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dairy cow bag problem, what could it be?
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<blockquote data-quote="milkmaid" data-source="post: 163376" data-attributes="member: 852"><p>I've seen that before...you should <em>not </em>have left that quarter alone in the first place. It should have been treated and/or stripped out on a regular basis so the infection didn't build up to the point it is now.</p><p></p><p>Hindsight is better than foresight, so, now that you have the problem, you need to get rid of it. Treat her. That's a must. Can you have your vet run a culture on that to determine what antibiotic to use? And then I'd be treating both IM/SubQ and intramammary with as high a dose as is safe. I'm assuming she's raising calves, so no need to worry about milk withdrawal.</p><p></p><p>Mastitis can - well, WILL - affect milk production and reproductive performance, so it needs to be brought under control right away. And, in all cases I've seen, if the infection is left as is (not stripped out), the quarter increases in size. Scar tissue, and possibly a chronic infection still in there, I'd guess. Maybe it won't be so obvious this lactation, but next... <em>Especially </em>when she starts bagging up for her next calf. I've seen some cows that abcessed over and over and over again throughout their lactation and the next, and some extremely lopsided udders.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="milkmaid, post: 163376, member: 852"] I've seen that before...you should [i]not [/i]have left that quarter alone in the first place. It should have been treated and/or stripped out on a regular basis so the infection didn't build up to the point it is now. Hindsight is better than foresight, so, now that you have the problem, you need to get rid of it. Treat her. That's a must. Can you have your vet run a culture on that to determine what antibiotic to use? And then I'd be treating both IM/SubQ and intramammary with as high a dose as is safe. I'm assuming she's raising calves, so no need to worry about milk withdrawal. Mastitis can - well, WILL - affect milk production and reproductive performance, so it needs to be brought under control right away. And, in all cases I've seen, if the infection is left as is (not stripped out), the quarter increases in size. Scar tissue, and possibly a chronic infection still in there, I'd guess. Maybe it won't be so obvious this lactation, but next... [i]Especially [/i]when she starts bagging up for her next calf. I've seen some cows that abcessed over and over and over again throughout their lactation and the next, and some extremely lopsided udders. [/QUOTE]
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