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Mastitis in a suckler cow!

  • 16-07-2012 2:00pm
    #1
    Rushy Fields
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    Can anyone advise me. Whats the best treatment. I have a Charlois suckler cow with three week old calf. She had alot of milk initally meaning i had to milk her once a day but she got mastitis in one quarter and i am drawing the teat every day hoping it might go. Im new to this game and am looking for advice?


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  • #2
    reilig
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    nealger wrote: »
    Can anyone advise me. Whats the best treatment. I have a Charlois suckler cow with three week old calf. She had alot of milk initally meaning i had to milk her once a day but she got mastitis in one quarter and i am drawing the teat every day hoping it might go. Im new to this game and am looking for advice?

    Contact your vet who will be able to give you a mastitis tube for to put into the affected quarter. When you draw the quarter, do you get plugs and curd, or is the quarter just flagged (Hard) with normal milk coming from it?

    The problem established because you milked the cow. The more you milk her, the more milk she produces. Best to put a cow with a lot of milk on bare ground until the calf is able to take all the milk that she has.


  • #3
    Rushy Fields
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    Thanks Reilig,
    When I draw the quarter, i got plugs and curd, and in the lat day or two its Hard with no milk coming from it just watery curdy and even bloody. I have endomycin. Was gona give her 20ccs to see would that clear it up.
    I probably shouldnt have touched her at all.


  • #4
    reilig
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    nealger wrote: »
    Thanks Reilig,
    When I draw the quarter, i got plugs and curd, and in the lat day or two its Hard with no milk coming from it just watery curdy and even bloody. I have endomycin. Was gona give her 20ccs to see would that clear it up.
    I probably shouldnt have touched her at all.

    Best thing to do is call to your vet. It won't be too expensive. He/she will sort you out. When you're new to the game, its better to be safe than sorry.


  • #5
    bbam
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    reilig wrote: »
    Best thing to do is call to your vet. It won't be too expensive. He/she will sort you out. When you're new to the game, its better to be safe than sorry.

    Best advice right there.
    We had this a few years ago in two sucklers and both lost quarters. If its hard and milking out blood and crap then I'd say your in trouble. Get your vet ASAP. It's tough as ours were grand sucklers but didn't mix well with being brought in for treatment.


  • #6
    Bizzum
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    Vet job alright!
    Our own vet is gone away from tubes altogether. Antibiotic regime and keep stripping the quarter is what he had us at.
    These suckler cows with big bags of milk can be a right pain!


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  • #7
    Atilathehun
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    Bizzum wrote: »
    Vet job alright!
    Our own vet is gone away from tubes altogether. Antibiotic regime and keep stripping the quarter is what he had us at.
    These suckler cows with big bags of milk can be a right pain!

    I had suckler cow this year, who tight from calving seemed to have one huge quarter. Loads of milk and big bottle teat. Calf couldn't suck it. Had to bring her in once a day for a month to milk it out. Sometime missed a day if other pressures, but got it most of the time. In the end I kept her in for about four days and separated the calf. Twice a day put her in crush and milked out the other three quarters. Then put calf in her. He had no choice but to swing out of the big one. He got the message. She on the other hand is destined for a morning meeting with Larry Goodman!!!


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    Dunedin
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    nealger wrote: »
    Can anyone advise me. Whats the best treatment. I have a Charlois suckler cow with three week old calf. She had alot of milk initally meaning i had to milk her once a day but she got mastitis in one quarter and i am drawing the teat every day hoping it might go. Im new to this game and am looking for advice?


    maybe a little late now but for future times, don't draw teh cow regardless of how much milk she has. Leave that to the calf as he/she will only draw her when he is able to take it all. You'll never have any bother with mastitis this way.


  • #9
    Rushy Fields
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    Thats great, thanks to everyone that posted it was really informative. I have been in touch with the vet and he is coming out thisafternoon. Hopefully he will save the quarter.:)


  • #10
    bbam
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    Dunedin wrote: »
    maybe a little late now but for future times, don't draw teh cow regardless of how much milk she has. Leave that to the calf as he/she will only draw her when he is able to take it all. You'll never have any bother with mastitis this way.

    This is the thing, nature will regulate the milk supply to demand. If you leave the teat then little or no milk will be produced. By million it out your stimulating the demand and the quarter will produce lots of milk as a result, if it's not being consumed then your in trouble with mastitis.


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