Question about Cows

mb58 · Jul 17, 2014

There is a wealth of knowledge distributed on this website. So here's my question. Have any of you succesfully treated a dairy cow that has mastitus. My cow is dry but still exibiting signs of mastitus she got while she was still lactating. She is a family milk cow and I hate to part with her. Just don't know if there is a way to heal her 100%. Would like to hear from someone who maybe has cured this disease.

kris Jensen · Jul 17, 2014

been a long time ago, but we had a cow with said trouble (nice jersey) we got some antibiotics from our local veterinarian and injected into teats. seemed to work. had her for another five years till we sold the herd.
good luck in your venture.

LAA · Jul 17, 2014

A calf sucking will cure it but since she's dry you can use antbiotics freely because no one is drinking the milk.

rrlund · Jul 17, 2014

Gonna depend on what kind of mastitis she has,staph,strep ag or strep non ag. She'll have to me milked out several times a day and treated. We used to always dry treat,that is,used an antibiotic infused in the udder after the last milking.
If you're organic or something like that,lots of luck.

JD John · Jul 17, 2014

If she is dry, what makes you think she has mastitis? You can treat it with antibiotics infused in the infected quarter. Since she is dry treat all 4 quarters with a dry cow treatment. I have cured many cases but there are some you just can't cure. If it is just in one quarter, make her a 3 teater, will surprise you on how much they milk with one less! Good Luck John

bison · Jul 17, 2014

(quoted from post at 13:08:01 07/17/14) If she is dry, what makes you think she has mastitis? You can treat it with antibiotics infused in the infected quarter. Since she is dry treat all 4 quarters with a dry cow treatment. I have cured many cases but there are some you just can't cure. If it is just in one quarter, make her a 3 teater, will surprise you on how much they milk with one less! Good Luck John

o each his own I would not want a cow that by the sound of it has chronic mastitis to supply the milk for my family.

JD John · Jul 17, 2014

Yep, I agree with you on that!

gwstang · Jul 17, 2014

How does the mama cow get mastitis from the calf suckling? Just wondering.

Bruce from Can. · Jul 17, 2014

When she comes fresh, and after a week or so has passed, if she is passing clots in her milk, take a sample, and have a vet send it to a lab. The lab will determine what type of pathogen is causing the problem. Staph aureous , Srepp Uberis ,you cannot cure, only control, as they embed themselves in the tissue .Strep Ag , and Staphylococcus ,both can be cured with penicillin . If the milk is watery and off colour , it could be a E. coli . Stripping the cow out many times a day will help a mild infection, like strep ag. but not a chronic one, like Staph aureous. One thing to remember is some mastitis infections are contagious, while others are caused from environment. Bruce

LAA · Jul 17, 2014

I did not mean to imply the Mama Cow got mastitis from the calf sucking. I am saying that it has been my experience that having a calf on the cow usually helps to prevent mastitis and even cure milder cases of mastitis, especially on a family milk cow because many times these cows are fed to produce much more milk than is actually used so there is plenty for a calf. Cows with full, swollen bags are more apt to injure their bag and injury can lead to mastitis, and if there is bacteria started in any quarter they need to be milked out every day to prevent necrosis setting in so a calf sucking is a big plus.

Brown Swiss · Jul 18, 2014

Load her down NOW with either penicillin or tomorrow, then when she freshens load her with some more penicillin. Mastitis will kill her when freshens, so take precautions NOW. Also when freshens get a salve to rub on her udder like Dyna mint or Udder Comfort to help with the swelling.

RodinNS · Jul 18, 2014

Ditto what Bruce has said... pull some quarter samples from her after she freshens and see what she's got... Staph aureus is not curable and only controllable with quite expensive treatment. Most other infections can be treated successfully... but sample and find out what one(s) you're dealing with because the treatment is different for each depending on it's drug susceptibility.
Then make a point of dry treating next time...

Rod

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