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Faunsdale, AL | Either Nolvosan (chlorhexadine) solution as described above or iodine solution, not tincture of iodine like for navels and not iodine scrub. There's been some work with killing off quarters with chronic Staph aureus as opposed to culling a cow. It works better for that than for a cow with a hot, possibly coliform type infection like the stepped on teats may have. Those cows don't need any more stress and this is sort of stressful.
The researchers said that the chlorhexadine treated quarters would sometimes come back into production after the next calving, but could also still be infected with Staph. None of the iodine infused quarters came back, so no more Staph from them! I think they recommended 2 treatments 24 hrs apart. | |
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Dairy cow- injured teat
