LEPTO!!

cowbox

Hi I feel I may have a leptoserosis problem in my herd.It may sound stupid when I was ask this but I was just wondering what are the signs in the animal,when it occurs,treatment,prevention and anyones experience.I have a rough idea on some of the above but just to confirm.Anyone know anything?

whelan1

COWS not going in calf , or cows dropping calves early

bogman_bass

vactination is the way to go if you have it. might be best to get bloods taken or if you are milking send off a milk sample

irishh_bob

vast majority of dairy farmers are vaccinating against lepto , its rampant , just begin a programme and be done with it is my advice

cowbox

Would calves coming out dead and stincky be a sign to??had a few cows this year that calved dead calves and then they just srivelled up and died themselves..I got the vet out for two of them that later died and he gave them injections but there was no talk about Lepto out of him.Complete waste of money..he didn't even really no what was wrong with them..it was to late then to get them blood tested cause they died...when do you vacinate when the cows are dry??

whelan1

er vaccinate twice a year , initially when you start vaccinating you do them day 1 and then 6 wks later , there after every 6 months , some people only do them once a year

John_F

cowbox wrote: »

Would calves coming out dead and stincky be a sign to??had a few cows this year that calved dead calves and then they just srivelled up and died themselves..I got the vet out for two of them that later died and he gave them injections but there was no talk about Lepto out of him.Complete waste of money..he didn't even really no what was wrong with them..it was to late then to get them blood tested cause they died...when do you vacinate when the cows are dry??

could have been a good idea to take the dead calf to the regional lab, we had two aborted last autumn and got tested cos fearing lepto but came back negative, as said test either bloods or milk and vaccinate, leptovoid H is the main product

whelan1

lepto vaccine is very expensive if buying it shop around

milkprofit

Lepto can be picked up by humans from cows---that is you-- so be careful and vacinate it is aflue like disease that is hard got rid of in humans it can spread by urine splash in eye---parlour Pit is very dangerous

irishh_bob

whelan1 wrote: »

er vaccinate twice a year , initially when you start vaccinating you do them day 1 and then 6 wks later , there after every 6 months , some people only do them once a year

never heard of anyone vaccinating every six months

you vaccinate them twice the 1st year ( minimum 4 weeks apart ) and once a year thereafter

whelan1

if we dont do them every 6 months we get abortions , even once i tried to stretch it to 7 months and a cow dropped her calf:mad: different folks different strokes , we have 2 herds and the suckler herd had a breakdown last year , we gave them their first shot and got the second 6 weeks later then every 6 months - that was the vet advice after bloods

Tomjim

If it is lepto and if aborted calf is left in shed say say for 2 to 3 days, is it possible that it could affect cows when dung is spread at a later stage. Or does it spread cow by cow regardless

bogman_bass

Urine is the main vector that its spred by. Aborted fetuses should be disposed of properly