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<blockquote data-quote="angus9259" data-source="post: 1335726" data-attributes="member: 7398"><p>I'm thinking about getting a dairy breed nurse cow for some beef calves. I have some really old momma cows and selling them soon after calving would net me more money. Thought is - split the calf and put in on the nurse cow after the calf has it's colostrum from its momma then ship momma. </p><p></p><p>Problem - dairy cattle have a much higher frequency of Johnes - which I could then introduce into the herd. Further complicating things is that there's no good Johnes test. Cow may test clean and start passing the next day.</p><p></p><p>If the calves were gonna be feeder calves I wouldn't care. But they should be some pretty good registered calves intending to go back into the herd. </p><p></p><p>I think I just talked myself out of getting a nurse cow. Thank you all for your feed back. :tiphat:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="angus9259, post: 1335726, member: 7398"] I'm thinking about getting a dairy breed nurse cow for some beef calves. I have some really old momma cows and selling them soon after calving would net me more money. Thought is - split the calf and put in on the nurse cow after the calf has it's colostrum from its momma then ship momma. Problem - dairy cattle have a much higher frequency of Johnes - which I could then introduce into the herd. Further complicating things is that there's no good Johnes test. Cow may test clean and start passing the next day. If the calves were gonna be feeder calves I wouldn't care. But they should be some pretty good registered calves intending to go back into the herd. I think I just talked myself out of getting a nurse cow. Thank you all for your feed back. :tiphat: [/QUOTE]
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