Teat dip

Jdunn55

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So when the cows are in cubicles I use an iodine based barrier dip which is great, I got sold a barrel of chlorohexadine (I think) based teat dip to use in the summer as the salesman said it was meant to be cheaper (cheaper by the barrel but it's watery so you end up using more of it so probably works out about the same)

Anyway my chlorohexadine teat dip barrel is all but empty and I'm contemplating not bothering to dip whilst they're outside full time?
Does anyone else do this?
If it will be a disaster should I go back to Indonesia all year or another barrel of the chlorohexadine? Both seem to do the job
 

In the pit

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Livestock Farmer
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Pembrokeshire
So when the cows are in cubicles I use an iodine based barrier dip which is great, I got sold a barrel of chlorohexadine (I think) based teat dip to use in the summer as the salesman said it was meant to be cheaper (cheaper by the barrel but it's watery so you end up using more of it so probably works out about the same)

Anyway my chlorohexadine teat dip barrel is all but empty and I'm contemplating not bothering to dip whilst they're outside full time?
Does anyone else do this?
If it will be a disaster should I go back to Indonesia all year or another barrel of the chlorohexadine? Both seem to do the job
I just use cheap iodine of Ccf ,if you’re cows have good immunity doesn’t matter what you use
Stuff I use was 200 lts /£152
 

Jdunn55

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I just use cheap iodine of Ccf ,if you’re cows have good immunity doesn’t matter what you use
Stuff I use was 200 lts /£152
My current scc is about 65 and get bugger all mastitis (imo)

My thinking is by not teat dipping there will also be a time saving, if it saves 5 minutes a milking that's over an hour/week or other 24 weeks an extra day a year

How long does a barrel of that last you? And how many cows?
 

jerseycowsman

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Livestock Farmer
Location
cornwall
So when the cows are in cubicles I use an iodine based barrier dip which is great, I got sold a barrel of chlorohexadine (I think) based teat dip to use in the summer as the salesman said it was meant to be cheaper (cheaper by the barrel but it's watery so you end up using more of it so probably works out about the same)

Anyway my chlorohexadine teat dip barrel is all but empty and I'm contemplating not bothering to dip whilst they're outside full time?
Does anyone else do this?
If it will be a disaster should I go back to Indonesia all year or another barrel of the chlorohexadine? Both seem to do the job
We don’t bother
 

JackoTS90

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Livestock Farmer
Here in NZ, we are not encouraged/ it’s not best practice to pre dip.
Only wash the very dirty teats, then put cups on. Your meant to put cups onto dry teats.
By pre dipping, what is it meant to do? Do you have to clean it off before you cup the cow?
Seems like a huge waste of time.
Obviously teat spray after the cups come off, but that’s it.
We cup cows in about 8-10 seconds per cow. Any slower and it’s pretty inefficient.
How long does it take to pre dip, clean and put cups on per cow?
BTW this isn’t a dig, just interested in systems over your way. 😁
 

Jdunn55

Member
Who mentioned pre dip?

I'm intrigued now by jersey cow man just leaving them go. It's not for the cost of it, but the time saving.
In straight out Sunday I occasionally might not spray them, and it knocks near 15/20 min off a milking.
I only pre dip for maybe 2 months of the year when they're getting dirty on the "tracks" but I've got proper tracks going in this year which I'm hoping will negate the need for that

Time saving would be the thing I'm most interested in as well. The cost is a bonus.

But I do understand the whole don't fix what isn't broken, but at the same time how do you know if you don't try? How do we know post dipping isn't just something a salesman came up with because it sounds good on paper? 🤷‍♂️
 

DairyNerd

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Livestock Farmer
No 60litre cows here anymore, since dropping the cake 2kg I've lost 5l a cow with 90% of that coming from the high yeilders, they all dropped 15-20 litres each

If you dropped 15-20 L from high yielders but average of 5 L, most of your cows have basically just replaced the cake with grass at very little loss of yield. 👍
 

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