mastitis in one udder

[Emmetts Dairy]

I dont mess around when I find mastitis. I treat it agressively from the start and rid it as fast as I see it. Its terrible for them...and it can do alot of damage at times if not treated right. Ive seen some messy udders that were not taken care of right from the get go! Sad Im not trying to scare you...but its really important for your girl to get rid of this for her!!

BTW: Systemic means...injectable treatment that gets through her entire system. Not sure if you give your goats shots or your vet does it. If not have someone show you or have the vet come out. I always get a temp to...to make sure the infection is'ant running amuk in her.

Good luck with her. Hope shes okay!

 

[fmizula]

there is not green puss or blood or anything like that. just a watery milk. she is eating and drinking and running arround as usual. the color green i was refering to was the mastitis test strip colors dark green meaning bad mastitis and yellow meaning normal results. i really prefer to not use antibiotic treaments if it is not totally nessesary. i have seeen the test strip color inprove between the two treatments she has recieved so far. i milked her twice today so far and will again, there is just so little in there it seems almost futile. there is maby a quater cup in the morning and night and now at the second time this morning was just squirts. i have on hand two oral solutions of neomycin and also a tetracycline hydrochloride.

 

[fmizula]

my fiance takes care of the injectable stuff as im not to comfortable myself, if it was important im sure i could. i also am using the fight bac stuff to keep it clean.

 

[SuburbanFarmChic]

Ah gotcha. I thought the green you were referring to was milk color. I helped deal with a doe that had an unnoticed punctured udder and the mastitis she got looked like green snot and blood. It was GROSS.

I would keep going with what you are doing. Milk her out no less than 3 times a day and treat her with the teat infusions. I like to milk out and then let the antibiotic sit for a while so I usually treat at say 8pm, then milk out at about 7/8am and then treat again and then milk out at about 2 or 3 and than again at about 8am and treat again. But that is just me.

 

[cmjust0]

Oxytet is one choice, but if I were in your shoes, I'd go with an antibiotic called Gallimycin 100 injectable.. It's erythromycin, 100mg/ml. Dairy cattlemen use it to treat mastitis in their cattle because the drug itself reaches really high concentration levels in milk, which means the udder is one of its main routes of elimination from the body... In other words, it sorta 'targets' the udder.. You can order it from jeffers livestock.. Only $10/bottle, too. Dosage is 1ml/25lbs.

I own some Gallimycin *just in case* but I've never had to use it..... Which is to say, I'm recommending it -- but I've never actually used it. I just know that I *would* use it if I were in your position..

Take that for what it's worth.

 

[aggieterpkatie]

I really recommend sending in a milk sample to test for type of bacteria and sensitivity. IMO, you should really know what you're treating before you treat it.

 

[fmizula]

where do you send milk samples too? how much does that cost?? she is really only producing like maby a quater cup a day.

 

[Island Creek Farm]

Check to see where your state diagnostic lab is....in Alabama we have one at Auburn University (you might check the local university if they have an Ag department). They will culture milk for FREE.

 

[fmizula]

what if there really isnt milk? she is giving like two squirts is that enough?

 

[fmizula]

UPDATE
saw vet today and he said i was doing good with my treatment of mistys udder. he also told me that i had a nice looking goat!!

it was sweet.