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| Instructions for use |
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| When to use? After injury or surgery in the area of the teat canal. |
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How to use? Clean the teat using warm water and soap and disinfect the
teat. Drain the milk with a sterile milking tube. Administer an
intramammary antibiotic. Insert the SIMPL into the teat canal. Only handle
the SIMPL’s head. Clean your hands and use latex gloves. Bandage the
teat and rest it for several days. Resting the teat speeds up healing and
decreases the risk of mastitis. |
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Injured teats are often rested for 3 x 3 days: this means
cleaning/disinfecting, draining off milk, administering an antibiotic, inserting
a SIMPL and bandaging the teat on the day when the injury occurred (day
0), 3 days later (day 3) and 6 days later (day 6). The teat is rested, i.e. not
milked, from the day when the injury occurred until 9 days thereafter (day
9) when milking is resumed. |
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What happens with the milk? Following cessation of milking for several
days, the milk may appear watery, milk yield may decrease and somatic
cell count may increase. However, most often milk appearance, milk yield
and somatic cell count return to normal after milking is resumed. |
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What happens with the SIMPL? The SIMPL is made from tissue-friendly
silicone. It is pliable and follows teat movements. The SIMPL is sterile. Do
not reuse. Reuse may infect the quarter with bacteria. |
