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<blockquote data-quote="regolith" data-source="post: 627399" data-attributes="member: 9267"><p>What I've been told is that if the placenta doesn't come away on its own and you pull too hard, the separation of the cotyledons causes a lot of bleeding. That's why the seven day wait, for the cotyledons to rot down naturally (and no antibiotics because they interfere with the rotting process).</p><p>I definitely give them a gentle tug during milking (first milking after calving), but leave them if they don't fall out then. I've manually cleaned two in the last three years (out of 140 -155 cows/year) so don't have much experience of that - Milk fever is another to add to the list of what can cause them.</p><p>Those two cows had problems. I think the problems caused the retained placenta and not the other way round.</p><p></p><p>Jeanne's advice sounds right on - 'cept I don't know what lutalyse is and will have to go google it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="regolith, post: 627399, member: 9267"] What I've been told is that if the placenta doesn't come away on its own and you pull too hard, the separation of the cotyledons causes a lot of bleeding. That's why the seven day wait, for the cotyledons to rot down naturally (and no antibiotics because they interfere with the rotting process). I definitely give them a gentle tug during milking (first milking after calving), but leave them if they don't fall out then. I've manually cleaned two in the last three years (out of 140 -155 cows/year) so don't have much experience of that - Milk fever is another to add to the list of what can cause them. Those two cows had problems. I think the problems caused the retained placenta and not the other way round. Jeanne's advice sounds right on - 'cept I don't know what lutalyse is and will have to go google it. [/QUOTE]
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