why is my goats milk darker on the bottom of the jar?
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made with goat’s milk and sold by the inch (.75/2.5cm). I’ll confess, I wanted to try it, but I didn’t. I picked up another bread that was supposedly similar. I just just impressed with the length of this bread and how straight it was (which I’d imagine a small challenge if they had to shove it into a large oven with paddles).
Question by person: why is my goats milk darker on the bottom of the jar?
Hello i have a dairy nubian goat in milk. We have noticed that her milk has a very dark tint to it on the bottom of the jar or even when u put it into a cup it separates. What could this be? and how do i get rid of it? …she has all her shots and is CAE and CL free. thank you!
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I am not certain what this could be. Did you milk her last year, and was the milk normal at that time? Is this a recent or sudden change that happened during this lactation? When you say darker, what color or shade is it? If you are keeping production records has there been a sharp decline in her production recently? The first thing I would do is a CMT (California Mastitis Test) test,
If Mastitis IS present I would treat her with TODAY, an Intermamory treatment available online or at some feed stores. If that is not possible 5 days of Penicillin injection into a muscle 1 cc per 25 lbs should do the trick but do not skip doses as you may end up with a resistant strain and she will be more difficult to treat later. If Mastitis is present it is important to milk her out 4 times a day until the symptoms of infection is gone. If you do not there is a chance she can loose the infected half of the udder.
If mastitis is NOT present there could be an injury to the udder, but from what you said it doesn’t seem likely. I would recommend bringing or shipping overnight samples to a diagnostic lab in a well sealed container, in a soft pack lunchbox with ice packs. Perhaps the tests could shed some light on the situation. If the tests come back fine and the milk taste and texture is normal, then this may just be a normal thing for your doe although a bit strange.
Adrienne
March 1, 2013 at 4:41 pm