A36—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 21,1981 Spencer recommended producers keep their bulk tanks and in dividual cow levels under 300,000 What can a producer do when the count has topped the 500,000 mark? “Teat dip,” Spencer recom mended strongly This practice is the single most important factor in helping to control mastitis, the specialist said “Teat dipping never cures mastitis,” he pointed out “It only prevents organisms from colonizing on the skin of the teat ” Another preventative measure is dry cow treatment Spencer cited rags or sponges, and put a sanitizer in the water. —Culture all cows with counts of 1,500,000 and up (DHIA codes 7’s, B’s,and9’s) If a ‘staph’ infection is found, take measures to prevent spread by isolating, and milk all infected cows last Mastitis treatment durmg lactation has a low per centage of success and stringent withdrawal regulations, so dry treatment is recommended, Spencer said For cows treatment to statistics which show '•ows are level to an most susceptible to infection from the day of drying off to 7 days after the last milking This suscep tibility levels off during the dry period and increases again at parturition For those producers who find themselves with counts over 1,000,000, Spencer recommended the following management routine be followed: Teat dip all cows m the herd Dry treat all cows, Check milking machines, making sure they’re in good operating condition Review milking procedures to insure proper sanitation use only paper towels to prep cows, no J. 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PEACHEY Star Route, Box 35 Belleville, PA 17004 PH (717)483-6714 LAPP SHARPENING SERVICE Gibble Road, Route 2, Box 276 Myerstown, Pa 17067 LAPP’S HARDWARE A DAIRY SUPPLIES Box 96, Loop Rd , RD4 Quarryville, PA 17566 Mastitis tips (Continued from Page A 34) about all the noted Spencer cautioned producers to be careful to treat mastitis cases properly. Improper treatment could lead to severe yeast mastitis for which there is no treatment The dairy specialist cited the following list, developed by W N Philpot of Louisiana State University, recognizing some teat dips found to be effective against one or more common mastitis organisms Bio-dme teat dip and Bio-guard teat dip, manufactured by Bio- Lab, Inc , Blu-gard, Teat Guard, and Udder Guard, manufactured by Klenzade Products; Bovadme, # $ 4 St h i*. Js* & 600 lbs Choice of 10" FARM BUREAU Mill Street Dublin. PA 18917 FARM BUREAU 115 Washington Ave Souderton, PA 18964 PH (215)273 4355 ROBERT GUTSHALL RD 1212 Womelsdorf, PA 19567 PH (717)933 4616 CHESTER INGRAM Hublersburg RD 2 Bellefonte, PA 16823 PH (814) 383 2798 DELIVERIES AVAILABLE with strep non ag, reduce the infection acceptable level is producer can do, he This 1 he results are in and they prove that the Agvvav veal feeding program can help get your veal to market weight fast I ’’° The A, ■ v eal i ne Agwav vea. feeding program . , 7-, rTu i 1 ted conversion rai consists 01 thrGO kov ktding prognm rt feeds Agvvay Veal calves gamed om F* Pre-Starter, Veal lbs off ~ dfed Starter, and Veal Firasher. Thoroughly tested by Land 0’ Lakes, manu facturer of Agway veal feeds, and on over 400 calves at three professional veal producing farms, these feeds really performed. On the three farms, average gam per calf was 2 28 lbs a day. with a feed conversion rate of 1 64 lbs of feed per pound gamed Franklin Guernsey breeders CHAMBERSBURG - School was out rn Washington’s Birthday, iiidiiuiactured by West Agro- Chemical, Inc.; Cutisan teat dip, manufactured by Pennwalt Cor poration, De Laval after milking teat dip, by Bonewitz Chemical Services, Hibidip teat dip, ICI Americas, Inc ; IBS FS 104 teat dip, IBA, Inc ; Mastimin, Diversey Chemicals, MKP NO ’Dine teat dip, Masti-Kure Products Co., Inc , Monarch iodine teat dip (0 5%), Monarch Mix ’N Dip chlorinated teat dip powder, by H B. Fuller Co.; Nolvasan teat dip, Fort Dodge Laboratories, Puridme, Ralston Purina; Teat Kote, Tegragon, TD-34 cosmetic based teat dip, Babson Bros.; and Tilcon teat dip, BASF Wyandotte Corporation. It was pointed out teat dips need to be geared for individual cows, with some being sensitive to certain products Teat dips should not be used when weather con ditions might produce freezing teats if cows are turned out after milking A list of FDA dry treatment products is available at the local Extension office f ' ited 2.28 lbs. a day on the veal feeding program. Andfhaft not unusual. Kul ! t(i ■ ENTERPRISE fAGWfIY) SERVICE V -. barn with a pipeline but the cows are housed in free stalls. Paul and his family do a lot of showing at local shows where they have won several top placmgs and also show in Harrisburg at the All-American The largest operation visited by the group was the farm of H. Eugene Bendig and Wililiam Powell They milk 'bO head, halt Holstems and half Guernseys The only part of this farm toured was the new heifer operation con sisting of a VPI Counter Slope open heifer shed for smaller calves and a large, loose housing barn with a capacity of 76 head. The dry cows are housed here along with bred heifers They've also installed a serapeout feeding area and a well designed manure pit. The animals were exceptionally thrifty and well grown out. The Franklin County Guernsey Breeders had an informative and enjoyable day and are looking for ward to their next meeting which will be the Annual Banquet to be held on March 27, 7 pm at the Edenville Community Center The speaker will be Lancaster Countian Peter Witmer, who will present slides of his recent trip to the Isle of Guernsey TRV THE FARM-TESTED AGWAY VEAL PROGRAM \\ vt i\ ftedb use top qualil\ fit md nulk prutcm