Weaned calves scouring

Teddy 1234

Some of my calves have a fairly watery scour, there weaned 2 weeks now, there all on grass. Any idea what I should give them

_Brian

You could bring them in and give some pink tablets, they bind and have an antibiotic agent in them too.

What meal are they getting ?

270WIN

If the scour is black or bloody looking then its probably coccidiosis..get on to the vet..they usually get it at the stage when put out to grass

Teddy 1234

_Brian wrote: »

You could bring them in and give some pink tablets, they bind and have an antibiotic agent in them too.

What meal are they getting ?

On calf rearer from Glanbia, I’ll get the dung tested and see what the vet. Maybe the grass is a bit rich

Teddy 1234

270WIN wrote: »

If the scour is black or bloody looking then its probably coccidiosis..get on to the vet..they usually get it at the stage when put out to grass

Yeah I’ll get it tested, it’s not that black fairly normal colour just watery

Sugarbowl

Something similar happened to me with Autum calves and powder C cleared them up
Also got the dung tested and it came back clear

_Brian

Teddy 1234 wrote: »

On calf rearer from Glanbia, I’ll get the dung tested and see what the vet. Maybe the grass is a bit rich

Wonder is there too much molasses in that along with fresh grass.
Even temporarily a change to straight rolled barley would help tighten things up.

Say my name

Teddy 1234 wrote: »

On calf rearer from Glanbia, I’ll get the dung tested and see what the vet. Maybe the grass is a bit rich

Are you sure it's not that Goldgrain nut?

Teddy 1234

Say my name wrote: »

Are you sure it's not that Goldgrain nut?

Its calf rearer nut

Teddy 1234

_Brian wrote: »

Wonder is there too much molasses in that along with fresh grass.
Even temporarily a change to straight rolled barley would help tighten things up.

It might be, they were eating straw when inside, so maybe there diet is a bit rich now