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Weanling drinking cow near calving

patsy_mccabe · 2018-02-08 19:01:14

Found a weanling drinking a cow today that's near calving. She's well bagged up and looked like the weanling had drunk from all 4 teats. Question is, will this diminish the quality of the colostrum in the cow?

08-02-2018 7:01pm

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Found a weanling drinking a cow today that's near calving. She's well bagged up and looked like the weanling had drunk from all 4 teats.
Question is, will this diminish the quality of the colostrum in the cow?

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#2 08-02-2018 7:34pm

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Simple answer yes.

It's the same with a dairy cow the first milking is the beastings. If you milk that beastings before calving she comes into "ordinary" milk and won't have that beastings at calving.

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#3 08-02-2018 8:20pm

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Had the very same!! Only didn't notice it and cow has a touch of mastitis now, strugged her out this morning & again there now along with 50ml of Betamox. I'll murder that fcuker of a Nelly heifer!

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#4 08-02-2018 9:00pm

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yip ...colostrum is gone

have you anything in the freezer??

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#5 09-02-2018 8:29am

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At least you've time to do something about it.

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