Best milker with mastisi

[steff bugielski]

She is ready to deliver in the next day or two. One side is hard and I am certain has mastisis.
I have been putting a hot compress on it and milking it out but she has no milk yet. Will she come into milk after the infection is gone or will that side shut down for the season. It kills me she has had only one kid for 3 years now, she is four, and this year I am certain she is having twins. I was hoping for extra milk from her not less.

[nehimama]

Is it possible at all that it's edema, rather than mastitis? I'm so sorry she's got this problem, and sorry I don't know the answer to your question.

NeHi

[whatknott]

Have you tried using "Today or Tomorrow"? It's a product that you insert into the opening of the teat and the meds help heal it. Some vets say to not do anything, including don't milk her; but a lot of goat people have told me to milk all of it out and then use one of these products.

[susanne]

steff i would treat this side aggressively with antibiotics after you have taken a sample of the fluid that is coming out. even though you might not be able to use her milk for human (but for the kids you can ) consumption, you might save the udder from going uneven.

after she freshened, milk her as often as your time allows and keep the udder empty. milk is a fantastic medium to grow bacteria

[steff bugielski]

Well she kidded last night with twins. The side in question is hard and cheesey with some blood. i have been trying to milk it out but barely any thing comes out.
Will the Today do any harm for future freshenings?

[valsey]

I am a novice, but I did go through a case of gangrene mastitis and I learned that immediate intervention is necessary - if that's what it is. Blood indicates to me that it is.

Here's the thread (my experience) - very long
Bloody milk - sick doe - Help

a link:
http://www.saanendoah.com/gmastitis.html

and my documentation (most recent comes first, scroll to beginning):
http://gangrenemastitis.blogspot.com/

[susanne]

Originally Posted by steff bugielski

Well she kidded last night with twins. The side in question is hard and cheesey with some blood. i have been trying to milk it out but barely any thing comes out.
Will the Today do any harm for future freshenings?

sorry to hear that. i doubt the today will be enough for this kind of mastitis.
i will pm you.

[Charleen]

Blood in the milk and pink milk is actually common with newly freshened udders because the capillaries are swelling.

Do you have any type of lotion with peppermint oil in it? I would massage that into her udder in addition to the hot compresses.

[Vicki McGaugh TX Nubians]

Bummer Steph. Until you get some milk coming down a test will be inconclusive, because of the way the hormones and colostrum are, you can't get a mastitic reading on colostrum. Milk her, use high doses of vitamin C. Use banamine to take the inflammation down and if you give it about 20 minutes before you milk each time, you can massage the udder much more aggressively without her minding so much.

Have you tested her for CAE?

Please don't use antibiotics until you have some milk coming in to test, then when you have a diagnosis, choose one of the two protocoals....if she tests positive for some things you would want to put her down rather than let this spread through your milking string.

I tested my whole herd for staph several years ago when one of my best does came down with mastitis...I went back to vaccination, haven't have a positive test now in 5 years. Vaccination with Lysigin and dry cowing each doe as you dry them is essential when you are dependant on your milk sales. Vicki

[Dodgegal79]

Colostrum is usuaully pink and clotty. Don't so anything really until 2-3 days and then check the milk. The babies need that colostrum.