Post by maggiesherd on Jan 17, 2008 7:45:25 GMT -5
Just the thought of it makes me cry and I'm not usually a "wa wa baby" (family phrase) over these things. I think I'm becoming one though.
I have wrestled and wrestled with this. I have read and read. I'm still going to read more. But I keep coming to the conclusion that if Rosie has a chronic issue with mastitis that may never go away, it wouldn't be wise to keep her and constantly wonder if her symptoms are going to worsen. But mostly because Staph A is so contagious trying to keep it out of her good quarters and mostly keep it from spreading to Maggie, ugh, it's just too much. I wish we had a positive I.D. that it was staph a but two cultures came back negative and I don't want to send another one in until I see definite signs such as clumping. Apparently the milk being salty and bitter and flecks on the filter aren't enough to give a positive culture.
If anyone knows of any way that a novice, me, could manage this cow and eliminate the problem in Rosie with not having a chronic tendency toward mastitis and not infection my Maggie, please let me know.
And, for those of you who pray to Jesus, I would ask that you would ask Him to grant us favor with the dairy I got her from. My husband wants to request a trade in and we need to get a well cow. I'm beginning to think we need to look other than a dairy, as they cull the ones that aren't in the best shape. No doubt many 3/4 cows had staph a, otherwise they would've treated them with antibiotics. Right? We picked Rosie instead of a 3/4 cow because they told us her only problem was that her teats were far apart which made the milk machine have a hard time fitting right. We have no reason to doubt them. They are fine people. If we look elsewhere we would want a refund on Rosie because another cow would probably be expensive. We paid 600.00 for Rosie plus the cost to have her AId. Where would I find another cow that wasn't prone to incurable infections?
Thanks,
Carol