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cold season calving in the north
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<blockquote data-quote="milkmaid" data-source="post: 500296" data-attributes="member: 852"><p>I'd wondered if frozen teats were just a dairy thing or not. Sounds like it happens to beef cows too? on the dairy we don't worry much about 2nd lactation or over, or heifers that have calved 2 months or more before the real cold hits... it's the heifers that calve in the coldest months that I've seen come in with teats that are basically frozen solid. Boss has wondered before if the older cows have better mammary circulation and that helps prevent frostbite, whereas the fresh heifers have poor circulation and a tight udder, predisposing them to frostbite? Dunno.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="milkmaid, post: 500296, member: 852"] I'd wondered if frozen teats were just a dairy thing or not. Sounds like it happens to beef cows too? on the dairy we don't worry much about 2nd lactation or over, or heifers that have calved 2 months or more before the real cold hits... it's the heifers that calve in the coldest months that I've seen come in with teats that are basically frozen solid. Boss has wondered before if the older cows have better mammary circulation and that helps prevent frostbite, whereas the fresh heifers have poor circulation and a tight udder, predisposing them to frostbite? Dunno. [/QUOTE]
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