hillsdown
Well-known member
I am having a little dilemma, here is the story.
Today I noticed about 12 or so cows with mucus stringing from their noses, clear but really snotty none the less. Our temps have been great so far today +7, tomorrow supposed to be +10 (Celsius) no snow yet and we really haven't had any real precip. since the beginning of August. So I am kind of worried as I have already had two cases of pneumonia in this relatively nice weather, I pulled two temps from the snotty cows today and one was 101.2 and the other was 101.4 very normal and the cows were not under duress at all as I chose the well handled ones that you can scratch their butts and stick a thermometer in them..
So is this something coming on or is this perhaps from our really dry dusty conditions and allergies etc..All cows have access to shelter and bedding as well as free choice hay..
I am doing benign neglect until tomorrow, but by Wednesday we are supposed to go down to -20 so I kind of want to nip this in the bud if they are getting something..
Thanks for all replies.. :tiphat:
Today I noticed about 12 or so cows with mucus stringing from their noses, clear but really snotty none the less. Our temps have been great so far today +7, tomorrow supposed to be +10 (Celsius) no snow yet and we really haven't had any real precip. since the beginning of August. So I am kind of worried as I have already had two cases of pneumonia in this relatively nice weather, I pulled two temps from the snotty cows today and one was 101.2 and the other was 101.4 very normal and the cows were not under duress at all as I chose the well handled ones that you can scratch their butts and stick a thermometer in them..
So is this something coming on or is this perhaps from our really dry dusty conditions and allergies etc..All cows have access to shelter and bedding as well as free choice hay..
I am doing benign neglect until tomorrow, but by Wednesday we are supposed to go down to -20 so I kind of want to nip this in the bud if they are getting something..
Thanks for all replies.. :tiphat: