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ECOLI and calf

Tomjim · 2015-01-30 21:40:49

I had 2 calves with ecoli. I am going to vaccinate the rest of the cows against scour. Question if I buy a calf to put on a cow (this cow's calf had ecoli but is better) is there anything I could give the bought in calf to stop them getting ecoli. The cow has a lot of milk

30-01-2015 9:40pm

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I had 2 calves with ecoli.

I am going to vaccinate the rest of the cows against scour.

Question if I buy a calf to put on a cow (this cow's calf had ecoli but is better) is there anything I could give the bought in calf to stop them getting ecoli.

The cow has a lot of milk

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#2 30-01-2015 10:17pm

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An older calf, such as you'd buy, should be unlikely to get E. coli.

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#3 30-01-2015 10:42pm

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or if the calf you buy has had biestings from a vaccinated cow

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what age of a calf would not be expected to get ecoli?

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#5 30-01-2015 11:35pm

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As a rule of thumb E. coli is usually a problem of calves up to about 5 days old. Add a few extra days to cover the out-liers and you are still looking at a calf less than a week old.

AHI Calf Scour Information booklet.

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#6 02-02-2015 6:48pm

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vaccinated the cows on saturday its expensive 203 euro for 20 cows.

There was 1 cow I didn't vaccinate as she is due to calve this week.

Is there anything I can give the calf to stop him getting ecoli?

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