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<blockquote data-quote="som farmer" data-source="post: 9223019" data-attributes="member: 86168"><p>summer mastitis used to be a big problem, grazed hfrs on our higher ground, to try and avoid it.</p><p></p><p>along came decent fly spray, problem reduced, used to dip hfr teats in collodium, to seal them, but don't do that now.</p><p></p><p>and yet, no visible signs, we have a few hfrs 3/4 every year, this year one 2/4 !</p><p></p><p>And every year, we seem to 'see' a sucker, late on, usually a jer, or jerx. And with single pen rearing, xsuckling in calves, is not a problem, don't see it in year one, but once they start uddering up, that's when it starts, and often very hard to catch the culprit, which is usually the fattest one.</p><p></p><p>son used to help a dairy dealer, who said a quarter of all hfrs, were faulted, to a greater, or lesser degree, he would have been selling 20/30 a week. To be honest, l think he's right, whether through hard calvings, slow, light, 3/4, low milk, or just plain nasty, and the % that never got in calf, as he said, 'would you pay top money for one', no, 'but if homebred, you would keep it'.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="som farmer, post: 9223019, member: 86168"] summer mastitis used to be a big problem, grazed hfrs on our higher ground, to try and avoid it. along came decent fly spray, problem reduced, used to dip hfr teats in collodium, to seal them, but don't do that now. and yet, no visible signs, we have a few hfrs 3/4 every year, this year one 2/4 ! And every year, we seem to 'see' a sucker, late on, usually a jer, or jerx. And with single pen rearing, xsuckling in calves, is not a problem, don't see it in year one, but once they start uddering up, that's when it starts, and often very hard to catch the culprit, which is usually the fattest one. son used to help a dairy dealer, who said a quarter of all hfrs, were faulted, to a greater, or lesser degree, he would have been selling 20/30 a week. To be honest, l think he's right, whether through hard calvings, slow, light, 3/4, low milk, or just plain nasty, and the % that never got in calf, as he said, 'would you pay top money for one', no, 'but if homebred, you would keep it'. [/QUOTE]
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