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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 16053"><p>What you are referring to as milk fever is in actuality mastitis. Milk fever is a calcium imbalance.</p><p></p><p>dun</p><p></p><p>> In MOST cases the cow will be</p><p>> fine. She may be producing more</p><p>> than the calf is hungry for. As</p><p>> the calf grows it will require</p><p>> more milk and use the other</p><p>> quarters. The cow will produce as</p><p>> much milk as is demanded, so if</p><p>> you keep milking her out, she will</p><p>> think she needs to produce more.</p><p>> On the other hand you need to know</p><p>> if the calf is not getting enough.</p><p>> Is the calf active? Is it strong</p><p>> and agile, or does it stagger a</p><p>> bit? I check the calf for a full</p><p>> belly. Belly should feel like a</p><p>> full water baloon when the calf is</p><p>> done nursing. You can also</p><p>> separate them for about 4 hours</p><p>> and watch for aggressive nursing</p><p>> when you return the cow to the</p><p>> calf. If the calf is still only</p><p>> slightly interested you have a</p><p>> sick calf.</p><p></p><p>> If lack of nursing caused milk</p><p>> fever, we would all have sick cows</p><p>> at weaning time. When you have</p><p>> milk fever you have infection and</p><p>> blood in the milk. When you have a</p><p>> cow that is too tight and full you</p><p>> may get blood in the milk because</p><p>> she may bruise her bag just</p><p>> walking. This blood in the milk is</p><p>> harmless, but throws up a red flag</p><p>> to many, so they associate calf</p><p>> not nursing - blood in milk - milk</p><p>> fever. This is not true. With real</p><p>> milk fever you have infection and</p><p>> you cannot mistake the stink.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 16053"] What you are referring to as milk fever is in actuality mastitis. Milk fever is a calcium imbalance. dun > In MOST cases the cow will be > fine. She may be producing more > than the calf is hungry for. As > the calf grows it will require > more milk and use the other > quarters. The cow will produce as > much milk as is demanded, so if > you keep milking her out, she will > think she needs to produce more. > On the other hand you need to know > if the calf is not getting enough. > Is the calf active? Is it strong > and agile, or does it stagger a > bit? I check the calf for a full > belly. Belly should feel like a > full water baloon when the calf is > done nursing. You can also > separate them for about 4 hours > and watch for aggressive nursing > when you return the cow to the > calf. If the calf is still only > slightly interested you have a > sick calf. > If lack of nursing caused milk > fever, we would all have sick cows > at weaning time. When you have > milk fever you have infection and > blood in the milk. When you have a > cow that is too tight and full you > may get blood in the milk because > she may bruise her bag just > walking. This blood in the milk is > harmless, but throws up a red flag > to many, so they associate calf > not nursing - blood in milk - milk > fever. This is not true. With real > milk fever you have infection and > you cannot mistake the stink. [/QUOTE]
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