Dry cow treatment for suckler cows

tismesoitis

Do any suckler farmers on here ever dry cow tube they're sucklers particularily the autumn calvers. After havin 3 cases of mastitis already one in a fresh calver one in a cull and one in a cow weaned about 3 weeks. also how much do tubes cost?:( thanks in advance

vanderbadger

tismesoitis wrote: »

Do any suckler farmers on here ever dry cow tube they're sucklers particularily the autumn calvers. After havin 3 cases of mastitis already one in a fresh calver one in a cull and one in a cow weaned about 3 weeks. also how much do tubes cost?:( thanks in advance

the tubes arent dear, think the last ones i got were maybe 2 euro each, not sure on that actually but you would be taking you life in your hands trying to tube alot of suckler cows..my ones anyhow :rolleyes:
the flies are desperate this time of year and i think they are alot of the problem, good idea to spray cow with stockholm tar spray. if tubing tie the leg to crush

whelan1

spot on or similar along their back and stockholm tar on their spins ... pain in the butt but very worthwhile

what happen

tismesoitis wrote: »

Do any suckler farmers on here ever dry cow tube they're sucklers particularily the autumn calvers. After havin 3 cases of mastitis already one in a fresh calver one in a cull and one in a cow weaned about 3 weeks. also how much do tubes cost?:( thanks in advance

ya i dry tube the cows and use a teat sealer as well and use the stocktom tar on any autumn calvers great job .the dry mastitis is some mess and i try to prevent it.

Western Pomise

Dry tube cows each yr as they are milky.....lot of lads class it as waste of time but same fellas tend to be selling cows with one or two spins gone every yr!....regular dry tubes do job fine.

tismesoitis

thanks for all d replies lads

whelan1

ok so dry cow tubes are supposed to last for at least 4 weeks , so why did my cow get mastitis 1 week after drying off with leo red- had got tar and fly pour on at drying off also

hillclimber

Possibly bacteria introduced when being tubed ? Sometimes youre damned if you do and damned if you dont.

ronman

hi folkes,
lookin for some advice, have a dry suckler cow with mastitis, we treated her with injection a few weeks ago and vet amputated infected teat to drain, she was lame at the time. over the next week or 2 she seemed fine eating well and no limp but i noticed 3 days ago she has a lump beside the previously infected teat with mucus and flies at her again, she still eating away and no limp but seems a bit irritated, we seperated her from the bunch and put her in the crush and put stock tar on her but i felt the hard lump around the teat. my neighbour said not to do anythin with her that she will be fine it wil drain out of her over time, any other advice on what to do as she has had the mastitus now for a while wil it just run its course or is there a good treatment.
she is a 3yr old lim in calf since june, she had no calf this yr.

49801

unless she is sick in herself you should do nothing.

ronman

thanks 49801,
wil the swelling/lump go down over time, she does not appear sick now anyway and has not lost any condition so wil leave her be, wil put her back wit rest of herd in few days if no change.

49801

ronman wrote: »

thanks 49801,
wil the swelling/lump go down over time, she does not appear sick now anyway and has not lost any condition so wil leave her be, wil put her back wit rest of herd in few days if no change.

if you have any doubts get your vet out again.
the swelling will go down.
also had vet amputate a quater from a cull cow lately. also developed an ozsing wound separate to the amputation wound. appear fine now with swelling/hardness much reduced.

LostCovey

whelan1 wrote: »

ok so dry cow tubes are supposed to last for at least 4 weeks , so why did my cow get mastitis 1 week after drying off with leo red- had got tar and fly pour on at drying off also

or a flare-up of a subclinical infection caused by a resistant bug?