Antibiotics in milk

farmerjack

Relief milker here said he stuck the clusters on a antibiotic cow for literally 4 seconds, will that amount f up my tank of milk

Pacoa

Was it the first milking after the antibiotics were put in?

Timmaay

Hmm I wouldn't like to risk it. Get the milk tested, either using one of the diy kits if you or a neighbour have one, or go directly to your local milk processor who should be able to test it for you (Glanbia can anyways).

aidanki

when did she get the tube ?

get a sample tested quick

whelan1

get milk tested... also make sure any cow with antibiotics has tape and spray on her....i was fined before

farmerjack

The cow was taped on both her tail and her ankle, he must have been asleep milking. Can't get a test kit anywhere this evening and my milk is being collected in the morning. Do the lorry drivers carry kits?

Don't let the lorry driver collect the milk, if it is not tested. If the milk contaminates the lorry, then you will have to pay for the lorry load.

whelan1

better to ring driver than to have to pay for full load load of milk.... seriously tape and spray only way to go. we plaster them in spray... so if they loose tape its on, number on whiteboard in parlour and text sent to milker

What time does your milk get collected? Can you make it to the creamery, before he comes and get it tested.

Mulumpy

farmerjack wrote: »

The cow was taped on both her tail and her ankle, he must have been asleep milking. Can't get a test kit anywhere this evening and my milk is being collected in the morning. Do the lorry drivers carry kits?

Do you have a number for your driver you could ask him to bring a snap test with him from the lab.

farmerjack

drivers going to bring a sample in the morning and if its clear they will collect the milk tommorow afternoon

farmerjack

farmerjack wrote: »

drivers going to bring a sample in the morning and if its clear they will collect the milk tommorow afternoon

My fingers are crossed for you. I know the feeling waiting for that phone call.

whelan1

farmerjack wrote: »

drivers going to bring a sample in the morning and if its clear they will collect the milk tommorow afternoon

better save than sorry,think there should be a strip test on every farm to check the milk...as long as it wasnt dry cow antibiotics you should be ok

loveta

Test it but only use a half or less of your tank milk and the rest of the sample of clear milk and that way you double up your chances of being clear cause your tank of milk won't be half of the lorry s amount . . . Well I think!!

farmerjack

Got a sample to a brother of one of the lorry drivers on his way home from croke park. I will know before I milk tommorow morning, here's hoping.

farmerjack

Got a sample to a brother of one of the lorry drivers on his way home from croke park. I will know before I milk tommorow morning, here's hoping.

Timmaay

whelan1 wrote: »

..as long as it wasnt dry cow antibiotics you should be ok

Drycow tubes are worse than normal mastitis tubes are they? Had one or two near misses with cows just gone dry last winter that got brought into the parlour :rolleyes:, ever since then any cow with drycow tubes get a big red X spray marked on her udder when the tubes go in, no doubting it will have worn off by the time she calves down. I tend to avoid spraymarker otherwise, as it all gets too confusing, at least with tape you can cut it off when the cow is back clear. I do always put two separate bits of tape on the tail, maybe 4/5inches away from eachother, just in case one falls off, or one gets covered in muck etc.

whelan1

brother put dry cow tubes in wrong cow....:o i had put red tape on cows for drying off and in his hungover state he put tubes in wrong cow:mad: not our finest moment bit sure we lived to tell the tale , i didnt know load was positive until lorry man rang me , had to test whole group to see which cow he had tubed in error

whelan1

whelan1 wrote: »

brother put dry cow tubes in wrong cow....:o i had put red tape on cows for drying off and in his hungover state he put tubes in wrong cow:mad: not our finest moment bit sure we lived to tell the tale

I've had the same problem. Only difference was it was a mastitis tube. Didn't know anything about it, till the creamery rang. Then had the horrible job of trying to find out which cow got wrongly tubed.

Mulumpy

Certainly my biggest fear here. I did the same thing as what happened OP a few weeks ago. Luckily copped it straight away and got pipe out of tank before it got to it.

farmerjack

Friggin tank tested positive 3 milkings dumped sick as a parrot, serious chat to be had with relief milker tomorrow.

whelan1

farmerjack wrote: »

Friggin tank tested positive 3 milkings dumped sick as a parrot, serious chat to be had with relief milker tomorrow.

was he through farm relief services, if so you are covered by them? ay least he told you plenty round here wouldnt have bothered

delaval

farmerjack wrote: »

Friggin tank tested positive 3 milkings dumped sick as a parrot, serious chat to be had with relief milker tomorrow.

Pain in the ass.
He told you which is important.
Got a Charm test kit, you can do your own test in 3 minutes. Do not use any other as they are too hard to read. All Glanbia trucks have them fitted.
We use on all cows after treatment or after calving. You would be surprised how soon you can get a fresh calved cow to the tank

farmerjack

whelan1 wrote: »

was he through farm relief services, if so you are covered by them? ay least he told you plenty round here wouldnt have bothered

No he is a local fella, in fairness he is usually excellent and I was very surprised to hear of the mistake in the first place, but what's done is done now, I will have a chat with him tomorrow and maybe review out procedure for dealing with antibiotic cows.

yellow50HX

farmerjack wrote: »

Friggin tank tested positive 3 milkings dumped sick as a parrot, serious chat to be had with relief milker tomorrow.

Did have to dump all the milk? We had a similar issue before when my dadforgot to Putin the filter 2 milkings in tank and had to dump so we gave it out to a bunch of weaklings. Jaysus they were delighted.

delaval

We mark with strap on leg, yellow tape on tail and most important remove from herd, till clear for tank.
We do not use spray.

case885

Have a similar issue here, cow was tubed yesterday morning and a small amount of milk was left in tonight, withdrawel is 84 hours. Would any trace amount test positive?

case885

case885 wrote: »

Have a similar issue here, cow was tubed yesterday morning and a small amount of milk was left in tonight, withdrawel is 84 hours. Would any trace amount test positive?

From my experience, I definitely wouldn't chance it. Get it tested.

case885

Deleted User wrote: »

From my experience, I definitely wouldn't chance it. Get it tested.

Getting it tested alright tomorrow in the co-op but i would dump whats there for the mornings milk if i knew it was positive. Would the DIY one be reliable?

case885

case885 wrote: »

Getting it tested alright tomorrow in the co-op but i would dump whats there for the mornings milk if i knew it was positive. Would the DIY one be reliable?

In my experience the DIY ones are reliable (just make sure that they are in date).
If at all possible just milk the cows late tomorrow until you get back the test results.

milkprofit

Rule no 1
Never treat cow unles u have put red tape on feet and tail. FIRSt
Less chance of treating wrong cow

case885

She was well marked just a stupid mistake, tested negative so im very happy