Abruptly drying off a high SCC dairy cow

WexTK

Hi all,
I was going to dry off a high SCC cow in the middle of the dairy season with dry cow tubes and then leave her in a shed with diet of straw and water for a few weeks - does this sound about right? T'was the way my father would do it...:rolleyes:

P.S. Is there an age of a cow where you'd say tis best to be thinking of drying off... I have a few cows born who'll be 11 years old next Spring...
Thanks!

Greengrass1

WexTK wrote: »

Hi all,
I was going to dry off a high SCC cow in the middle of the dairy season with dry cow tubes and then leave her in a shed with diet of straw and water for a few weeks - does this sound about right? T'was the way my father would do it...:rolleyes:

P.S. Is there an age of a cow where you'd say tis best to be thinking of drying off... I have a few cows born who'll be 11 years old next Spring...
Thanks!

No treat her first with mastitis tubes and antibiotics.
Dry her off then and don't put in a shed.
Shed is were bugs live and chances are if you only have one cow in the shed you'll nor be bothered keeping straw as fresh ad it should be.
Dry her off and leave outside out in the field

mahoney_j

WexTK wrote: »

Hi all,
I was going to dry off a high SCC cow in the middle of the dairy season with dry cow tubes and then leave her in a shed with diet of straw and water for a few weeks - does this sound about right? T'was the way my father would do it...:rolleyes:

P.S. Is there an age of a cow where you'd say tis best to be thinking of drying off... I have a few cows born who'll be 11 years old next Spring...
Thanks!

A cow at 11 years old and with a high scc will be very hard cured ,probably impossible .best advice dry her off abruptly ,make sure she's covered for flys ,bare paddock ,straw and water .once dried up off to the mart .if you really want to have a go at curing her ,get a sample of her milk cultured to see what bugs are present and decide on approiate dry cow treatment with ur vet .ill bet will advise to get rid of her though

frazzledhome

WexTK wrote: »

Hi all,
I was going to dry off a high SCC cow in the middle of the dairy season with dry cow tubes and then leave her in a shed with diet of straw and water for a few weeks - does this sound about right? T'was the way my father would do it...:rolleyes:

P.S. Is there an age of a cow where you'd say tis best to be thinking of drying off... I have a few cows born who'll be 11 years old next Spring...
Thanks!

What's her history Scc wise. If its high of borderline all the time I'd recommend making a Happy Meal out of her

whelan2

If she was mine it would be straight to the factory. Wouldn't even dry her off. Would be afraid of her getting mastitis when dry

frazzledhome

whelan2 wrote: »

If she was mine it would be straight to the factory. Wouldn't even dry her off. Would be afraid of her getting mastitis when dry

Saw in finished cows selling for €1.50 per kg yesterday. Time to blood our culls me thinks

whelan2

Was thinking the same assume there will be a flood of them in September \ October

mf240

If you have a few calves knocking around milk her last once a day. Let her in twice a day for meal and then factory her when she gets fleshy.. if she gets a start she will melt.

Or put her on done deal as a suitable for rearing calves.

mf240

frazzledhome wrote: »

What's her history Scc wise. If its high of borderline all the time I'd recommend making a Happy Meal out of her

Would you like frys with that?

f140

WexTK wrote: »

Hi all,
I was going to dry off a high SCC cow in the middle of the dairy season with dry cow tubes and then leave her in a shed with diet of straw and water for a few weeks - does this sound about right? T'was the way my father would do it...:rolleyes:

P.S. Is there an age of a cow where you'd say tis best to be thinking of drying off... I have a few cows born who'll be 11 years old next Spring...
Thanks!

if she is anyway old, id boot her out the door as fast as possible. crocs like that are a waste of time in any herd unless she is milking extreamily well.

pms7

Sold mine to guy that calls to me for €500

Any experience of drying off one quarter while milking rest

The man in red and black

pms7 wrote: »

Any experience of drying off one quarter while milking rest

Have a chat with your vet about drying one quarter while milking the rest. There are a few methods that can be done but you have to be careful with withdrawals so your vet will discuss the options.

mahoney_j

The man in red and black wrote: »

Have a chat with your vet about drying one quarter while milking the rest. There are a few methods that can be done but you have to be careful with withdrawals so your vet will discuss the options.

Don't use an antibiotic tube as it will give positive antibiotic test in remaining quarters for withdrawal duration of tube used .just put in a sealer and don't milk quarter again

Timmaay

Do that regularly enough, you get the odd cow who will come down with mastitis in the same quarter again very soon, other than that it works well I find. I do make any relief milker well aware of that specific cow because the one bad quarter tends to take a good while for the bag to totally slacken off and would be easy to milk all 4 teats. I've had afew who come right after the next lactation also, the year off seems to help the quarter ha.