Hi Walter,
I know almost nothing about pigs and little enough about dairy cows, but
perhaps "udder caked up and she didn't give no milk" means severe udder
edema? When we were raising up holfords, a couple of heifers suffered very
swollen udders which were very difficult to get milk out of for us or the
calves, partly due to pain and perhaps due to the pressure reducing milk
production?
Sumner Roberts
Meadowsweet Farm
Swanville, Maine
> From: "Walter H. Jeffries" <Highlands@blacklightning.com>
> Thanks Aaron, I've been reading about mastitis. What the other farmer
> said was "the sow's udder caked up and she didn't give no milk." In
> interpret that to be mastitis. I've been reading about MMA and what
> I've found so far all suggests infection issues as the cause.
>
> On thing that occurred to me is that he didn't mention the age of the
> sow. I wonder if it was a gilt and was fat at a young age which might
> have interfered with the development of the mammary glands resulting in
> a lower milk production. Does that make sense? I've read that can be an
> issue with fat heifers giving them large udders that are not
> productive.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Walter Jeffries
> Sugar Mtn Farm
> Orange, Vermont
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