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So One "expert" says antibiotics need to be addressed, and another "expert" says all heifers need dry cow tubing.
I'd say prevention is better than cure, prevention through reducing challenge rather than blanket treatment.
i always thought they were more profit motivated over therethey are purely driven by size and therefore , all others think they are somehow better
Don't be silly, they are way behind, they still have holstinesI thought the general consensus with American dairying is that it is ahead of ours. I mean you never hear much of them coming over here for study tours etc. Yet many from here seem to have a "when I was in America" opinion.
If this is true, why are they considered so behind when it comes to medicine use.
Don't be silly, they are way behind, they still have Holsteins
you must need a lie down after all thatI've spent this morning calving one of them, serving 12 of them and foot trimming 4 of them. Some days I might agree with you.
you must need a lie down after all that
With your track record. That statement has far too many possibilities for me to be able to reply.
I'm pretty sure their average herd size isn't that much over 100 cows but they do have some very big set ups, there's getting a few of them over here too!they are purely driven by size and therefore , all others think they are somehow better
Lots and lots and lots of well under 100 cow herds in Canada, I'm guessing the USA would be similarI'm pretty sure their average herd size isn't that much over 100 cows but they do have some very big set ups, there's getting a few of them over here too!
Do you not use "Teatseal" in heifers up there?I agree - completely stupid.
A little piece of advice would be to generally ignore those from the US when it comes to medicine usage. They still use antibiotic growth promoters, in feed medications, huge amounts of hormones in their dairy cows. I would hate someone to take from the article that the solution to mastitis in heifers was to use drugs and not look at the environment.
it is something a few are trying. we may well do a few this season as I have 6 heifers who are now 3 quatered. I think its down to a group of incalf heifers each year lying in the cubicles backwards.Do you not use "Teatseal" in heifers up there?
it is something a few are trying. we may well do a few this season as I have 6 heifers who are now 3 quatered. I think its down to a group of incalf heifers each year lying in the cubicles backwards.
am I correct in thinking the practise is wide spread in N Z due to wintering practices?
When do you seal them? Is it not very difficult to get the seal into heifer small teats, without getting contamination? What would it cost in nz? Ten pound a cow here I thinkNah a lot of people are 2 tight
It's pretty common practice. I've achieved zero(0% and .6% over 2 seasons)heifer mastitis in spring. Dry cow tubing heifers is madness.
I don't , but one piece of advise is don't do your heifers with teatseal on a rotary as they have too much room to move around, so best to do them tight in a herringbone shedit is something a few are trying. we may well do a few this season as I have 6 heifers who are now 3 quatered. I think its down to a group of incalf heifers each year lying in the cubicles backwards.
am I correct in thinking the practise is wide spread in N Z due to wintering practices?