TheRanger
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- Location
- SW Scotland
We're only TB4, so not fully up to speed. But at our last test I asked if I could do the same, but was told no by the vet - everything that was jabbed must be read.
All things Dairy
- Thread starter Cows 'n grass
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We've sent cows to slaughter mid test before. Just make sure they are not tested. As tested then not read is a big no no
Just don't jab them.
Mr Jones
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- Location
- Llancwmbwlchrhydyfoncenfach
@Beef farmer is correct, send straight to slaughter but DO NOT JAB.
So my advice; pick them out of the herd Monday, so they don't get accidentally done with the rest of the herd Tuesday.
And make sure the Haulier knows they must go on Thurs, not postponed.
lazy farmer
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- Location
- som/dor border
Have sold here mid test before. No issues.
- Location
- somerset
we had one mid test, that stirred the min vets up.
decided it could be anthrax, telling vet to sample it, then ringing to say 'don't touch it'.
sanity prevailed, vet measured the non existent lump, and took a blood sample, it wasn't anthrax !
as l understand it, if animal has first jab, it has to be read.
but, depending on the cows condition, if test due, it could be worth more, as a reactor, than if they pick it up at the abattoir.
decided it could be anthrax, telling vet to sample it, then ringing to say 'don't touch it'.
sanity prevailed, vet measured the non existent lump, and took a blood sample, it wasn't anthrax !
as l understand it, if animal has first jab, it has to be read.
but, depending on the cows condition, if test due, it could be worth more, as a reactor, than if they pick it up at the abattoir.
Spudley
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- Location
- Pembrokeshire
Princess Pooper
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- Location
- East Mids
We had a dry cow die between jab and reading - got cast in mud next to the river. Vet didn't read it, no issues with APHA. We were shut down at the time so had to have another test anyway.
- Location
- somerset
l think the wrong person answered the phone at min, and got 'over excited'.
we had a clear test, that's all that really matters.
Martyn
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- Location
- South west
Happy hillbily
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- Location
- Uwchaled, North Wales
Anyone got any ideas on how to stop heifers lying the wrong way around in cubicles, I've got 4 or 5 first calvers that are doing it ATM, and making a right mess of the front of the cubicles.
I've 16 heifers that will have to come in next week, and as I've not enough straw to put them seperately, I'm going to have to put them in with the cows in the cubicle shed.
I'm dreading them learning the dirty trick of laying backwards in the cubicles from the 1st calvers any tips ?
I've 16 heifers that will have to come in next week, and as I've not enough straw to put them seperately, I'm going to have to put them in with the cows in the cubicle shed.
I'm dreading them learning the dirty trick of laying backwards in the cubicles from the 1st calvers any tips ?
Barmyfarmer
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Are they not cubicle trained before they calve?
- Location
- East Lancashire
I have the same problem. Get some halter ropes and tie them up in a cubicle as soon as you catch them. Some learn quicker than others. Be careful though, and don’t get your fingers trapped.
We got a gate thingy from Teemore that bolts to the cubicle and folds down behind the heifer to keep her in.
Cows 'n grass
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- Location
- Modbury, South Devon
Martyn
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- Location
- South west
Would you have a contact? Have a job that would ideally be concrete but is only semi temp and I don’t want to be as committed on heights/levels for a few years.
- Location
- God's side of the border.
Cows turning around in cubicles usually means that your cubicles are too wide for your cows.
Or they’ve learnt a bad habit when younger & in oversize cubicles
Farmer Keith
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- Location
- North Cumbria
Was thinking both of these, our heifers don’t see a cubicle until they’re 24 months old and just copy the cows, they’re too big to turn around at that age. If it is a bad habit it’ll take some stopping, possibly impossible.