Thanks for subscribing! It can be a little nerve-racking but catching it early will help you to address it quickly. Watching her closely and keeping an eye out for any hardness, redness, or swelling will be key. Is your cow due in a few months??
Naw - the horse wouldn't have kicked her there - have the dairy cow out with the horses a lot - they don't fret so much - but if she's after having it twice, then be careful - depending on her age - it might be now sub-clinical and will recur a fair amount - you might not like the antibiotics, but next time around it might be an idea to treat her as well as doing the milking out just to get it cleared out completely. There's then a product called Herbamass which is for mastitis and isn't antibiotic etc - and is meant to have decent results - it's a drench given orally - not sure if you can get that there - it's worth having a few in date ones just to use at that early stage or at birth. Sod knows how it works in humans - but good luck with the cow - they are, likely easier - and you can get dip strips to check for the milk - they are great easy ways to check on the process. Sure it can be done and Jersey's are a bit prone to it - might be worth breeding out a couple of calves to something else to just go through and keep her healthy on there too :) Lovely to see your farm there :)
Great video Kelsey need to give cow a pree calving minerals covers everything
New Sub, thanks for sharing.... we are drying our cow off and mastitis is a worry i have during this time.
Thanks for subscribing! It can be a little nerve-racking but catching it early will help you to address it quickly. Watching her closely and keeping an eye out for any hardness, redness, or swelling will be key. Is your cow due in a few months??
@smithsridge yes in June
@@KCLittleowl So much fun!! Congrats!!
Naw - the horse wouldn't have kicked her there - have the dairy cow out with the horses a lot - they don't fret so much - but if she's after having it twice, then be careful - depending on her age - it might be now sub-clinical and will recur a fair amount - you might not like the antibiotics, but next time around it might be an idea to treat her as well as doing the milking out just to get it cleared out completely.
There's then a product called Herbamass which is for mastitis and isn't antibiotic etc - and is meant to have decent results - it's a drench given orally - not sure if you can get that there - it's worth having a few in date ones just to use at that early stage or at birth.
Sod knows how it works in humans - but good luck with the cow - they are, likely easier - and you can get dip strips to check for the milk - they are great easy ways to check on the process.
Sure it can be done and Jersey's are a bit prone to it - might be worth breeding out a couple of calves to something else to just go through and keep her healthy on there too :) Lovely to see your farm there :)