Strawberry milk

[Awnry Abe]

I have a cow, I don't know which one yet, that is all of a sudden giving a bit of blood-tinged milk. Both potential cows are at about 10 months lactation. I thought it was coming from a third cow that just came fresh a few days ago, and that DS just had a bad morning in the milk room and got labels crossed up. But noooope. It is for sure from one of the others.

I'll do a CMT in the morning on both just to be sure, and keep their milk separate. It has been a few weeks since my last test anyway. Is this a blunt trauma issue or is it mastitis related? Oddly enough, production has sharply spiked since the weather has warmed and the washy green grass has come in.

[gone-a-milkin]

It could be either a trauma or a mastitis issue, hard to tell which from here.
Do your CMT and then you will know.

I sure do love the spring flush in milk production.
The cows all seem so much happier, even the oldest less agile ladies are feeling a bit frisky.
Maybe yours got to bucking around out there and that is all the pink milk is about.

Oh, and I absolutely cannot imagine putting strawberry flavored syrup into milk and drinking it...
it reminds me too much of this issue you are having.

[Awnry Abe]

Negative on the CMT. Yesterday's milk looks to be normal, but with lots of bleating mouths to feed, I'll keep her milk out of the human food chain until dry up, which is now.

Reflecting back, right when this started, we had a 1/2 day when our horse was with the cows due to some fencing work. He caused total chaos. He chased the herd around our 5 acre lake twice before DW could get him under control and tied up. I bet all of that gave her some sort of internal udder tear.

Getting back to the topic of drying her up, should I wait a few more days to make triple sure that she is done bleeding before I go with the Go-Dry and call it a season?

[gone-a-milkin]

I would wait a few days to be super sure she isn't getting sick, yes.