Cut teat on a cow

[Jdunn55]

Have you a foot trimming crush? If so, lift a back foot up. If not, get someone to hold her tail in the parlour for you. Your new relief is in today, perfect timing.

As a side note, how on earth did you remember my relief was coming today? I didn't even remember that

 

[Beef farmer]

I do, that's a good idea, thankyou
She's still on 4kg of cake so I'll cut that out before this evenings milking and then dry her off in a day or two once her milk comes back a bit

Shes doing 12 lifers. Dry her off today. Let her heal. She calves in 100 days

 

[BELOWAVERAGE]

Thanks all, I'll dry her off, I'll give her antibiotics anyway as a just in case precaution
Couple more questions,
If I dry her off do you reckon the sealant will actually stay in the teat? Any tips on finding a way for her to not try kicking my teeth out whilst I do it?!
Lastly, if I dry her off, is it worth still bringing her into the parlour daily and applying some of the tape above? Looks like it won't do her any harm that's for sure?

If you're by yourself, put her in the crush, put a rachet strap across her back, secured so that when you tighten it, it pulls down on her back, then tighten it until your putting just slight pressure on her back so that it dip's a bit, she won't kick then you can do what you want.

 

[Water Wheel]

In my opinion don't bring her in parlour after drying off, that would stimulate milk let-down , which you don't want.

Not applicable to this case, but if there is a flap of teat that will not stich we often find it better to get the vet to cut it off, leaving a clean cut face

 

[Kiss]

i wouldn’t be putting tape or cannulas anywhere near her,Could be worth giving her a shot of NSAID as belt and braces

 

[Yonlass]

Thanks all, I'll dry her off, I'll give her antibiotics anyway as a just in case precaution
Couple more questions,
If I dry her off do you reckon the sealant will actually stay in the teat? Any tips on finding a way for her to not try kicking my teeth out whilst I do it?!
Lastly, if I dry her off, is it worth still bringing her into the parlour daily and applying some of the tape above? Looks like it won't do her any harm that's for sure?

The teat looks fairly dried up and crispy. I don't think the tape will do anything now.
I use it on a fresh wound, to hold everything in place while you milk it, and avoid aggravating the wound.
We had one last month. Sliced two thirds of the way through. Used the tape to hold it all together and allow it to knit back, and by morning she was running milk on it. You can hardly tell now

 

[buffalo_soldier]

Tape won't do anything now except keep it cleaner while she heals. Would need changing frequently though.

It's only a superficial cut I think from the pic, in that it's only gone through the first layer, so that's a positive.
I can't tell what the teat end damage is though, that's where your risk is.

Dry her off. No need to mess her about nutritionally for 48 hours, that's a bit 70's.

 

[Tirglas]

+1 for drying her off.

Dry cow tubes sealant and long acting penicillin and metacam at dry off would be my plan of attack. Tube her with a leg lifted in a crush. sh!t happens!!

 

[Humble Village Farmer]

Years ago when it was worth getting the vet (well, someone else was paying), he numbed up the teat and sowed up a fairly big gash in early lactation. She was pretty good about it and milked normally. Remember putting loads of udder cream on after each milking. I seem to remember she wasn't the only one. (Straw yard).

 

[som farmer]

found a box of teat cannulas sorting out some rubbish, used to use them years ago, never thought much of them then. Really cant recall the last time l used one, 30 yrs ?+ Best l remember, always ended up being kicked, and cow with mastitis.
Agree with most, dry her off, and hope she comes right next time. Even if she comes in 3/4, it doesn't effect her breeding, and she probably wont give a lot less milk. Plenty of high yielding 3/4 cows about, it isn't a death sentence for her, that's more likely if you 'fiddle' about with her. Good luck with her, and next year should be better, you've had x3 years of disasters, in year 1. A quote for you' when you have livestock, you will have deadstock', and it's very true.

 

[lazy farmer]

Sorry about your gran @Jdunn55
I would dry her off too.
I had one early December last yr. I fxxded about with her gave her mastitistreated her with A/B then promptly put it in the tank!( hadn’t treated one for months) so had two days milk to dump.
never again either dry the cow off if late lactation or dry the quarter off earlier on in lactation.

don’t think any of us would criticise anyone else over a damaged teat. sh!t happens to all of us.
Take care
Lazy

 

[Jdunn55]

Thanks all, just about to go and sort her out in a minute

 

[Jdunn55]

She's all dry, think she might have had a touch of mastitis, took a tube better than I expected though, still worried its going to seel itself has it heals

 

[Wishful Thinker]

Plenty of 3 cylinder cows better than ones with 4. Don’t be worrying, rest her and hope for the best, sure if she ends up with 3, still same cow, same breeding, still put milk in the tank

 

[TheRanger]

Highest yielder (per quarter) here is only milking on 3 teats

 

[Shebb90]

Normally as soon as you start sticking something into the teat its certain to get mastitis.

100,,% right

 

[Shebb90]

I do, that's a good idea, thankyou
She's still on 4kg of cake so I'll cut that out before this evenings milking and then dry her off in a day or two once her milk comes back a bit

Dry straight off don't wait you will have mastitis

 

[Tatws]

Dry that quater off before she gets mastitis and milk her on 3 And then you can keep an eye on the teat. And double tube her with dry cow. That quater will come back into milk in her next lactation.

 

[Mr Jones]

Dry that quater off before she gets mastitis and milk her on 3 And then you can keep an eye on the teat. And double tube her with dry cow. That quater will come back into milk in her next lactation.

To risky. Only four months until she calves, dry her up completely. Speaking from experience unfortunately.

 

[Ducati899]

We had one last possibly worse than that,dried her off and shes calved in fine and milking on all 4,I’ll try get a pic on Thursday of how it healed when I’m milking