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Aureomycin for Late Gestation Heifer
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<blockquote data-quote="TexasBred" data-source="post: 789337" data-attributes="member: 6897"><p>Chuckie you didn't ask me but I'll respond. If thsi is mastitis treat it and keep the heifer...but buy a good mastitis tube (One that must be purchased from a vet), infuse the infected quarter, apply a barrier teat dip which will reseal the teat end and watch !!! She should straighten up. Keep in mind that their are several strains of mastitis just as other infections....streph, staph, coliform etc..and some do not respond to one antibiotic as well as another. Some can be deadly..(You don't have that I don't think). You may have to re-treat the infected quarter....you're only talking about a couple bucks each time you treat her. </p><p>As for calves nursing other cows. It doesn't happen that much. A calf nursing it's mother often gets it's on saliva up into the teat canal, the cows immune system detects it, sees it as invasive bacteria and her and attempts to fight it. In doing so she also fights the mastitis. That's one reason why mastitis is far more prevalent in dairy cattle than beef cattle. The calf only gets to nurse the dairy cow a couple of days and from there on it's mechanical milking whereas the calf on a beef cow keeps the udder basically emptied at all times, no pressure build ups and the "foam and saliva" dries and helps seal the end of the teat. You'll still have some mastitis in beef cattle but the odds are in your favor.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TexasBred, post: 789337, member: 6897"] Chuckie you didn't ask me but I'll respond. If thsi is mastitis treat it and keep the heifer...but buy a good mastitis tube (One that must be purchased from a vet), infuse the infected quarter, apply a barrier teat dip which will reseal the teat end and watch !!! She should straighten up. Keep in mind that their are several strains of mastitis just as other infections....streph, staph, coliform etc..and some do not respond to one antibiotic as well as another. Some can be deadly..(You don't have that I don't think). You may have to re-treat the infected quarter....you're only talking about a couple bucks each time you treat her. As for calves nursing other cows. It doesn't happen that much. A calf nursing it's mother often gets it's on saliva up into the teat canal, the cows immune system detects it, sees it as invasive bacteria and her and attempts to fight it. In doing so she also fights the mastitis. That's one reason why mastitis is far more prevalent in dairy cattle than beef cattle. The calf only gets to nurse the dairy cow a couple of days and from there on it's mechanical milking whereas the calf on a beef cow keeps the udder basically emptied at all times, no pressure build ups and the "foam and saliva" dries and helps seal the end of the teat. You'll still have some mastitis in beef cattle but the odds are in your favor. [/QUOTE]
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