Calf Diarrhoea
Firstly "KNOW YOUR ENEMY!" - Is it nutritional , management or infectious in case?
Nutritional causes could be varying quality of raw milk, poor quality raw milk, poor quality milk powder.
Management causes could be not enough or weak colostrum, lack of disinfection, adding young calves to groups of older calves.
Infectious causes could be ROTAVIRUS, CORONAVIRUS, CRYPTOSPORIDIUM, SALMONELLA, COCCIDIOSIS, ECOLI etc. Dont get someone with a test kit, use your vet or myself, and test at least 5 fresh, untreated cases via a proper lab. Remember, you can find bugs when the root cause can be nutritional or managemental!
View a video presentation on preventing calf scour,
RECENT SCOUR SURVEY RESULTS: Cryptosporidium parvum
and rotavirus are the most dominant calf scour-causing organisms on UK cattle units,
according to the latest published data from the MSD Animal Health ScourCheck scheme.
The recent diagnostic data from calf faecal samples show over 32 per cent testing positive for
cryptosporidia with more than 29 per cent positive for rotavirus.
We have a new product called "FIRST THIRST CALF TONIC", which is an adaptation of an older, but discontinued product called Calf Matrix / Viramatrix / Nutriplus. It is a standardised blend of plant extracts that improve respiratory function and defenses. Similar principles are in use in the so-called Easy Breather bucket type products. It also contains Imuherb / Eimericox and specific Egg yolk antibodies to imrove gut health. It is added to calf milk at 15g per calf per day until weaning. After weaning you can follow on with our lick bucket form, that also contains Yeast and Vitamins and Minerals.
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 Bespoke Minerals 40 x 25 kg |
 CALFsolve Paste 12 x 30g syringes £130.00 |
 Colostrometer Colostrometer £44.00 |
 Colostrum Thawer / Milk Warmer Teflon WITH SUSP BAR. £240.00 |
 Dairytech Colostrum & Calf Milk Pasteurisers DT10 £4,380.00 |
 Dairytech Colostrum & Milk pasteuriser DT30 DT30 £5,993.00 |
 Digestar Dispersible Powder 500g 500g pot £35.00 |
 First Thirst Calf Colostrum Powder Supplement 10 dose / 2.25 kg £95.00 |
 First Thirst Calf Electrolyte 12 sachets+12 FREE £24.00 
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 First Thirst Calf Tonic 5KG/ 8 CALVES APPROX. £80.00 |
 Kilcox Extra Disinfectant 4 x 5L |
