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Heifer calved and is not letting her milk down ANYONE?????
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<blockquote data-quote="milkmaid" data-source="post: 360589" data-attributes="member: 852"><p>How much oxytocin are you giving? what's the temperament of this heifer?</p><p></p><p>Try it in this order....</p><p></p><p>Give 1 to 4cc's of oxytocin. (I'd probably go ahead and give 4cc's since sometimes 1cc isn't enough on a new heifer.) Wait about 3 minutes. Put calf on. The oxytocin WILL work -- 4cc's is really a lot for milk let-down. Do try to keep the heifer's stress level down since stress negatively influences milk letdown.</p><p></p><p>I'd probably do that morning and evening for a day or two, and then graduate to letting the calf on and <em>then </em>giving oxytocin after if the cow doesn't appear to be letting down her milk. If you have to keep it up longer than a week the cow may have a physiological problem preventing milk letdown and should get a new occupation - McDonalds.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="milkmaid, post: 360589, member: 852"] How much oxytocin are you giving? what's the temperament of this heifer? Try it in this order.... Give 1 to 4cc's of oxytocin. (I'd probably go ahead and give 4cc's since sometimes 1cc isn't enough on a new heifer.) Wait about 3 minutes. Put calf on. The oxytocin WILL work -- 4cc's is really a lot for milk let-down. Do try to keep the heifer's stress level down since stress negatively influences milk letdown. I'd probably do that morning and evening for a day or two, and then graduate to letting the calf on and [i]then [/i]giving oxytocin after if the cow doesn't appear to be letting down her milk. If you have to keep it up longer than a week the cow may have a physiological problem preventing milk letdown and should get a new occupation - McDonalds. [/QUOTE]
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