calf start scour dose

kingping007

hi guys any of ye use this product its called, calf starter, its a scour prevention dose, u give it to calf after birth, suppose to prevent scour,:mad: any experience of it ?or what are ye using to prevent scour in calves.

ZETOR_IS_BETTER

kingping007 wrote: »

what are ye using to prevent scour in calves.

I dont dose for scour. If I see a calf with a wet arse one synulox tablet does the job

bbam

ZETOR_IS_BETTER wrote: »

I dont dose for scour. If I see a calf with a wet arse one synulox tablet does the job

Indeed, only I find that a natural youghert mixed with spoonful of Kaolin powder does the same trick and is much cheaper

Once I tried a box of additive that was supposed to prevent scour in sucks, got it from one of the lads in vans selling such crap... Seriously all 8 calves started scouring after I started it... dumped it soon after!!

ZETOR_IS_BETTER

bbam wrote: »

Indeed, only I find that a natural youghert mixed with spoonful of Kaolin powder does the same trick and is much cheaper

*takes notes*

bbam

ZETOR_IS_BETTER wrote: »

*takes notes*

One regular tesco natural youghert, plus one table spoon kaolin powder, mix with a little warm water..

kingping007

hi what is kaolin power and where can it be got ,this is a cure,im looking 4 prevention thanks..

whelan1

make sure calf gets adequate colostrum... that way his immune system will be better and there should be little or no scours, i dont believe in alot of these products, keep the housing right, disenfect the navel, make sure cow gets pre calving minerals and you should be sorted

bbam

kingping007 wrote: »

hi what is kaolin power and where can it be got ,this is a cure,im looking 4 prevention thanks..

Kaolin is a binder, up to 90% of your tablets for scour is kaolin.
I get it in a local chemists who does some vetinary stuff. Ya know the sort of place.

Whelan is right on the colostrum, if a calf gets plenty it's much less likely to have scour problems. After that care with feeds and plenty of dry bedding goes a long way.

You should also watch out for nutritional scour which usually rectified itself without intervention.

We found that when plenty of fresh hay and water is available from the beginning calves have less scour. Good fresh hay from a sunny summer, not 2012 stuff !, the sort of stuff that smells like the summer.

micky mouse

Me elderly neighbour uses a teaspoon of jeyes fluid with a drop of water.reckons he had a calf stretched out with scour one time and this saved him:eek: Wonder what the inside of his belly is like.I told a vet and he told me tell him to give two teaspoons next time:D

kingping007

thanks guys i do all of the above even put in mats on calf creep and washed down every day ..milk cow straight after calving and tube calf .. but still get scour it goes right through them all thinking of vaccinating the cows this year..going mad