Switching from Cepravin to UBRORED

[DairyGrazing]

Has anyone got any experience of switching cepravin to ubrored. Have spoken to the vet but i'd be interested to hear from others. Want to do it so we don't have to keen the milk out for 54 days plus 96 hours like we do with cepravin.........to be compliant.

 

[Beef farmer]

We use ubrored.
It's fine

 

[Princess Pooper]

Has anyone got any experience of switching cepravin to ubrored. Have spoken to the vet but i'd be interested to hear from others. Want to do it so we don't have to keen the milk out for 54 days plus 96 hours like we do with cepravin.........to be compliant.

Surely it depends on what the efficacy of the 2 different antimicrobials is, against the main mastitis pathogens on your farm, which your vet would know, but we dont't?

 

[farmboy]

Use both here. Use cepravin on the worst offenders and normally dry them off a bit earlier anyway.

 

[Holsteinfriesian90]

We changed as had problems with withdrawal period with the cepravin. No complaints here.

 

[Jamer]

We switched those 2 quite a few years ago when shortening dry periods. Haven’t noticed the difference frankly. - Over the years probably 20-35% dry treatments would include abs.

 

[Tired]

We were having too many cases of e-coli in the few months after calving. Our vet advised us to switch from cepravin to ubrostar red. I asked another vet from a different practice, he agreed. Something about Cepravin being nearly too good at it’s job. It does seem to have helped. Using SDCT, cows kept spotless during dry period.

 

[pappuller]

Has anyone got any experience of switching cepravin to ubrored. Have spoken to the vet but i'd be interested to hear from others. Want to do it so we don't have to keen the milk out for 54 days plus 96 hours like we do with cepravin.........to be compliant.

Don't use cepravin at all now, ubrostar red combined with sealant on 20-30% of cows and sealant only on the remaining 70-80%, no problems

 

[crashbox]

We been moved from Cepravin to Orbenin Extra, also had shorter milk withhold period.

Historic bacteriology from high cell count cows showed there was minimal presence of Orbenin resistant bacteria that the Cepravin does combat, so there was effectively no justification for using it.

And it's slightly cheaper

 

[Bruce Almighty]

Don't use cepravin at all now, ubrostar red combined with sealant on 20-30% of cows and sealant only on the remaining 70-80%, no problems

That's what we do.
I think Ubrostar is 35 day withdrawal where Ubro Red was 28 day.

 

[Farmer Keith]

I switched away from cepravin but had to switch back as my dry period cure rate collapsed. I’d find out what pathogens you’re up against first.

 

[sidjon]

I switched away from cepravin but had to switch back as my dry period cure rate collapsed. I’d find out what pathogens you’re up against first.

Same here, moved to urbo red mastitis, mastitis changed and had to move back to Cepravin.