Teat sealant Brand

[Dead Rabbits]

Going to teat seal all cows this year and was wondering what difference there was between brands.
I have some orbeseal ordered but found another brand that is cheaper.

Orbeseal £7.50 per cow
U seal is £6.33 per cow

A significant savings over a few cows. I haven’t teat sealed since I was a kid, any tips or things to watch out for?

 

[Beef farmer]

Going to teat seal all cows this year and was wondering what difference there was between brands.
I have some orbeseal ordered but found another brand that is cheaper.

Orbeseal £7.50 per cow
U seal is £6.33 per cow

A significant savings over a few cows. I haven’t teat sealed since I was a kid, any tips or things to watch out for?

We I think from memory are 4.50 cow for sealant!
I use the cheapest avaliable, I suspect it all comes from the same factory

 

[farmboy]

Swapped on to a cheaper one couple years ago, no difference apart from the cost

 

[buffalo_soldier]

My supplier swaps around depending on price. Never noticed a difference.

 

[buffalo_soldier]

Only tip you need is be mindful on hygiene.
Easiest way to achieve it is make sure there are no time pressures.

 

[Dead Rabbits]

Only tip you need is be mindful on hygiene.
Easiest way to achieve it is make sure there are no time pressures.

Always time pressure but may have to limit numbers per session. I’m clinically clean when drying off but training that in people is different

 

[Sid]

Local guy swapped for a cheaper brand via his buying group, the saving was quite a bit. The cost was unbelievable in infections, lost quarters, thrown away milk and treatment costs.


Our vets have just stopped stocking Orbeseal for ubroseal. We tried some in the spring when couldn't get orbeseal and it cost us as well!

 

[Wee Willy]

Clip tails beforehand.

 

[vantage]

I always use the cheapest. ARLA ran a course about using teat sealant, learnt a lot. Key is to be super clean, use plenty of surgical spirit and throw away the wipes supplied with the seals and replace with cotton wool make up removal pads soaked in surgical spirit.

 

[Happy hillbily]

As @vantage , I use new gloves for each cow, surgical spirit in a small ice cream tub, and drop the makeup pads into the spirit, oh and a head torch too ( I don't know whether my eyesight that is going bad, but it certainly helps) i usually use two pads for each teat, but if there is colour left on the pad after cleaning, the teat is not clean enough, so use another. Cepralock is the sealent I use here.

 

[Beef farmer]

We use the pads to clean off, then cotton wool balls with surgical spirit to get immaculate. As above if any stain on the cotton balls, keep cleaning.

 

[Dead Rabbits]

I always use the cheapest. ARLA ran a course about using teat sealant, learnt a lot. Key is to be super clean, use plenty of surgical spirit and throw away the wipes supplied with the seals and replace with cotton wool make up removal pads soaked in surgical spirit.

I have several thousand of these, should do the job.

 

[Sid]

I just use the wipes supplied, never had an issue yet.
I use the wipe to disinfect the teat end not clean it.
Teat Cleaning would have taken place before the cow was milked.

 

[vantage]

I just use the wipes supplied, never had an issue yet.
I use the wipe to disinfect the teat end not clean it.
Teat Cleaning would have taken place before the cow was milked.

You posted earlier you had a problem?

 

[Sid]

You posted earlier you had a problem?

Different brand.

Edit
Issue was in last 2 weeks of dry period/ first week of lactation not at the beginning.

 

[Irish NZ]

Brand doesn't matter a dam..... how you administrator it does

 

[jimmer]

Unit off, wipe twice with teat wipe half a tube in each 1/4, spray and go
1 out of 140 had issue last year

 

[Beef farmer]

You got lucky. This year 1 in 140 might be okay.

 

[Sid]

Brand doesn't matter a dam..... how you administrator it does

Brand does,
Administration 100 % does

 

[jimmer]

You got lucky. This year 1 in 140 might be okay.

Just can't agree with pulling cows out, standing them till end of milking then back round in parlour to re clean etc
I know it works for many, but I'd rather do 10 or 15 every milking