blood instead of milk!!!!!!!!!!

[3dcattle]

huge teats on 1st calf heifer --full of blood not milk. two stripped of aLOT of blood, other two seem clogged, probably same. New calf got colostrum replacer then back to mom, what to expect??
this heifer had a "false Pregnancy" last year when my husband thought she lost calf and i thought she hadn't calved yet, had a big bag and big teats...well its exactly 9 months later and she's got a huge heifer calf thats hungry and an udder :help: :help: with blown up teats full of blood. no other issues.:( :help:

 

[dun]

Cow needs to go to the salebarn to the kill pen. Don;t give her any antibiotics or anything and send her down the road. Either ship the calf too or bottle feed it, your choice.

 

[alisonb]

It would seem from your description of udder that there is edema present and that the cow may have had a stressful calving. This sometimes causes rupturing of tiny veins in the udder and thus the blood.
I would milk the cow out completely to relieve some of the pressure and also to monitor the blood situation. You should start seeing a pink mixture(blood&milk) pretty soon as it clears up. If pure blood continues call your vet but in the meantime allow calf to suck at will. Something like this usually clears up on it's own - I would however watch out for any signs of milk fever and mastitis.
Good luck

 

[regolith]

Should clear up in a few days providing those 'clogged' quarters only have blood clots in them and not mastitis. Suckling won't harm either the calf or the cow - calf poop might be a scary red colour though.

However, I don't disagree with Dun. Some cows do this every year, and big teats and hungry calf with a *heifer* sounds like bad news.
Are you sure she didn't lose a calf last year? I've never actually heard of a false pregnancy in cattle.

 

[bigbull338]

ive never seen this in beef cows.but im betting that a blood vessel burst in her bagg.an if thats the case all you can do is milk her out for 4 or 5 days for twice a day an she should start clearing up.ive seen it meny times in dairy cattle.an id buy a cow with bloody milk everytime i could.because i knew she would be a milk wagon for the rest of her life.

 

[dieselbeef]

unless u got time and fac to milk her down everyday for a cpl weeks everytime she calfs then its adios

 

[3dcattle]

THANKS, ALL FOR YOUR SUGGESTIONS. since this cow is part of a range herd, hand milking is pretty stressfull as she'd need to be roped, tied or squeezed, so that's our last option. Right now we moved her into the yard (20ac) so we can watch the calf. Seems strong enough, and is using the two rear quarters, as the front are blown up--and i'm gathering that they'll do that every year---so this cow will probably get shipped :(

 

[novaman]

THANKS, ALL FOR YOUR SUGGESTIONS. since this cow is part of a range herd, hand milking is pretty stressfull as she'd need to be roped, tied or squeezed, so that's our last option. Right now we moved her into the yard (20ac) so we can watch the calf. Seems strong enough, and is using the two rear quarters, as the front are blown up--and i'm gathering that they'll do that every year---so this cow will probably get shipped :(

Doesn't matter if it's a beef cow or a dairy cow, she has to have a good udder and teats to hang around my place. Odd shaped teats, big teats, low bags, and any other trait that is undesirable is a big strike against her. She will likely have problems every year and with kill prices the way they are now I wouldn't recommend keeping her as she will just add to your workload.

 

[agmantoo]

I try not to have any repeat offenders on my place. I would ship both of them to a sale tomorrow if there is one in the area.