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Hi all, partner got home on firday, doing much better, they wanted to keep him for another 10 days but didn't have any ward space (ambulances queuing out the hospital) and needed the bed in ICU so he's home with strict instructions of bed rest
Confirmed leptospirosis on Tuesday evening, I luckily got them to test for it on Sunday so got that back quickly enough for them to change antibiotics. His kidney and liver function dropped to 14% and caused sepsis. His platelet level dropped from being above 100 down to 12 and every time he bled it didn't clot.
Really scary tbh, not something I ever wish to repeat, I didn't leave the hospital until 3am Wednesday morning when I came back to milk the cows and then went straight back.
Regarding red tractor
She's been, it went really badly.
I got promised by her that she only needed movement records and medicine records, so I got those out for the consultant
She turned up and wanted passports, waste disposal, antibiotic collation, herd health plan, water test etc etc etc
None of which my consultant had available (red tractor has them all in their emails though!!)
So ended up with non-conformances for all of them (About 8 I think).
Typically I had a down cow on the morning of the inspection and she went ape about that. Non-conformance, insisted on a vet out (despite my herd health plan saying to wait 24 hours before phoning the vet - what's the point in having one if they won't let you abide by it?). So I assume with red tractor you're never, ever, ever allowed a down cow
Non-conformance for not having enough sand in cubicles apparently (despite writing next to it all the cows looked really, really clean and no signs of hock abrasions/rubbing etc)
Managed to find 2 lame cows - not lame enough for her to write down which foot they're lame on though and I'll be f**ked if I can figure it out.
Goats need their hooves clipping apparently (I'm going to start putting their milk in the tank since they're now assured!)
The dairy door that she's been inspecting for the past 14+ years has apparently all of a sudden become non-vermin-proof!
Slurry pit is full - completely agree with this one and needs emptying
Dad, consultant and one of my friends said she insisted that the vet follow her around to do the inspection of the cows,
According to them she was putting words in his mouth and pressuring him to say things and he said he found it very awkward
Apparently all my cows are super skinny (my BCS sheets done by the vets would suggest otherwise (herd average of 3.25)) and none of the diets are correct (done by nutritionalist).
Genuinely feel she has a vendetta against me
Just for comparison
I've had 5 inspections since starting and 2 inspectors
Inspector a:
Inspection 1 - 20 non conformance
Inspection 4 - 10 non-conformances
Inspection 5 - 16 non-conformances
Inspector b:
Inspection 2 - 2 non-conformances
Inspection 3 - 1 non-conformance
Amazing the difference in the number of non-conformances between inspectors - almost a pattern!
Don't even know where to go now, feel completely defeated and lost in truth
So sorry to hear of the hassle your getting at this time, its just all so unnecessary. It's so maddening that you'll be distracted by all this at a time when you're under enough pressure.
It's ironic that the time and effort needed to pass thier impractical standards, eats into the time you have to actually care for the stock. Could your milk buyer give you any assistance or support in getting them to ease off?