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<blockquote data-quote="milkmaid" data-source="post: 1467227" data-attributes="member: 852"><p>....I'd also have them tested for Johnes, esp if you plan to keep the bottle calves.</p><p></p><p>Going through sale barns is risky, the reasons we cull them (I'm currently working for a 14,000 cow dairy) include mastitis (mycoplasma and staph aureus culture positive sometimes), lameness, low milk production, open... some problems you can deal with, some you can't/don't want to. I'd try contacting a progressive local dairy and ask to look over their culls. We cull far harder than most people but often have nice, bred, late lactation cows that don't produce enough milk/are too fat to stay.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="milkmaid, post: 1467227, member: 852"] ....I'd also have them tested for Johnes, esp if you plan to keep the bottle calves. Going through sale barns is risky, the reasons we cull them (I'm currently working for a 14,000 cow dairy) include mastitis (mycoplasma and staph aureus culture positive sometimes), lameness, low milk production, open... some problems you can deal with, some you can't/don't want to. I'd try contacting a progressive local dairy and ask to look over their culls. We cull far harder than most people but often have nice, bred, late lactation cows that don't produce enough milk/are too fat to stay. [/QUOTE]
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