[Ag-eq] Bonny

[Zach]

Sorry, I just love this topic. 

Zachary Mason
M.S. Student
Animal and Dairy Sciences
Mississippi State University

-----Original Message-----
From: Ag-eq [mailto:ag-eq-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Danielle Ledet
via Ag-eq
Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2016 4:01 PM
To: Agricultural and Equestrean Division List <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Danielle Ledet <singingmywayin at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Bonny

Yep it's just like us humans. Don't want to take off all the good stuff
before the calf can get it. Sort of defeats the purpose. It also helps the
calf to fight off diseases as well. And, mastitis is not fun for Mom. I
personally do all I can to avoid it! Good luck with bonnie and her new calf.

funny enough my sister just had a baby, and, me not having experienced this,
I know what to do, but I asked her what she does to dry up her milk since
she has opted not to breastfeed her children. Still never got an answer,
though I am sure she is done by now since her milk just came in day after I
asked her but she had already left. I never hear any non-BFers talk about
this. I find it odd.

On 7/2/16, Zach via Ag-eq <ag-eq at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> There was a study done by a Cornell faculty that tried pre-parturition 
> milking of colostrum. It had some interesting implications but I can't 
> remember if it had to do with somatic cell or milk yield. Either way, 
> you're right.  For the calf's sake I wouldn't pre-milk colostrum. It 
> results in the thin colostrum you mentioned which will not get the 
> calf off to a good start.
>
> I would also be very careful about taking any small samples before 
> calving as that really increases the risk of exposure to mastitis 
> causing pathogens.
>
>
> Did she get a dry-off therapy, or is this her first calf? My new 
> research project looks at milk quality on commercial dairy farms in 
> the southeast; so keep me up to date how things go and if you have 
> questions, I'll do my best or refer you to someone who knows. :)
>
>
> Zac
>
> P.S. I've recently been referred to a blind high school student from 
> Virginia interested in careers in animal agriculture. If you're from 
> the state or near-by, and might be interested in advising,  please 
> give me a shout.
>
> Zachary Mason
> M.S. Student
> Animal and Dairy Sciences
> Mississippi State University
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ag-eq [mailto:ag-eq-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Nella 
> Foster via Ag-eq
> Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2016 10:16 AM
> To: 'Agricultural and Equestrean Division List' <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Nella Foster <jellybeanfarm at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Bonny
>
>
> Jewel:
>
> I milk a drop or 2 out of her to see what it feels like.  Right before 
> birth the colostrum will be very thick and sticky.  As the young 
> animal nurses the milk gets thinner until it is regular milk.  When I 
> milk out a drop or 2 now it is thin and oily, so that means the 
> colostum is not fully formed.  If I start milking out larger amounts 
> she may not produce the thick sticky milk which is the most important 
> for the new born calf.
>
> This is how I understood the vets explanation.  He keeps some Jersey 
> cattle and tells me to leave her alone until she calves.  Then I'm to 
> let the calf have all it wants for the first few hours.  After that I 
> can start milking out the colostrum.  She will have more than just one 
> calf needs.  I will freeze the colostrum and am going to give it to some
friends with a ranch.
> They can use it for any orphan calves or if a cow doesn't have enough
milk.
>
> Nella
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ag-eq [mailto:ag-eq-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jewel via 
> Ag-eq
> Sent: Friday, July 01, 2016 11:33 PM
> To: Agricultural and Equestrean Division List
> Cc: Jewel
> Subject: [Ag-eq] Bonny
>
> Unless Bonny is having the litter as I suggested she might have been!  
> if you were to milk off some colostrum to reduce the possibility of 
> mastitis , would she not have ample to feed one calf? after all, the 
> supply is not static but is being replaced for the first 3 days of the 
> calf's life before it becomes normal milk.
>
> Jewel
>
>
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