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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1474200" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>If the "milk" was yellowish right from the start then there is a good chance it is just a bad teat. It happens. Yes, the first thing is to try to milk all you can out of it. Use the tube of mastitis medicine up in that "bad" quarter. Something like "Today" or "Pirsue", or a penicillin based one. Must be for LACTATING cows, not for dry off treatment. Milk it out within 24 hours and re-infuse it with another tube. Most dairies milk it out after 12 hours ( 2 time a day milkings) but 24 would be okay. If the teat is already shrinking up it is very likely that she will be blind in that quarter. </p><p>You did not say if she is a beef cow or a dairy cow that you are milking for yourself? </p><p></p><p>I have had many 3 quarter dairy cows and a few beef cows over the years. Normally, if it is shrinking up and nothing coming out, on a beef cow the calf will just try it and get nothing and suck the other teats. On a dairy cow, you just don't milk it. </p><p>If it has chunky or thick goopey milk, the best thing to do is to not milk it and if it doesn't dry up on it's own, then you can kill the quarter. The other quarters will be fine. There are worse things than a 3 quarter cow.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1474200, member: 25884"] If the "milk" was yellowish right from the start then there is a good chance it is just a bad teat. It happens. Yes, the first thing is to try to milk all you can out of it. Use the tube of mastitis medicine up in that "bad" quarter. Something like "Today" or "Pirsue", or a penicillin based one. Must be for LACTATING cows, not for dry off treatment. Milk it out within 24 hours and re-infuse it with another tube. Most dairies milk it out after 12 hours ( 2 time a day milkings) but 24 would be okay. If the teat is already shrinking up it is very likely that she will be blind in that quarter. You did not say if she is a beef cow or a dairy cow that you are milking for yourself? I have had many 3 quarter dairy cows and a few beef cows over the years. Normally, if it is shrinking up and nothing coming out, on a beef cow the calf will just try it and get nothing and suck the other teats. On a dairy cow, you just don't milk it. If it has chunky or thick goopey milk, the best thing to do is to not milk it and if it doesn't dry up on it's own, then you can kill the quarter. The other quarters will be fine. There are worse things than a 3 quarter cow. [/QUOTE]
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