‘Dirty’ cows are problematic but, come with a quick and easy fix. To check for evidence of infection or slowed healing after calving, we can metricheck your girls 10 days-4 weeks post-calving.  

This is a quick and simple procedure, where a checker is inserted into the cow’s vagina to scrape out any discharge, which is then examined and scored as either clear or purulent. It is a quick and fast test that can be done at milking time and we can simultaneously draft and treat any positives with the intrauterine nil-milk withholding antibiotic, Metriclean. 

Cows in your herd who are most likely to be affected by infections such as metritis may have:  

• A complicated calving history (assisted/difficult calvings) 

• A lower BCS 

• Retained membranes 

• Stillborn calves 

• Ketosis. 

Having an infection of the uterus can have major effects on the cow’s performance throughout the year – potentially causing reduced milk production and declining conception rates. 

Give the Greymouth clinic a call to book in your metrichecking today!