Do cows in savannahs get mastitis?

[mexiprep]

I'm living in some pretty inhospitable terrain which my cows are bread to resist but one of them has something resembling mastitis should I worry and do I need to look for some drugs for it?

 

[DrHenley]

Sub-clinical mastitis is prevalent among lactating cows in the Nigerian Savannah

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22894639

 

[Dani]

I would think any lactating animal is subject to getting mastitis no matter where they lived. Is yellowish clumps? We have an antibiotic that we can pick up at our feed store. Just insert into the teat to administrator plus we will give an injection of LA200. We've had to deal with it one time when the bull attacked our milk cow and it got pretty tore up and infected by laying in wet pastures.

 

[Dani]

Btw. . . If it's just one teat nfected keep that milk separated out. I wouldn't take the chance on drinking any of it personally, given that she will need to be given antibiotics, but still good to use as nourishment for gardens. You will still need to thoroughly milk out as much of that infected pus.

 

[Maverick]

Yes, just about anywhere, sanitation is one of the biggest contributing factor. Make sure the equipment and hands are clean, keeping them pinned all the time also raises the risk. Shots you can pick up from feed store or Vet are relatively cheap.

 

[Dani]

Yes, just about anywhere, sanitation is one of the biggest contributing factor. Make sure the equipment and hands are clean, keeping them pinned all the time also raises the risk. Shots you can pick up from feed store or Vet are relatively cheap.

Mav, I've read where someone had luck of treatment by using peppermint udder cream and letting calf suck her out. Have you tried it or heard of this before? Like I said earlier, I've only dealt with this one time and as expensive as it is to by a Jersey, I wasn't wanting or willing to take a chance. Only udder problem with the goats so far was a lump caused by a calcium build up. She just had to have warm compressed and massaged to get it to break up. I grow peppermint so wondering if a peppermint tincture could possibly work on mastitis given if the peppermint udder cream was successful? Just trying to consider things if the antibiotics were not available.

 

[Maverick]

Mav, I've read where someone had luck of treatment by using peppermint udder cream and letting calf suck her out. Have you tried it or heard of this before? Like I said earlier, I've only dealt with this one time and as expensive as it is to by a Jersey, I wasn't wanting or willing to take a chance. Only udder problem with the goats so far was a lump caused by a calcium build up. She just had to have warm compressed and massaged to get it to break up. I grow peppermint so wondering if a peppermint tincture could possibly work on mastitis given if the peppermint udder cream was successful? Just trying to consider things if the antibiotics were not available.

No, I haven't tried that, I'm going to have to look into that, sure be better than drugs!

 

[user 6789]

pulling on the teat can cause mastitis rather than squeezing it when milking the animal. Also a overly active young one can cause it by feeding to hard on mom.