Foot dipping dairy cows

Farfield · 17-10-2013 02:32PM #1

Up North in my area all the farmers mainly have high yielding Holstein cows and foot dipping seems to be at least a weekly routine with the foot problems those ladies are prone to.
Just wondering with the Friesien/jersy cross or indeed the straight forward Friesiens that are predominant in the South - do you have much feet bother at all and do you foot dip during the year?? My herd is lower yielding Friesien and i hardly ever foot dip and have few feet problems?? Not that i am looking for any either!!!

Timmaay · 17-10-2013 04:23PM

I send the cows through a copper sulphate bath about every 2/3 weeks, the amount of lameness depends on what the weather is like I find, and the distance the cows are walking. Alot of the lameness is with repeat offenders however, ladies who need to be culled, but not a luxury I have at the minute.

Farfield · 17-10-2013 05:31PM

Yea I use formaldehyde once every 6 weeks or but that's about it.

delaval · 17-10-2013 05:36PM

All cows through bath for 2 milkings every two weeks
Alternate bluestone and formal

Lames kept in hospital paddock and OAD

Hoof guy every month for summer and does last row

dar31 · 17-10-2013 06:25PM

one fill of the foot bath per 150 cows (formalyne)
3 consecutive days once a month.
lame cows oad beside parlour
very few problems this year

Foot dipping dairy cows

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