MikeJoel
Well-known member
Here is a picture of a sample of the milk from this teat.
There is some saw dust in there cause she knocked the bucket a little. But the stuff at the bottom looks like lumpy or stringy cream.
When I first started milking this teat everything seemed ok. When I went to empty the bucket into the holding bucket I noticed it looked pinkish. I immediately thought of blood in the milk (I had been told it is not unusual for some cows to give a little bloody milk to start with after calving).
I milked a little more into the bucket and examined it and found the stringy/lumpy look but also a very small blood clot. After milking for a little while the milk seemed to get whiter but then suddenly it wouldn't give anymore. I massaged the udder and tried and got a little more. I found it was giving in little amounts (maybe 3 small sperts) and then clotting (I assume) and I would rub and try. This went on for a while until I just decided I wasn't getting anywhere. The other teats (except the one the calf has been nursing) was milked out.
I figured this might be mastitis so I iodined all the teats and put some bag balm on. The cow was getting restles since she had been standing there for almost 2 hours.
She doesnt seem sore or hot. She gave me absolutely no trouble milking that quarter until like I said coming up on 2 hours she got tired of it.
I dont think there is a fever in it though after milking for a while it is a little hard to tell since it gets warm from the rubbing.
This look like mastitis or something else?
If so what is the best treatment (I thought milking out is best it just didn't seem possible). By the time I gave up I had gotten about 1.5 or 2 quarts out of it.
Also! I believe there is edema in the area of the udder. I am not sure but if I press in on the udder area for this teat I can almost (I think) feel the impressions for a few seconds.
Please see my other posts for history on this cow ("Our first cow").
Thank you all,
Mike
EDITED:
Wanted to add. She doesn't seem off feed or anything else.
There is some saw dust in there cause she knocked the bucket a little. But the stuff at the bottom looks like lumpy or stringy cream.
When I first started milking this teat everything seemed ok. When I went to empty the bucket into the holding bucket I noticed it looked pinkish. I immediately thought of blood in the milk (I had been told it is not unusual for some cows to give a little bloody milk to start with after calving).
I milked a little more into the bucket and examined it and found the stringy/lumpy look but also a very small blood clot. After milking for a little while the milk seemed to get whiter but then suddenly it wouldn't give anymore. I massaged the udder and tried and got a little more. I found it was giving in little amounts (maybe 3 small sperts) and then clotting (I assume) and I would rub and try. This went on for a while until I just decided I wasn't getting anywhere. The other teats (except the one the calf has been nursing) was milked out.
I figured this might be mastitis so I iodined all the teats and put some bag balm on. The cow was getting restles since she had been standing there for almost 2 hours.
She doesnt seem sore or hot. She gave me absolutely no trouble milking that quarter until like I said coming up on 2 hours she got tired of it.
I dont think there is a fever in it though after milking for a while it is a little hard to tell since it gets warm from the rubbing.
This look like mastitis or something else?
If so what is the best treatment (I thought milking out is best it just didn't seem possible). By the time I gave up I had gotten about 1.5 or 2 quarts out of it.
Also! I believe there is edema in the area of the udder. I am not sure but if I press in on the udder area for this teat I can almost (I think) feel the impressions for a few seconds.
Please see my other posts for history on this cow ("Our first cow").
Thank you all,
Mike
EDITED:
Wanted to add. She doesn't seem off feed or anything else.