cow coming to milk, not ready to have calf

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First observation: cow was due to calve in late March '16; and in early Feb her udder filled and she developed mastitis.
Treated with antibiotic. Udder shrank. We assumed she had aborted calf.

Bull bred her in late March, which would be calving in Dec./Jan.

July 28, cow again has strutted, feverish udder as though coming to milk.

This cow has had three calves successfully.
No other cows have problems.
 
Send her to the sale barn.... sale barn Vet can preg check and send her to the appropriate sale venue,
be it the bred cow sale arena or the slaughter pen. Either way out the door.... see ya later, bye cow.
According to the futures market, now is not the time to baby problem cows.

p.s.
:welcome: to the boards
 
One of my first lessons after buying cows was exactly what an old cowman had told me after presenting basically the same question that conflicted with due date information that I had been given on a particular cow.

"A cow don't bag up for nothing"

In my case, abort.
 
Sounds like you didn;t compeltely clear the mastitis the last time. Trailer ride time!
 

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