Cow injected with Norocillin accidentally put in tank - options?

curioush

Hi,
Leg tag fell off this evening..milk went into tank. Withdrawal is 96 hours.
Luckily its the first milking into the tank.
Which option is the best:
- bite the bullet & empty tank
- inform the co-op
- do nothing & maybe risk losing full tank

Any thoughts?

Thanks.

blackdog1

curioush wrote: »

Hi,
Leg tag fell off this evening..milk went into tank. Withdrawal is 96 hours.
Luckily its the first milking into the tank.
Which option is the best:
- bite the bullet & empty tank
- inform the co-op
- do nothing & maybe risk losing full tank

Any thoughts?

Thanks.

Ring your milk advisor and test tank but I'd say it's gone if she's injected less than 48 hrs. I had a cow test positive on noricillin after 5 days....

freedominacup

blackdog1 wrote: »

Ring your milk advisor and test tank but I'd say it's gone if she's injected less than 48 hrs. I had a cow test positive on noricillin after 5 days....

Ring your tanker driver and try to meet him at his first collection in the morning with a sample from the tank. He'll tell you fairly quickly how you're fixed. As in around five minutes. I feel your pain. We had to dump three milkings last summer.

curioush

Thanks for the replies - looking into testing it now

Milked out

curioush wrote: »

Thanks for the replies - looking into testing it now

Best put a note on outlet of tank in case lorry comes during the night, tanker here has come everyday for past 5 days topping up as volumes are lifting everywhere and loads are less predictable for them

visatorro

Insurance should cover tank anyway. I'd always err on the site of caution tbh when antibiotics are evolved

pedigree 6

Same thing happened me a few weeks ago.
Rang milk manager he told me to ring the guy who owns the milk lorries.
Rang him and brought sample to his house and he got the sample tested next morning when starting the round. He had a machine on the lorry (not sure if every lorry has it) and it tested the sample and the result comes back in 3 minutes.

whelan2

Do many people rely on leg tags, red tape and red spray here on any treated cows

mahoney_j

Whatever u do don't chance as there's a fair chance sample will be positive .you will get stung for tanker of milk and reported to dept ..

Injuryprone

What co-op are you supplying? Dairygold pay for half the value of dumped milk following a positive test, don't know if other co-ops are the same

einn32

whelan2 wrote: »

Do many people rely on leg tags, red tape and red spray here on any treated cows

It's just red spray across the back of udder and the computer alrams too unless cow doesn't read. My last dairy job used red tape and spray plus visual alarms and vacuum wouldn't come on either without bypassing the alarm. Still doesn't prevent mess ups.

I'd ring milk manager and get it tested but sounds like dumping job.

WheatenBriar

Let the first loss be your last loss
You've probably done something by now but had I seen this earlier,I'd have suggested asking the milk manager who has a 3hr antibiotic kit(they're more common),test and dump if positive

Glanbia will fine for this and charge the supplier thousands for any milk in the tanker or silo that needs dumping aswell as the cost of dumping
The latter will usually be covered by public liability insurance
The department will be informed so a cross compliance will be triggered
Lose lose lose so dump dump dump

curioush

Made the co-op yesterday evening - somehow passed.

Buford T. Justice XIX

curioush wrote: »

Made the co-op yesterday evening - somehow passed.

I did a one hour test on milk a few years back at drying off when I wasn't sure if a cow that was dry cow tubed had gone into the tank.

It passed.

It failed on collection (3 hour test) though but I was only liable for the loss of my own milk. 2/3 of the tanker was dumped.

Just keep an eye out in case something happens.

Milked out

Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

I did a one hour test on milk a few years back at drying off when I wasn't sure if a cow that was dry cow tubed had gone into the tank.

It passed.

It failed on collection (3 hour test) though but I was only liable for the loss of my own milk. 2/3 of the tanker was dumped.

Just keep an eye out in case something happens.

Our own manager says the same to bring it in to Danone and they do the test inside as it's more sensitive than the snap test in trucks. Another thing, not 100% on this now but if milk fails and insurance covers it I think it won't cover again within 2 years