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Edema
Mar 2, 2015 20:01:12 GMT -6
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Post by kclark on Mar 2, 2015 20:01:12 GMT -6
Edema in first calf heifers. Other than excess milk production leading to later udder problems, what are your thoughts?
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Edema
Mar 2, 2015 21:11:17 GMT -6
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Post by picketwire on Mar 2, 2015 21:11:17 GMT -6
where are you seeing the edema on them?
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Edema
Mar 3, 2015 5:10:56 GMT -6
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Post by kclark on Mar 3, 2015 5:10:56 GMT -6
In front of udder. Been bagged up tight for a week or more. Noticed about 36hrs before calving.
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Post by timbernt on Mar 3, 2015 7:08:26 GMT -6
I see several each year in my first calf Simmental heifers. It is in the heifers that have a lot of milk; possibly those with the tight udder attachments with nice teat attachment like you want. My Herefords don't milk well enough to fit in that category. Good feed and being confined with less exercise no doubt makes it worse. Those same heifers do not seem to have problems when they turn into cows. You need to make sure the udder does not get ruined in this period. I would hesitate to treat them until they calve. Treatment consists of 2 choices; a diuretic such as Lasix or corticosteroids. While there is no mastitis involved at first there is a really good environment for bacterial growth so you should use an antibiotic to head off infection. The cortisone treatment is more conservative, but usually relieves enough swelling so the veins to begin to "catch up" to the amount of blood flowing in on the arterial side. Diuretics are fairly extreme and can shrink a young heifer to the point of being stressful.
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