KEEPING PASTURES SAFE

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April/May 1992
 
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Symptoms include fever, diminished appetite, and reduced milk production. After a few days of the disease, what little milk the cow does have will be thick. Unlike mastitis, there will be no swelling or hardness of the udder. Appetite gradually returns, but milk production usually stays very low. During the fever stage of the disease, the fetus in a pregnant cow will die. However, it is not likely to be aborted until weeks or even months go by.

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Anyone who owns livestock should
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Prevention of lepto is accomplished by immunizing with a bacterin for the particular lepto in your area. Your local veterinarian will know which bacterin is best to administer, as well as the best time of year to do so. In areas where lepto is a big problem, one dose of bacterin is usually given prior to pasture season, and another in late summer. A third dosage is sometimes given in fall (prior to stabling), depending on housing and herd size.

Anyone who owns livestock should have a thermometer and a speaking relationship with a local veterinarian familiar with livestock. By having a thermometer, you could have checked your cows temperature when she first refused to eat the grain. After determining fever, you could have called your vet and started early antibiotic treatment. This would have saved the cow, her milk production, and probably the calf she was carrying.

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