Six week old calves with scour

Tomjim

I have 5 calves together with a scour.

The mothers of these calves have all been vaccinated with Rota Corona

The calves now are getting the scour but are all very lively

I remember last year the same thing happened and I got the scour tested and the vet said there was no need to treat them as it was only a mild form of rota virus as the calves had received immunisation from their mother and the scour had to run its course. He was right, there was no problem with the calves after

Is this common with calves that have been vaccinated

charolais0153

Tomjim wrote: »

I have 5 calves together with a scour.

The mothers of these calves have all been vaccinated with Rota Corona

The calves now are getting the scour but are all very lively

I remember last year the same thing happened and I got the scour tested and the vet said there was no need to treat them as it was only a mild form of rota virus as the calves had received immunisation from their mother and the scour had to run its course. He was right, there was no problem with the calves after

Is this common with calves that have been vaccinated

Could it be coccidiosos?

Mooooo

Get it tested again. Are they on whole milk? Could be change in diet of cows if they are going out to grass. Had a couple had a mild scour this year all I did was give an effydral tab in the middle of the day for a day or 2 and sorted it handy enough

orchard farm

Homemade job here,glucose baking soda salt n water.drys em up

greysides

Never say never, I suppose, but 6 weeks is very old for Rotavirus. Coccidiosis would be a possibility though. Maybe time to get them tested again.

Were the tested calves last year as old as these?

Dakota Dan

greysides wrote: »

Never say never, I suppose, but 6 weeks is very old for Rotavirus. Coccidiosis would be a possibility though. Maybe time to get them tested again.

Were the tested calves last year as old as these?

Coccidiosis should be fairly noticeable though isn't that a black scour where the calf is constantly straining?

DaDerv

Had coccidiosis here for the past two years. First came in yearlings in the winter of 16/17. Got a horrible dose of it. Very nearly lost 9 strong cattle.

Two calves of spring 17 started getting scour around the 6 week mark so I gave the same dose. Vecoxan. Amazing stuff and saved several animals for me. Vecoxan can only be given to calves after 6 weeks old. Ended up dosing them all and not one bit of scour for the rest of the year.

Like that I'd always test to make sure that is the issue. No point in dosing for the wrong ailment. If that is the issue I'd highly recommend Vecoxan.

patsy_mccabe

I dose all the calves here with Vecoxan too. Had a few bad cases of coccidiosis years ago and none since it started using it. Still not convinced when is the best age to do them. Vets seem to differ on this. Some say 10 days, others say one month. I'm inclined to do them on the first sign of them passing mucous. 2 days ago I saw a perfect healthy calf, 30 days old passing a small blob of white mucous. Decided to do them with vecoxan yesterday. That calf was scouring by then, but no blood in the scour.

Dunedin

DaDerv wrote: »

Amazing stuff and saved several animals for me. Vecoxan can only be given to calves after 6 weeks old.

I'd highly recommend Vecoxan.

Would always have had a few cases of blood scour every year. A lad told me to give all calves two doses of vecox, first at 2 weeks and second at 6 weeks. Being doing this for last five years or so and never had one since.

No issues in doing at two weeks.

greysides

Dakota Dan wrote: »

Coccidiosis should be fairly noticeable though isn't that a black scour where the calf is constantly straining?

Often yes but it can just be scour alone. A lot depends on the degree of immunity present.

Timinv of Vecoxan is kinda specific to each farm. Ideally you want to note the time of onset of signs and then go in a few days/week beforehand the next year. About 3 weeks in a reasonable place to start.