do you have to milk the cow separately now? Or are the drugs not traceable in the milk?
@FamilyFarmingandFun
6 жыл бұрын
Robert Bsteh hey Robert. it has no withholding period so she is all good to milk into the vat.
@rodneyswales6538
6 жыл бұрын
milk fever is a mineral/ vitamin deficiency problem .you treat them with a calcium mixture. you don't use drugs in treatment. normally a cow will get up with one treatment ,rarely two. to much given at one time will kill a cow. once I had cow drop on my feet when we started giving her a third bottle . 2 pints in a bottle. after treatment I always skipped one milking sometimes two. a cow will only get milk fever in first day of calving, I withheld milk from "fresh" recently calved cows for three days to feed calves and get dry cow treatment out of her system. also had creamery test milk for drugs to be sure it is clean
@irishyt6158
6 жыл бұрын
Do you get milk fever more often in crossbreds or straight holstein or jersey
@FamilyFarmingandFun
6 жыл бұрын
We don’t have any straight Holstein they are all crossbreds. But I would say they are some of the bigger cows that get milk fever or if they have had a long calving. Thanks for the questions
@JamesOBrien2253
6 жыл бұрын
Milk fever and grass tetany are the worst do you get many cows per year with milk fever
@FamilyFarmingandFun
6 жыл бұрын
We have had 5 cows that have gone down with milk fever out of 230. That’s pretty normal for us not sure if it’s high
@rodneyswales6538
6 жыл бұрын
5 out of 230 is a very low occurrence rate. in my opinion you're doing a very good job managing nutrition on grass. I usually had 5 to 10 cows out of 100 cows.: most mid-to-late winter lowest rate when they were on grass. but we are in a free stall barn on grain and silage along with pasture. keep up the excellent work
@rodneyswales6538
6 жыл бұрын
it might look cruel trying to get her up but if they stay down too long they can pinch a nerve and be crippled
@FamilyFarmingandFun
6 жыл бұрын
Rodney Swales tough love
@FamilyFarmingandFun
6 жыл бұрын
Rodney Swales thanks
@rodneyswales6538
6 жыл бұрын
n you can tell by the way the cow is moving around later on the film you can tell he did an excellent job and finding her and getting her treated early
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