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...depends. If she is post calving and not yet bred, help her cycle with a prostaglandin (pgf) to bring her into heat. A heat cycle is the best way to 'flush' any potential infection from the uterus. If she comes into a good heat from the pgf short cycle her in 11 days with another dose of...

Ask the person doing the inseminating (if not yourself) to give you opinion of continued activity of the animals in the lineup for breeding. Possibly palpation of the rectum/inserting a breeding gun (with sheath, no semen) may produce a mucus discharge. Depending on semen availability/cost you...

It seems that you are doing things in the right direction. If you have a cow in the future near calving feed some grain starting about 2-3 weeks pre-calve in small amounts stepping up to 8 to 12 pounds at calving. NO salt/sodium in diet, check the label on pre-mixed feeds. Feeding a milking...

Often times a cow with a blind quarter(s) will make up for that production in the other quarters. I would hesitate the continued use of inserting a drain tube into the teat canal. You may be asking for mastitis. If the cow is healthy and producing milk and the 'blind quarters' are not causing...