By end of play today we will be looking at 100mm since last Tuesday. Hopefully enough to see out JuneView attachment 809472
Anyone else had a lot of rain? This was nearly dry on Sunday now about 5ft deep. Had about 6in since Sunday night here
By end of play today we will be looking at 100mm since last Tuesday. Hopefully enough to see out JuneView attachment 809472
Anyone else had a lot of rain? This was nearly dry on Sunday now about 5ft deep. Had about 6in since Sunday night here
We had one recently, I used some copper sulphate skin spray, can't remember what its called but will have a look in the morning, seemed to clear it up pretty quick, hope it wasn't just luck
Welcome to the rainfall us in the west regard as almost normal.View attachment 809472
Anyone else had a lot of rain? This was nearly dry on Sunday now about 5ft deep. Had about 6in since Sunday night here
Our vets are recommending washing all feet off in the parlour and blitz treat all cows with visible lesions until cured. This has the effect of reducing the amount of pathogen in the environment making prevention much easier going forward.Copper and od week formalin
Go and sit on the naughty step,linco is now a big no,no!Our vets are recommending washing all feet off in the parlour and blitz treat all cows with visible lesions until cured. This has the effect of reducing the amount of pathogen in the environment making prevention much easier going forward.
We did this a few weeks ago after having a few. Admittedly it was only 6 cows but that is a lot for us. So we used Linco powder rubbed in 2 days running and haven’t had any since. We formalin dip 4 nights a week. Plus we now scrape up in front of the parlour after evening milking now.
I imagine if you have a lot this could be a very time consuming job. But in the long run very worth while.
Which sexed product have you been using? As in Cogent 4m / Genus sexcel /V X Vik?
I have been using some sexed Beaumont with a very promising NRR so far.
Monty and Norwegian red on you’re Fri
what £?Viking. Getting very good results and at a price far superior to other offerings.
what £?
Go and sit on the naughty step,linco is now a big no,no!
I’m surprised. Years ago footbath was ok,no more. Pretty sure your situation is off label so a weeks milk withhold. At an Arla workshop I attended apparently any product to be used should end in “ycin”,eg Terramycin,alamycin.I am allowed to use it on individual cows not in a footbath. A pot lasts me normally 4-5 months. It was a struggle to get this pot so really focusing on prevention.
Agreed that will be the future. To me my way of doing it is far less stressful on the cow and uses far less antibiotic. But what do I know. I will be trying Terramycin spray over a few days on one or two before I run out of powder later in the yr. but have found it infective. In the past. Bluntly the cost of going from linco to something like a 3-4 day course of alamycin is alarming.I’m surprised. Years ago footbath was ok,no more. Pretty sure your situation is off label so a weeks milk withhold. At an Arla workshop I attended apparently any product to be used should end in “ycin”,eg Terramycin,alamycin.
thanks, we did wonder about both minerals for exactly the reason you said, but didn't give her anything as she had no classic milk fever or staggers symptoms. However, the first day we kept her in she did eat a bit of decent hay that we found at the back of the barn, before a mix of molassed straw and cut grass, was hoping to slow the passage down through the rumen to get everything working properly. Vet took some bloods and was going to test back at surgery, didn't phone back so assume OK. She was a fair bit better by then, as a morning non-urgent call we didn't get vet until 4pm. He did give her a rumen boost and pump some fluid into her as she was a bit dehydrated. She's always come back low on Johnes but then her mother also did before she miscarried at 7 months and then faded away within 2 weeks so suspect she was a Johnes.@Princess Pooper your shivering cow, give her a bottle of mag and a bottle of calcium. We get these in rough weather, cold wet cow disease I call it, they scour out their calcium and mag because of all the cold wet grass they're eating. But rule out Johnes too!!
Johnes is a right pig ,hiding away till stress comes a calling !! One of my favorites with 3 daughters and a granddaughter has just come back high for the first time (she was going dry , I think I read that as they dry up theres more chance of a milk test coming back high ?!!)thanks, we did wonder about both minerals for exactly the reason you said, but didn't give her anything as she had no classic milk fever or staggers symptoms. However, the first day we kept her in she did eat a bit of decent hay that we found at the back of the barn, before a mix of molassed straw and cut grass, was hoping to slow the passage down through the rumen to get everything working properly. Vet took some bloods and was going to test back at surgery, didn't phone back so assume OK. She was a fair bit better by then, as a morning non-urgent call we didn't get vet until 4pm. He did give her a rumen boost and pump some fluid into her as she was a bit dehydrated. She's always come back low on Johnes but then her mother also did before she miscarried at 7 months and then faded away within 2 weeks so suspect she was a Johnes.
I’ve only used Terramycin topically,alamycin never,so wouldn’t know cost or usage protocol. I’ve found if you clean and dry the lesion, then spray with Terramycin,it usually dries up after about two or three treatments,but is never cured so agree wholeheartedly with the prevention route.Agreed that will be the future. To me my way of doing it is far less stressful on the cow and uses far less antibiotic. But what do I know. I will be trying Terramycin spray over a few days on one or two before I run out of powder later in the yr. but have found it infective. In the past. Bluntly the cost of going from linco to something like a 3-4 day course of alamycin is alarming.
Like I say efforts over prevention are paramount even if it is adding 10 mins onto my day.
The active ingredient in Lincospectin powder is lincomycin so lazys good to go [emoji23]I’m surprised. Years ago footbath was ok,no more. Pretty sure your situation is off label so a weeks milk withhold. At an Arla workshop I attended apparently any product to be used should end in “ycin”,eg Terramycin,alamycin.