Post by Applelonia on Aug 2, 2017 0:29:58 GMT -5
Received a disheartening milk sample report today.....
Applelonia has never had anything "bad" for bacteria on the milk cultures before ...Staph Species and often very low.
Appy was drying up. Her udder was shrinking. It looked good.
She has no redness, swelling, lumps, etc..... udder looks 100 percent normal. Milk has always looked normal as well. Thought things were going well. Previous to this, I'd checked her milk with CMT and PortaSCC several times and things look good. The most recent DNA milk test, she had a few months prior to this, was good and the SCC was about 200,000 and below.
I had sent in a sample to the lab last week just to double check things before she was completely dried off. Got the results back today. Not good. At least the research I've done (googling Nocardia in cows) seems to look like culling is often the choice. Kiebsiella also doesn't appear too promising either....
The vet didn't feel any treatment would do much, as most of the bacterias are environmental. They said with the drug resistance, the options were limited for any meds given directly into the udder.
She acts healthy - full energy. Eating well. A healthy weight. Outwardly does not appear "off" in any way.
Here are the results:
Milk Coliform <1 in all quarters except FL 46 CFU/mL
SPC <1 in all quarters except FL 15,000 CFU/mL
BL - Nocardia Low
FL - Strep Species, Staph Species, Kiebsiella, E.Coli - Low
FR - Staph Species - Medium
BR - Staph Species - Low
Resistant to: Ampicillin, Cephalothin, Ceftiofur, Pirlimycin, Penicillin
Susceptible to Tetracycline
Is doing nothing but finishing drying up as the vet recommended the best treatment?
From my research, it looks like Nocardia can be spread to other cows. Prior to this, the plan was to not breed her again and keep her as a pet. If she's not producing milk in the future, would she still be a carrier and spreading it. Nocardia apparently is common in the environment - can be in soil, water, plants....
Thinking of doing a DNA milk test just to confirm she has all these bacteria and there was no sample contamination on my part.
Applelonia has never had anything "bad" for bacteria on the milk cultures before ...Staph Species and often very low.
Appy was drying up. Her udder was shrinking. It looked good.
She has no redness, swelling, lumps, etc..... udder looks 100 percent normal. Milk has always looked normal as well. Thought things were going well. Previous to this, I'd checked her milk with CMT and PortaSCC several times and things look good. The most recent DNA milk test, she had a few months prior to this, was good and the SCC was about 200,000 and below.
I had sent in a sample to the lab last week just to double check things before she was completely dried off. Got the results back today. Not good. At least the research I've done (googling Nocardia in cows) seems to look like culling is often the choice. Kiebsiella also doesn't appear too promising either....
The vet didn't feel any treatment would do much, as most of the bacterias are environmental. They said with the drug resistance, the options were limited for any meds given directly into the udder.
She acts healthy - full energy. Eating well. A healthy weight. Outwardly does not appear "off" in any way.
Here are the results:
Milk Coliform <1 in all quarters except FL 46 CFU/mL
SPC <1 in all quarters except FL 15,000 CFU/mL
BL - Nocardia Low
FL - Strep Species, Staph Species, Kiebsiella, E.Coli - Low
FR - Staph Species - Medium
BR - Staph Species - Low
Resistant to: Ampicillin, Cephalothin, Ceftiofur, Pirlimycin, Penicillin
Susceptible to Tetracycline
Is doing nothing but finishing drying up as the vet recommended the best treatment?
From my research, it looks like Nocardia can be spread to other cows. Prior to this, the plan was to not breed her again and keep her as a pet. If she's not producing milk in the future, would she still be a carrier and spreading it. Nocardia apparently is common in the environment - can be in soil, water, plants....
Thinking of doing a DNA milk test just to confirm she has all these bacteria and there was no sample contamination on my part.