SolwayFarmer
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This has been a really interesting read. I’ve not been milking long but so far we’ve dried off everything with antibiotics and a sealant (orbeseal). After reading this and watching the video we’ve not been pinching the top of the teat when using the sealant but it seems to work on most of our cows. We’ve not had many leak their milk after drying off. Our cell count runs at about 45. Never had a payment average over 100. Only 5 cows out of 90 with scc over 250.
So my dilemma is do I continue as is with dry cow therapy and sealant on everything knowing it’s working well. Or do I reduce ab and just use sealant.
When we do get a case is mastitis it’s generally really bad. Lots of our cows have scc around 10/15 and I wondered if there’s a situation where a very low scc should also receive ab. I think the Crichton research centre use ab on very low scc cows. Currently no pressure from milk buyer to use selective dry cow
So my dilemma is do I continue as is with dry cow therapy and sealant on everything knowing it’s working well. Or do I reduce ab and just use sealant.
When we do get a case is mastitis it’s generally really bad. Lots of our cows have scc around 10/15 and I wondered if there’s a situation where a very low scc should also receive ab. I think the Crichton research centre use ab on very low scc cows. Currently no pressure from milk buyer to use selective dry cow