Yes, it's terrible for them they will eventualy die.
It depends on what you mean by "bad."
Once she is in milk, she will keep on producing milk as long as the milk is being taken out (either by milking or by a calf.) If you suddenly stop milking, her udder will become very engorged. This signals the brain to shut off milk production. This evolved due to the fact that animals who lose their young need to stop making milk.
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For a high-producing dairy cow, this engorgement is uncomfortable, but it subsides once she stops producing milk.
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Another way that this can be considered "bad" is that if you stop milking long enough that she stops producing milk, she won't start again until she is re-bred.
Yes.
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Is it bad for a dairy cow to go without milking?