Scouring calves

Zeebsisgone654

What are people finding the best remedy to calves that are scouring

ganmo

whats making them scour?
Crypto
coccidosis
salmonella
e coli
rota virus

foundation10

Firstly get the scour tested as you ware treating blind otherwise. When you know what the scour is you can then treat with the appropriate stuff. In all cases for ones that have it isolate from others, make sure they are hydrated at all times, clean dry bed and disinfect regularly. If diagnosed with Rota/Corona I would consider a vaccination program. If Crypto I would do all calves with Halcour for 1st 7 days from birth. Clean & disinfected calving pens and good quality colostrum is a precursor. Again the type of scour should dictate your disinfectant.

whelan2

The halocur can be given as 12 ml for the first 3 days. Works the same.

visatorro

I wouldn't move away from halacur. Was talking to a suckler man who said it didn't work with him. Says he swears by jeyes fluid for three days.

_Brian

visatorro wrote: »

I wouldn't move away from halacur. Was talking to a suckler man who said it didn't work with him. Says he swears by jeyes fluid for three days.

Honestly when I hear of someone giving something like jeys fluid my opinion of them plummetets.
We talk of the importance of a good start from colostrum and then lads go and blitz a calf’s system with a disinfectant product designed to sterilise and clean drains.

visatorro

_Brian wrote: »

Honestly when I hear of someone giving something like jeys fluid my opinion of them plummetets.
We talk of the importance of a good start from colostrum and then lads go and blitz a calf’s system with a disinfectant product designed to sterilise and clean drains.

Not my calves, although older generation here admited to me that they tried it before

The man in red and black

whelan2 wrote: »

The halocur can be given as 12 ml for the first 3 days. Works the same.

Just some advice. Overdosing with halofuginone(the active ingredient in Halocur) can actually cause scour and inappetance. It's in the datasheet. I definitely wouldn't give extra. Dose for the correct bodyweight and give for 7 days. But to be honest the most important part of Crypto prevention is the same as every other scour, getting 3 litres of beastings into the calf in the first 2 hours and then providing a clean, dry bed and plenty of milk ongoing. Hygiene and colostrum are the keystones of calf health.

whelan2

The man in red and black wrote: »

Just some advice. Overdosing with halofuginone(the active ingredient in Halocur) can actually cause scour and inappetance. It's in the datasheet. I definitely wouldn't give extra. Dose for the correct bodyweight and give for 7 days. But to be honest the most important part of Crypto prevention is the same as every other scour, getting 3 litres of beastings into the calf in the first 2 hours and then providing a clean, dry bed and plenty of milk ongoing. Hygiene and colostrum are the keystones of calf health.

It was our vet who recommended us to do them that way about 6 or 7 years ago.