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<blockquote data-quote="J and L" data-source="post: 213559" data-attributes="member: 3494"><p>Staph aureus is extremely difficult because if it's biology-- unlike other bacteria that usually "floats around' in the udder and is easily exposed to intermammary antibiotics, staph aureus scars in and mastitis tubes don't get to all of it. This means that at any time live bacteria can "escape" back into the udder. That is also why a non-clinical cow with a 150 SCC can test postive for staph-- it just lives in her and escapes in levels she can deal with on her own. </p><p></p><p>The best results I've seen are with about 5 days of penicillin combined with massaging the quarter at each milking to try to break up any scarring that might be there. This seems to work best in the days just before dryoff. We don't have to worry about the penicillin withdrawel if we dry them off right away. We use 35cc 2x/day.</p><p></p><p>We mark staph cows (we have 4-5 identified today) with yellow duct tape. Units from those cows are thoroughly flushed with a hose. This seems to work better than sanitizer water did-- I think it is because sanitizer water is only clean for the first unit. Every unit after that as more exposure to the bugs from the previous units.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="J and L, post: 213559, member: 3494"] Staph aureus is extremely difficult because if it's biology-- unlike other bacteria that usually "floats around' in the udder and is easily exposed to intermammary antibiotics, staph aureus scars in and mastitis tubes don't get to all of it. This means that at any time live bacteria can "escape" back into the udder. That is also why a non-clinical cow with a 150 SCC can test postive for staph-- it just lives in her and escapes in levels she can deal with on her own. The best results I've seen are with about 5 days of penicillin combined with massaging the quarter at each milking to try to break up any scarring that might be there. This seems to work best in the days just before dryoff. We don't have to worry about the penicillin withdrawel if we dry them off right away. We use 35cc 2x/day. We mark staph cows (we have 4-5 identified today) with yellow duct tape. Units from those cows are thoroughly flushed with a hose. This seems to work better than sanitizer water did-- I think it is because sanitizer water is only clean for the first unit. Every unit after that as more exposure to the bugs from the previous units. [/QUOTE]
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