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 ...

“Scours remains the leading cause of morbidity ... of the colostrum and then move onto how it is fed to calves and all subsequent milk feed preparation and administration equipment,” adds ...

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 ...

To understand the significance of Gary Strobel’s scientific breakthrough, look no further than calf 166, an animal that was on death’s door before the researcher intervened. In a calving barn ...