The sight of bloody calf scours is a disturbing one, but the condition is not always fatal. University of Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory director Keith Poulsen says pinpointing the cause ...

Like anything else, prevention is preferable to treatment when dealing with scours among calves. Doctor of veterinary medicine and University of Minnesota Extension educator Joe Armstrong has some ...

Cattle producers need to be on the lookout for calf diarrhea, according to North Dakota State University Extension livestock experts. The majority of scours, or diarrhea, cases occur when calves are 3 ...

BROOKINGS, S.D. - This calving season, Soth Dakota State University Extension Cow/Calf Field Specialist Taylor Grussing encourages cattle producers to consider pre-calving vaccinations. "Pre-calving ...

Neonatal calf diarrhea, or scours, is a common concern among cow-calf producers. Understanding why scours occurs is the first step in preventing the problem. Calf scours outbreaks are the result of a ...

Calf scours results in sickness, poor performance, medical expenses and death. Scours is a complex disease with many inter-related causes. Agent, host and environmental factors collectively explain ...

Scours is the greatest single cause of death in young calves. Debbie James speaks to vet Mike John of Fenton Veterinary Practice, Haverfordwest, and a farmer who has tackled the disease to find out ...

Steve Wikse, professor of large animal clinical sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine at Texas A&M University, answers this month's beef cattle health question. Q - This colder weather has resulted ...

A new five-step approach to improving and tackling the management of calf scour problems is helping dairy farmers cut the cost of the disease. Working with farm animal practices across the UK, ...

A good feeding routine and good hygiene help prevent scours in young calves. Calf scours is a debilitating problem generally seen as acute watery diarrhoea, weight loss and dehydration in calves less ...

Young calves are often vulnerable to “scours” (the common word for calf diarrhea caused by various pathogens in their environment), especially during wet weather. They often ingest contaminated feed ...