All things Dairy

[Stuart1]

Yes. 50-1

Cheers. That’s was I wanted to hear.

 

[Stuart1]

What are you bedding on?

Lime & Sawdust mix on a mattress. Had 9 cases of mastitis in the last fortnight. That’s more than I’d usually have in 6+ months. Somethings wrong so I’m taking beef farmers advice of 50-1 paracetic acid and going spray for a week or two.

 

[Cowmansam]

How’s your cell counts if it’s low and your getting cases disinfecting could make it worse

 

[Cowmansam]

I’d be checking the parlour for a sudden change such as that

 

[Stuart1]

I’d be checking the parlour for a sudden change such as that

Cell counts have slowly risen. On robots here, been checking everything I can think of constantly but to no avail. disinfecting won’t do much harm. That’s like me saying your family are healthy but feel under the weather, don’t be disinfecting the kitchen you might end up critical.

 

[Cowmansam]

No In that circumstance your dead right I’ve had a patch where I had cell counts very low some cows single didgits and got a terrible spate of mastitis as they had no immune response and I put that down to to much lime and been to clean not getting any immune challenge then when there was a challenge made them sick

if the cells are rising you would be right to disinfect

 

[Ducati899]

Cows be staying in today then

 

[Milkcow365]

 

[Milkcow365]

Drilled with grain combi drill

 

[lazy farmer]

Drilled with grain combi drill

How did you prepare the seed bed ?

 

[Milkcow365]

How did you prepare the seed bed ?

Plough then pass over with power Harrow then next time power Harrow and seed. Maybe get away with less this next year as coming of in fantastic conditions, this will be some of the most northern maize grown in uk I’d think.

 

[More to life]

Plough then pass over with power Harrow then next time power Harrow and seed. Maybe get away with less this next year as coming of in fantastic conditions, this will be some of the most northern maize grown in uk I’d think.

possibly the world

 

[som farmer]

Got a recent outbreak of mastitis & currently waiting on cultures. Heard years ago of a farm spraying paracetic acid on his cubicles before dusting them as he’d a mastitis problem. Anyone on here tried that before? If so is it diluted?

we lime our cubicles with a 'dusting' every day, seems to work well, and pretty cheap to. Anything that alters the 'acidity' kills bugs.
Just done our annual johnes review, and been told, for RT, as we rear replacements, we have to johnes test, the whole herd, twice a year. We do quarterly testing, hadn't noticed that, in the reams of paper we get sent, is it right ? Marking +ve cows not a problem, but whole herd testing is, unless we combine it with the 6mnthly tb test, vets would love that !

 

[sjt01]

we lime our cubicles with a 'dusting' every day, seems to work well, and pretty cheap to. Anything that alters the 'acidity' kills bugs.
Just done our annual johnes review, and been told, for RT, as we rear replacements, we have to johnes test, the whole herd, twice a year. We do quarterly testing, hadn't noticed that, in the reams of paper we get sent, is it right ? Marking +ve cows not a problem, but whole herd testing is, unless we combine it with the 6mnthly tb test, vets would love that !

We have given up lime and gone to Pruex. The lime dust was causing health issues for staff and was not kind to udders. Very pleased with Pruex in this application

 

[Jdunn55]

Anyone got an easy way of cleaning the mass of pipework above the units in the parlour? Currently scrubbing with a dish cloth but it's fiddly and taking forever with me and my fat hands and my patience is wearing thin after cutting my hand on cut cable ties more times than I care to count!

 

[Jamer]

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Anyone got an easy way of cleaning the mass of pipework above the units in the parlour? Currently scrubbing with a dish cloth but it's fiddly and taking forever with me and my fat hands and my patience is wearing thin after cutting my hand on cut cable ties more times than I care to count!

I use the steam cleaner.

Bloody carefully. - and I do it myself so if I fry the electrics it’s my own stupid fault. Only cooked one card in a metatron 12 in the last 18 years in the parlour.

 

[DairyGrazing]

Volume washer and tell the parlour engineer to stay close by.

 

[Jdunn55]

I use the steam cleaner.

Bloody carefully. - and I do it myself so if I fry the electrics it’s my own stupid fault. Only cooked one card in a metatron 12 in the last 18 years in the parlour.

I have wondered if I could get away with the steam cleaner, what do I need to particularly avoid?
I blast all the pipework with the volume washer after every milking anyway and haven't had a problems thus far...

 

[lazy farmer]

we lime our cubicles with a 'dusting' every day, seems to work well, and pretty cheap to. Anything that alters the 'acidity' kills bugs.
Just done our annual johnes review, and been told, for RT, as we rear replacements, we have to johnes test, the whole herd, twice a year. We do quarterly testing, hadn't noticed that, in the reams of paper we get sent, is it right ? Marking +ve cows not a problem, but whole herd testing is, unless we combine it with the 6mnthly tb test, vets would love that !

Sorry what’s the problem? They want twice a yr and your doing 4 ?

 

[Jdunn55]

Sorry what’s the problem? They want twice a yr and your doing 4 ?

I think he means red tractor now want youngstock tested as well as the cows? I haven't heard that yet though