Suckler problem

Toplink

2 cows in past 2 weeks have aborted calves at 6 months. Turns out one is a daughter of the other so not sure this is any clue.

Dad was unwell recently so cows were never scanned.

Any clue's? anything that can be done to protect the rest of the herd?

moy83

Toplink wrote: »

2 cows in past 2 weeks have aborted calves at 6 months. Turns out one is a daughter of the other so not sure this is any clue.

Dad was unwell recently so cows were never scanned.

Any clue's? anything that can be done to protect the rest of the herd?

Would you get them tested with the vet , he would be the best bet .

49801

Test for lepto and neospora would be the 2 I would think of... Maybe salmonella too if you came across a nasty foetus.

Toplink

Yeah. Vet coming Tuesday. They were done for lepto earlier in the year.

whelan1

Toplink wrote: »

Yeah. Vet coming Tuesday. They were done for lepto earlier in the year.

we had a few problems a few years ago and had to do them every 6 months for lepto... are they on minerals?

Toplink

whelan1 wrote: »

we had a few problems a few years ago and had to do them every 6 months for lepto... are they on minerals?

No, once they are housed (end of Oct) they would be but only bucket licks.

49801

Toplink wrote: »

Yeah. Vet coming Tuesday. They were done for lepto earlier in the year.

Test for it anyway.

munkus

Was at a farm walk a few years ago and the adviser asked the group of 20 what vaccination did they carry out on the farm. I was shocked to see that only myself and one other was vaccinating for Lepto. This is mandatory in my view.

Is there a vaccine for neospora?

Toplink

Thanks folks. wilk report back when we get results

yellow50HX

Toplink wrote: »

2 cows in past 2 weeks have aborted calves at 6 months. Turns out one is a daughter of the other so not sure this is any clue.

Dad was unwell recently so cows were never scanned.

Any clue's? anything that can be done to protect the rest of the herd?

sounds liek lepto, check for samonella too, unusual for it to happen to cows out on grass btu happen to us a few years ago during the winter. have started usign a disefectant on teh cubicle beds since. As per above how are they for minerals?

Toplink

yellow50HX wrote: »

sounds liek lepto, check for samonella too, unusual for it to happen to cows out on grass btu happen to us a few years ago during the winter. have started usign a disefectant on teh cubicle beds since. As per above how are they for minerals?

Cows are out on grass still. They actually were getting a mineral lick but no monitoring being done to see if these cows were actually using it.

One of the cows aborted the calf fully this morning. I know there is a lab in Athlone and one in Limerick. Is there any closer lab for a south Galway based farmer I wonder?

mikeoh

Both labs less than an hour from u , u can't get much handier than that ........u will know if they are using the licks if the lick are gone.......have u any wild cattle with them that might be pucking them , a neighbor of mine had cows abort and it was a horse was kicking the cows when they got too close......hopefully that's ur lot of bad luck for a good while...

manjou

A friend of mine lost 2 last winter because another cow was going around pucking all the others.

onyerbikepat

It does sound like Neospora. Mother passes it on to daughter. We tested for it here before on a heifer that aborted. When she tested positive for Neospora, Vet said to test her mother aswell, as it passes through herd in this way.
Mother was fine in our case. He said too that there was no vaccine or cure for it. Only way is to cull cows infected.