Milk doesnt taste that great after a day

I milk into a glass jar through the filter and store in the same. The jars are run through the dishwasher on high heat first.

I may have figured out the problem. The filter has white clumps and stringy pieces of milk in it so maybe mastitis? I'm continuing to milk her but we're not drinking it.


WHat is the best treatment if so?

You want to clear this up before you dry her up- instead of tomorrow you may want to treat with today-- it works to treat today. Also nateral cures are garlic frequent milkings - cought early I can clear most mastitis by milking completely and often.
This is one problem I have found leaving calves on--
Liz

So, I was told that once she has been treated with antibiotics - she can never be considered organic again.

That seems really harsh. I am having her milk tested to see if she, in fact, has mastitis. I m ilked her last night and filtered all of it and there was nothing in there. She's not red or hot either. If she has it - maybe its a very mild case or just starting?

If your getting stringy bits in your milk and the quarter is now feeling firm, there is not doubt that she has mastitis and it's probably time you dried this cow off.

Is being organic important to you? I'm not organic and I don't muck around with these things. If she were my cow I would be putting her immediately on a coarse of udder pen. over three days at the same time as starting to dry her off. On the last milking I would be giving her dry cow therapy in the offending quarter to ensure that she doesn't come in next season with mastitis in that quarter.

Giving udder penecillan is not difficult and is not painful for the cow. The main thing is to ensure that the teat is clean on application and I always swab them with meths, and that once the protective covering is taken off the tube, it goes straight into the teat.

Cheers,
Ronnie

that is sad to hear. You were so excited to get her, and you have put so much work into this.

I hope you find some satisfaction.

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Do you milk out the first squirts into a strip cup? It can help you catch problems when they first begin (stringiness, etc.) and it also makes sure any dirt, teat wash, etc. that may possibly be left after you clean gets disposed of, rather than put in the pail. We do the first squirts from our goats in a strip cup and then the dog gets that over her kibble. We don't have a milk cow yet, but I imagine we'll do the same when we get one.

Try hot packs and massaging the utter to help clear the mastitis.