Mastitis- e-coli

millertime78

I have a suckler that calved a week ago that has developed a bad case of mastitis. She's not eating, has lost body condition and overall is very dull. I had the vet to her last night and he gave her "a very strong steroid" (can't remember the name). I gave her another 25ml of the same steroid this morning but she still isn't eating. Very worried now

Has anyone with a track record of successfully treating such cases? I've drained the infected teats etc 2-3 times in last 24 hrs.

Sam Kade

I had a cow that went down with Ecoli mastitis a few years ago the vet gave her a saline drip and she was up and walking around a few hours after, she lost the quarter but survived.

whelan1

strig , strig and strig ... keep the poison out of her

djmc

once or twice I got very bad mastitis
I cut top of teat of with sharp scissors to let it drain out puss
Just the top ,that quarter will never be right anyway and inject with noraclav or synolox twice a day.
Its not looking good if she is that sick she wont eat could die within hours if she does not get strong drugs:(

dar31

if its a dairy cow strip, if that fails cut.
if its a suckler, would just cut as ya will hardly bring her in 3 or more times a day to strip.
a 3 spinner is far better than a dead one;)

bog_savage

My vet told me to use a sugar/water solution .
Tried it a few times and its a big help .

Add as much sugar to 100 - 200ml hot water as will dissolve .
After strigging her out , squirt into teat using big syringe with needle removed
Repeat as many times a day as you can .

Cant remember science behind it but it made sense at the time :rolleyes:

pajero12

dar31 wrote: »

if its a dairy cow strip, if that fails cut.
if its a suckler, would just cut as ya will hardly bring her in 3 or more times a day to strip.
a 3 spinner is far better than a dead one;)

Excuse my ignorance but cut what?..The teat?

FarmerGreen

Some people live in a different world.

dar31

pajero12 wrote: »

Excuse my ignorance but cut what?..The teat?

yea cut the teat. if the infection cant get out or be cured with antibotics quickly it will make its way into the animal, if it makes it way to the blood stream the animal will get very sick and possibly die.
some times it is the lesser of two evils.
once the teat is cut and kept open till all the infection is out the animal will make a rapid recovery.