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Somatic cell count problem

  • 10-09-2010 9:43pm
    #1
    Cowmad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43 ✭


    Have a few cows geting mastitis in one quater.I cmt tested them and only the one quater showed up posotive.I am going to treating those quaters and milk the rest to the tank. Any one have any suggestions


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  • #2
    theroad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 167 ✭✭theroad


    Cowmad wrote: »
    Have a few cows geting mastitis in one quater.I cmt tested them and only the one quater showed up posotive.I am going to treating those quaters and milk the rest to the tank. Any one have any suggestions

    If she has any antibiotic in her system, none of her milk should go into the tank until the withdrawal period is up.

    You could send a sample from the infected quarter (before tubing it) to the vet to identify the bug causing the infection. It will either be environmental (e.g. E. coli), or contagious (e.g. Staph. aureus) mastitis. At least that way you'll have some idea of what you're dealing with. There isn't much can be done about environmental bugs beyond keeping the cows clean, but they pick up those infections out in the field anyway. Contagious bugs are controlled in the parlour, by milking gloves, pre- and post- dipping and so on. If you are sending in a sample, don't use preservative and keep it in the fridge until it goes to the vet's.


  • #3
    whelan1
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    i can not understand how people treat a cow and only keep the milk from the 1 quarter , i was fined 10000 euro for antibiotics in 2008 -not my fault;)-


  • #4
    snowman707
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,279 ✭✭✭snowman707


    whelan1 wrote: »
    , i was fined 10000 euro for antibiotics in 2008 -not my fault;)-


    you were covered by insurance I hope?


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


    i was very lucky , i had changed insurance to hibernian , they covered my milk and the lorry load also , fbd wouldn't have covered my milk , they co-op charged me 48 cent per litre :eek: milk price was high at the time . My hungover brother put dry cow tubes in the wrong cow:mad: and i didnt know so i milked her :cool:i was 7 months pregnant at the time and insurance paid up fairly quickly , never ever again:o


  • #6
    snowman707
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,279 ✭✭✭snowman707


    whelan1 wrote: »
    l:i was 7 months pregnant at the time and insurance paid up fairly quickly , never ever again:o

    that's what my wife said after our first one, ... little did she know :D




    sorry couldn't resist that :rolleyes


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  • #7
    whelan1
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    ha ha:D


  • #8
    5live
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    Heard of guys doing that but dont understand how milk isnt failing ihhibitor tests. Arent antibiotics systemic? If not then why all the fuss about meat withdrawl post mastitis treatment? Obviously some are retained in the quarter better than others but it is a big risk to lose a tanker of milk over a few euro. The advice was good. Check the insurance first


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