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if you are trying to minimize the chance for disease, besides shots, what else would you recommend?
is there something that you can spray all over the barn on regular basis that would disinfect the place?
getting the cows out while is done, it's ok, but i would prefer something that doesn't have to be flushed/washed down with lot of water, so i can just spray the place, and when it is dry i can let the cows go back without making them feel itchy when they come in contact with the sprayed surfaces.

also, what is the best fly/mosquito/bug control method?

what is the basic heath kit that i should have for cows in case of emergency, in case something goes wrong?

to give cows shots, what kind of syringe do you recommend? i was working on a hog farm a few years back, and they had some kind of semi-automatic thing. it had to be set so it pushes the right amount, but you could give 10 shots without refilling it. what is the brand that you recommend?

just in case, you get the water for the cows from a river, or a source that can not be said for sure that it is ok, it is drinkable, what can be done? what should be added to the water? is there some sort of device that automatically adds that "something" to the water, killing all the germs in it? does it worth dealing with it? or it is better just to forget about it, reach deep into the pocket and get a crew out there to dig a well?
 
I gotta ask , have you ever owned a cow ? For fear of sounding like a jerk , you kind of sound like a cow owner hypocondriac . The best way to keep them healthy is to keep them out of a barn . Fly dust bags are the eaisest to use . Alflex syringes if your going to give multiple doses . Have you ever seen some of the crap water cows will drink ? If you have running water your golden .Go wrong when , calving or just every day ?
 
mlazyj":4455ula0 said:
I gotta ask , have you ever owned a cow ? For fear of sounding like a jerk , you kind of sound like a cow owner hypocondriac . The best way to keep them healthy is to keep them out of a barn . Fly dust bags are the eaisest to use . Alflex syringes if your going to give multiple doses . Have you ever seen some of the crap water cows will drink ? If you have running water your golden .Go wrong when , calving or just every day ?
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no, i never owned a cow. the closes i have been to a cow is when i was still living at home with parents and neighbor did one 1 (as in ONE) cow :)
and i am currently reading and researching the subject, but i still don't know much about it.

keeping them out of the barn it would be awesome (financially too). but i don't think i will have the possibility to do that. that is why i am trying to prepare, and have everything i need to prevent **** starting to roll downhill :)

when you say running water - does that include water out of river/streams or it's just running water from water pipe like in your kitchen?
 
Cows are fairly robust so far as diseases go - keeping them out of the barn is good advice.
Any disinfectant on the market for cleaning out calf shed, piggeries &c can be used in your barn, mixed to the recommended strength in a backpack or handheld sprayer and applied to all surfaces. Relying on this, even in a calf rearing operation, is like relying on the ambulance at the bottom of the cliff.
a) minimise stocking density & use of the barn. b) Rest the barn completely from use as animal housing if you have the opportunity. and c) clean out any bedding and excrement and let the sunshine and fresh air work as a natural disinfectant. Pathogen build up will also be minimised if there is plenty of sunshine, airspace and the animals are healthy, good drainage and bedding kept dry.

Cow drinking water doesn't need to be at the same standard as human drinking water. River water is far from ideal for dairy (because they need to drink such vast quantities for milk production it needs to be palatable) but should be okay otherwise - check with your neighbours who run cows if there's anything in the water to be concerned about. Yes, there are ways of dispensing things into the water but if all you want to do is make it drinkable, get a storage tank and fill it via a chlorinated sand filter. Then reticulate from the tank to your drinking troughs. Unless you're running dairy cows or setting up rotational grazing that shouldn't be neccesary.
River water counts as running water.

Health kit depends entirely on what sort of animals you are running and your local conditions. There was a good thread a while back 'what do you have in your calving kit?' or something similar. Again, answers varied according to local conditons.
 

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