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<blockquote data-quote="Jeanne - Simme Valley" data-source="post: 81945" data-attributes="member: 968"><p>I completely agree with Dun - LEAVE THEM ALONE! Don't clean - don't give antibiotics. I do recommend giving a lutalyse shot 10-14 days after calvings just to clean her out.</p><p>The repro system is amazing - heals & cares for itself very well. "Bug"s eat away the decaying placenta inside the cow, eating away the attached parts. That's why it is NOT adviseable to give antibiotics - you kill the good bugs that remove the small left over parts. UNLESS, she is sick, than by all means treat - you have to get her healthy, than worry about late breeding.</p><p>Lack (or low) SELENIUM will cause retained placentas. I'm sure there are other deficiencies, but that's a big cause. Plus slow labor, dumb sucker calves, white muscle disease in calves, long time coming into heat, poor conception. MANY subtle problems with low selenium.</p><p>There are still a lot of vets that recommend cleaning them out, but check with up to date university info.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeanne - Simme Valley, post: 81945, member: 968"] I completely agree with Dun - LEAVE THEM ALONE! Don't clean - don't give antibiotics. I do recommend giving a lutalyse shot 10-14 days after calvings just to clean her out. The repro system is amazing - heals & cares for itself very well. "Bug"s eat away the decaying placenta inside the cow, eating away the attached parts. That's why it is NOT adviseable to give antibiotics - you kill the good bugs that remove the small left over parts. UNLESS, she is sick, than by all means treat - you have to get her healthy, than worry about late breeding. Lack (or low) SELENIUM will cause retained placentas. I'm sure there are other deficiencies, but that's a big cause. Plus slow labor, dumb sucker calves, white muscle disease in calves, long time coming into heat, poor conception. MANY subtle problems with low selenium. There are still a lot of vets that recommend cleaning them out, but check with up to date university info. [/QUOTE]
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