jimmer
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depends if i got bull calves to feed
We do the same thingubro yellow
Is there any effect on calves with feed them high SCC milk?
High scc cows get antibiotics (cows that have been recorded over 200scc for the last 3 recordings) and teat sealant, cows under 200scc and less that 2 cases of mastitis in the last lacation just have sealant. If they have never been high scc or ever had mastitis I don't even bother with teat sealantNot too bad then How are you drying them off? Are you using antibiotics and sealant?
High scc cows get antibiotics (cows that have been recorded over 200scc for the last 3 recordings) and teat sealant, cows under 200scc and less that 2 cases of mastitis in the last lacation just have sealant. If they have never been high scc or ever had mastitis I don't even bother with teat sealant
I would be sealing everything else you are going to be leaving these cows open to pick up an infection during the dry period/calving time. Not worth risking it for the price of a few tubes of sealant imhoHigh scc cows get antibiotics (cows that have been recorded over 200scc for the last 3 recordings) and teat sealant, cows under 200scc and less that 2 cases of mastitis in the last lacation just have sealant. If they have never been high scc or ever had mastitis I don't even bother with teat sealant
Are you saying i should be? We only ever started using teat sealant a few years ago and never had any problems before, then started teat sealing thos that had dry tubes and now do some that haven't had dry tubes. See it from this point of view, do you teatseal an heifer? I now that an heifer has never been milked before so teats have never been opened but if the cows are clean and are in a clean environment do they really need teatsealant if they have never caused a problem before?stop stop stop stop stop stop stop
whoa up there
With respect Will teat sealant is the biggest step forward in mastitis control in my time milking cows it's a must for all cows.Are you saying i should be? We only ever started using teat sealant a few years ago and never had any problems before, then started teat sealing thos that had dry tubes and now do some that haven't had dry tubes. See it from this point of view, do you teatseal an heifer? I now that an heifer has never been milked before so teats have never been opened but if the cows are clean and are in a clean environment do they really need teatsealant if they have never caused a problem before?
That's only for ZN breedingI'll never teat seal heifers. If it was to come to that it's telling me I've failed badly somewhere.
That's only for ZN breeding
I was only half joking as that's where it's popular
Is there any effect on calves with feed them high SCC milk?
What about colostrum and first few days milking from cows treated with dry cow tubes being fed to calves.The quality of mastitic milk is reduced - less quality protein. They would have to consume more to get the same solids.
We know its got bacteria in there - what effect will that have on the calf? There is some evidence to suggest a risk of infecting heifers with mastitis pathogens as a calf that could then go on and cause disease later.
Then we move into antibiotic resistance. We know that calves fed milk treated with antibiotics do get altered bacterial profiles in their faeces, and this translates through into more antibiotic resistant bacteria in the environment (compared to milk powder fed calves). We are feeding calves sub-therapeutic doses of antibiotic and this will allow partially resistant bacteria to survive and potentially promote the development of further resistance.
I do my very best to discourage the practice. In terms of responsible antibiotic usage it would be a bloody good idea to make it illegal.
The antibiotic level is very much lower (sometimes undetectable) in colostrum. A very different affair to tubing a cow 12 hours ago and then feeding the milk to a calf.What about colostrum and first few days milking from cows treated with dry cow tubes being fed to calves.