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<blockquote data-quote="milkmaid" data-source="post: 507405" data-attributes="member: 852"><p>There's a few posts from a year or two ago in the Got Milk section about staph if you look far enough... there were some folks here for a bit with some really good ideas that boss and I implemented.</p><p></p><p>My thoughts...</p><p></p><p>1) Identify (by culture - NOT assumption) and mark all positive staph aureus cows. We used yellow bands for positive staph cows, red for hot (treated) cows, and green for 3-quartered cows.</p><p></p><p>2) Any marked staph cow does not get treated for mastitis at any point in time - it's a waste of money. They can be subclinical (no visual signs) for months at a time between flareups, or they can be a chronic low-grade clinical cow. Both are virtually incurable.</p><p></p><p>3) The milkers coming off all marked staph cows must be dipped in an iodine or chlorine solution. We found this to very nearly prevent any new cases of staph aureus.</p><p></p><p>4) And the usual... wear gloves, one towel per cow, dip teats, etc.</p><p></p><p>With those steps you can gradually cull the staph cows. Might not ever completely eliminate staph from your herd, but you can get it down to a managable level. Some folks also put positive staph cows in their own pen and milk them last, which is a possibility if you have enough cows and are set up for separate pens. We weren't and therefore dipping the milkers was the best solution.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="milkmaid, post: 507405, member: 852"] There's a few posts from a year or two ago in the Got Milk section about staph if you look far enough... there were some folks here for a bit with some really good ideas that boss and I implemented. My thoughts... 1) Identify (by culture - NOT assumption) and mark all positive staph aureus cows. We used yellow bands for positive staph cows, red for hot (treated) cows, and green for 3-quartered cows. 2) Any marked staph cow does not get treated for mastitis at any point in time - it's a waste of money. They can be subclinical (no visual signs) for months at a time between flareups, or they can be a chronic low-grade clinical cow. Both are virtually incurable. 3) The milkers coming off all marked staph cows must be dipped in an iodine or chlorine solution. We found this to very nearly prevent any new cases of staph aureus. 4) And the usual... wear gloves, one towel per cow, dip teats, etc. With those steps you can gradually cull the staph cows. Might not ever completely eliminate staph from your herd, but you can get it down to a managable level. Some folks also put positive staph cows in their own pen and milk them last, which is a possibility if you have enough cows and are set up for separate pens. We weren't and therefore dipping the milkers was the best solution. [/QUOTE]
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