red swollen teats

pbs · #1 03/09/07, 01:30 PM

We have a new mom with very red, swollen teats - hard to the touch. Her milk is lumpy. And often we find her resting and walking on her front - knees?
Her two kids won't nurse from her, but wait for us to bottle-feed them. There is no fever that we can detect, but mom looks really uncomfortable. One goat friend advised LA200. Any other thoughts out there?

Hip_Shot_Hanna · #2 03/09/07, 02:16 PM

Well, first off.. and I'm no expert here, but it sounds like she has a bad case of mastitis, and it's a good thing her babies aren't drinking the milk as it would be full of bacteria.

Walking on her knees indicates other problems as well. Do her hooves feel hot? The reason she is walking on her knees is because her feet HURT. If her hooves are hot, she may have foundered on feed and has laminitis. It could be injury to her feet. Are her hooves overgrown?http://www.tennesseemeatgoats.com/ar...eringoats.html

vallyfarm · #3 03/09/07, 11:03 PM

Mastitas. Not much can be done about it if it is as bad as it sounds. Mikl is bad. Either bottle feed the young'uns or find a doner mother. Basicly the goat shouldn't be bread anymore. Sometimes this can "just happen", but often will happen if the goat isn't dried off properly after a lactation. Mike

Cloverbud · #4 03/11/07, 09:29 PM

If she'll let you touch her udder, milk her out. It gets the bacteria out of the udder, along with the milk the bacteria is feeding on. Keep milking her out until she's better. I'm sure someone here (or your veterinarian) can suggest appropriate drugs to use in conjunction with continued milking. The milk won't be useful during or for a period after treatment, but it's not useful at this point anyhow. I don't know about not breeding her again...the cow guys don't cull at the first bout of mastitis, but will if it's a continuing problem.

GoldenWood Farm · #5 03/11/07, 10:50 PM

Maybe CAE? I am guessing mastitis or CAE......sorry I have never dealt with mastitis so am not help there and someone more experianced would know more if it could be CAE. The hard udder and walking on knees seems to point to possible CAE positive doe.

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