Dehydration is ultimately what kills calves suffering from scours. Electrolyte feedings should be given in addition to milk feedings. If you can, leave the calf with its mother whenever possible.

Causes of calf scours include salmonella, E. Coli, Clostridium, viruses, coccidia, yeasts, and moulds, normally picked up from contaminated milk or feed. Dirty hind quarter. Diarrhoea may ...

What a cow eats and how she’s cared for before calving can shape her calf’s health, resilience and productivity for years to come.

I have three calves on my farm and expecting another two. I normally feed them milk from buckets. I recently observed two of them suffered diarrhea though it wasn’t serious. The diarrhea ...

Amanda advises that transition milk feeding is a very important source ... feeding it have been second to none with no bother with calf scours or respiratory issues. “Last season we only lost ...

The sight of bloody calf scours is a disturbing one, but the condition is not always fatal. University of Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory director Keith Poulsen says pinpointing the ...

So you want to raise a small herd (maybe just two or three head) of cattle and enjoy honest-to-goodness “homegrown” milk, cream, butter, yogurt, cottage cheese, ice cream, and/or beef for a ...