blood in milk

whelan1

have a cow that came in this evening with pure blood- with clots- in one quarter. i didnt milk her in that quarter, what should i do with her in the morning. She is due to calve before christmas. Would i just dry her off and leave it alone?

5live

whelan1 wrote: »

have a cow that came in this evening with pure blood- with clots- in one quarter. i didnt milk her in that quarter, what should i do with her in the morning. She is due to calve before christmas. Would i just dry her off and leave it alone?

I'd say milk her with a quarter milker and treat her for mastitis. I get a few of them through the year after a fight or from lying on a stone or just a bang off a hard surface. The clots might be from her fighting the infection or mastitis near a fairly large blood vessel that ruptures. Safer to treat it as mastitis i think

dar31

as 5live said, drying her off would be a poor move.
if she is nt showing a marked improvement with in 3 day, id rethink it.

Souterrain

5live wrote: »

I'd say milk her with a quarter milker and treat her for mastitis. I get a few of them through the year after a fight or from lying on a stone or just a bang off a hard surface. The clots might be from her fighting the infection or mastitis near a fairly large blood vessel that ruptures. Safer to treat it as mastitis i think

I have seen this ioften too, and I think 5 live is giving good advice about the quarter milker too maybe even milk her more often and maybe even milk her in the middle of the day if you like. I think keep emptying the quarter to give the burst blood vessel a chance to heal. No matter what you do there will be blood in the milk for a few days because it will bleed again when the quarter fills with milk and the udder gets stretched.

If clots are blood clots not milk clots and theres no heat or swelling in the quarter I wouldnt worry about mastitis, Id say keep milking her till the milk gets paler and eventually clears.

pakalasa

I saw that this year on a suckler I miked by hand after she calved with a huge bag of milk. It had all cleared up the next time I milked her. Crazy to be doing, I know, but she could hardly walk.

whelan1

thanks lads, theres no swelling in the quarter , clots are blood clots .. will see what shes like in the morning

Bizzum

I have seen it from time to time in the sucklers, but only the very milky ones, I've seen pure blood coming out and within a few days back completely normal again.

Pauric Mc

Il agree with the lads here, the clots are most likely blood,Had one in the spring after she calved, vet said milk her but not milk her out fully until the blood has cleared up, Treated mine with a mastitas tube to just incase of infection, Shes perfect since

djmc

You might have to draw out the clots by hand if the machine wont pull them through the teat canal should clear up after a fewdays

snowman707

cringed a little when I read op

almost to the the date last year we had a cow with blood in 1 quarter however she also had a slight swelling , following morning swelling worse and cow a little off form

4 vet calls and 3 days later she died, needless to say she was 1 of our top animals only 5 year old

hope yours makes a full recovery

snowman707

pakalasa wrote: »

I saw that this year on a suckler I miked by hand after she calved with a huge bag of milk. It had all cleared up the next time I milked her. Crazy to be doing, I know, but she could hardly walk.

blood in the milk at calving is quite common and usually nothing to worry about

whelan1

well , milked the quarter on its own , a bit more milky this morning but did get blocked a few times with some really bloody clots, milked out fully in it and no swelling yet. She was a bit kicky but seems a bit better than yesterday

snowman707

whelan1 wrote: »

well , milked the quarter on its own , a bit more milky this morning but did get blocked a few times with some really bloody clots, milked out fully in it and no swelling yet. She was a bit kicky but seems a bit better than yesterday

good news, ours was bleeding so bad she even swelled all the way out under her belly

tried every thing but in an animal that size literally hadn't a clue where she was bleeding

whelan1

snowman707 wrote: »

good news, ours was bleeding so bad she even swelled all the way out under her belly

tried every thing but in an animal that size literally hadn't a clue where she was bleeding

NOT THAT I AM IN TO THAT TYPE OF THING BUT DID YOU RING FOR THE "CURE" ... will let ye know what she's like this evening:)

whelan1

cow back fine thank god