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<blockquote data-quote="boondocks" data-source="post: 1146218" data-attributes="member: 20599"><p>Raw effluent and calving cows don't mix well.</p><p>I'll graze dry cows or milkers on effluent paddocks. Not while they're drying down (it increases the risk of mastitis) and not for about two weeks either side of calving (same reason, around calving the mastitis risk increases but also because the high level of potassium available from the manure increases the risk of milk fever). I may be overcautious but I prefer that any paddock grazed in those 'transition' phases hasn't had effluent applied within the last six months.</p><p></p><p>I'm surprised no one has mentioned Johne's but I really don't know whether the pathogen would persist in that state - dairies here apply all their effluent back to their own land so it's not even thought about.</p></blockquote><p></p><p>Thanks regolith. We sort of went on gut instinct that at a minimum it shouldn't be too near the cows. Glad to see there is support for our concern; as a newbie it's hard to know sometimes...</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="boondocks, post: 1146218, member: 20599"] Raw effluent and calving cows don't mix well. I'll graze dry cows or milkers on effluent paddocks. Not while they're drying down (it increases the risk of mastitis) and not for about two weeks either side of calving (same reason, around calving the mastitis risk increases but also because the high level of potassium available from the manure increases the risk of milk fever). I may be overcautious but I prefer that any paddock grazed in those 'transition' phases hasn't had effluent applied within the last six months. I'm surprised no one has mentioned Johne's but I really don't know whether the pathogen would persist in that state - dairies here apply all their effluent back to their own land so it's not even thought about.[/quote] Thanks regolith. We sort of went on gut instinct that at a minimum it shouldn't be too near the cows. Glad to see there is support for our concern; as a newbie it's hard to know sometimes... [/QUOTE]
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