holstein cow, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018, at MSU's Dairy Cattle Teaching Research Center in Lansing. The event offered students a unique way to de-stress while studying for finals. Ten dollars got them 30 minutes of cow brushing and petting time.
Taylor Morgan, a junior zoology student at MSU, pets "Andrea," an adult Holstein cow, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018, at MSU's Dairy Cattle Teaching Research Center in Lansing. The event offered students a unique way to de-stress while studying for finals. Ten dollars got them 30 minutes of cow brushing and petting time.
Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal