rubbing udder?

Oakshire_Farm · #1 04/09/11, 02:35 AM

Has any one dealt with a udder that is rubbing against a cows inner thigh? My little heifer,she is 17 months, just had her first calf. She has turned out to be a awesome little milker! I am getting about a gallon and a half twice a day from her! But the other night I was milking and I noticed a "funk" at first I thought maybe she didn't "clean" and had a infection? I told my hubby, who had a plugged nose and could not smell any thing. But we both took a peak under her tail and everything looked and smelled normal? So the other morning we had a cold frost, and my hands were cold, so I slid them along the side of her udder while th machine was milking her and it was horrible! When I pulled my hands out they were all ucky! That is where the funk was coming from! The skin was all sloughing and it was raw. She did not like my hands in there, I can understand that. She has a great little udder, but it is just so big and she is so small and it rubs on her inner thighs.

Has anyone dealt with this what did you do??? I used some udder balm and rubber it up there. It has a antiseptic in there so I though it would be good?

tinknal · #2 04/09/11, 02:58 AM

Pretty common actually. I would treat it with some kind of antibacterial salve like nitrofurizone cream.

ETA, wash it first with warm soapy water.

Tad · #3 04/09/11, 05:56 AM

Called a bag sore, fairly common. You can use corn starch to draw out the moisture.

Oakshire_Farm · #4 04/09/11, 12:59 PM

Thanks! I have never seen it, my husband used to work on dairy farms and he had never seen it on the farm either. I was worried.

I will try dusting with corn starch... I have been putting on the udder balm, it is a antiseptic. How long does this normally last for?

oregon woodsmok · #5 04/09/11, 01:56 PM

Gold Bond Powder clears it up really fast. Just don't get it into your milk. Eucalyptus flavored milk: yuck.

After the area is dry and the infection cleared up, you can spread a bit of bag balm in the area and that will prevent the rubbing that sets her up for the bacterial infection. I'd look up the name of the bug for you, but it doesn't really matter. It's an opportunistic bacteria that gets into broken and chaffed skin. It stinks. It's slimy. If you don't treat it and it it gets deeper, it will start burning and be painful. It's easy to get rid of, so don't put it off.

She sounds like a wonderful cow.

shagerman · #6 04/14/11, 12:04 PM

yep my jersey was rubbing. and i used beda dine on her. 2x a day for a couple of days then used the purple spray on her. all healed in a couple more days.