A calf is approximately 70 percent water at birth. The scouring calf loses fluids and rapidly dehydrates. In addition, dehydration is associated with loss of essential body chemicals ...

95% of infectious calf scours is caused by rotavirus, coronavirus, or Cryptosporidium. Dehydration is what kills calves, and correcting with supplemental electrolytes is the most crucial part of any ...

Adam Woods takes a look at Coccidiosis infection , tetany prevention and getting the all important BPS application lodged ...

“When we’re talking about scours in calves, what kills the calf is dehydration,” he said. “It does take the organism to initiate the scours, but what really kills the calf is that they become ...

Inevitably, calves will scour at some point ... but it is vital to keep offering the calf her normal ration of milk or replacer. Withholding milk will not make a disease pass more quickly and will ...

PARTNER OF THE BAR FIVE ON YOUR HEALTH THIS MORNING. TREATING A NAGGING PAIN IN YOUR CALF. IF REST DOESN’T DO THE TRICK, THERE’S A CHANCE IT COULD BE SOMETHING WORSE THAN A STRAIN OR A CRAMP.

An Asian Elephant Calf Was Born at Zurich Zoo and Its Name Will Start With the Letter Z ZURICH (AP) — A 19-year-old Asian elephant at the Zurich Zoo gave birth this weekend to a male calf whose ...

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Scour is a leading cause of calf mortality, accounting for nearly 30% of calf deaths while also hindering growth and performance as well as increasing workload for farmers. Prevention is always ...

MANILA, Philippines — Myla Pablo relished her comeback to PVL’s biggest stage but she wasn’t pleased with her performance after struggling with her minor calf injury in Game 1 of the 2024-25 ...

Conservationists are celebrating the birth of a new calf among the endangered southern resident killer whale population. The baby, born to J-Pod, was first spotted by a field biologist with the ...