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dry cow tubes on sucklers?

  • 26-08-2010 08:54PM
    #1
    tismesoitis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 858 ✭✭✭


    just wonderin does anyone dry cow tube their sucklers? we have had 3 cases os mastitis in the first 10 cows calved. they did'nt calve down with mastitis but developed it between a week and 3 weeks afterwards.they were all milky cows perhaps too much so. :confused:


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  • #2
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    do you use any fly prevention i assume you are talking about autumn calvers ?


  • #3
    tismesoitis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 858 ✭✭✭tismesoitis


    ye every 2 or 3 weeks prior to calving , they calving down fine but developing afterwards


  • #4
    dar31
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,704 ✭✭✭dar31


    used to always dry cow tube the sucklers when we had them.
    would never have considered not doing them, thought it was the norm.(usually a cheap one though)


  • #5
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    tbh we never ever dry cow tubed our sucklers - we're not brave enough:D- but this seems to be a problem after calving


  • #6
    reilig
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,401 ✭✭✭reilig


    In recent years we have used tubes on all the autumn calvers only - just after weining (That was 6 weeks ago) . I think that they are more at risk of mastitis than the spring calvers.


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  • #7
    LostCovey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,717 ✭✭✭LostCovey


    whelan1 wrote: »
    tbh we never ever dry cow tubed our sucklers - we're not brave enough:D- but this seems to be a problem after calving

    no dry cow tubes....mastitis after calving is a problem.

    Maybe there is a connection here?

    LC


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