Calf Scours Treatments
Advantages of Bottle Treatments
Easy to administer the calves come up to you to drink it
Calves don’t know they even been treated
Disadvantages of Bottle Treatments
Timing, Many times you don’t notice till after the last bottle of the day that a calf needs to be treated and don’t want to wait to tomorrow
My Choice in Treating Scours from a Bottle
Advantages of Oral Bolus Treatment
Can be administer at any time
Disadvantages of Oral Bolus Treatment
Calf must be restrained to be able to administer
My Choice in Oral Bolus Scour Treatments
Calf must be over 30 days old for Sustain III and is a fever reducer as well
Maxi Sorb Calf Bolus can be administer at younger age for up to three days
One of the most important factors of calf scours is the water loss due to the diarrhea in the calf. It is important to replenish the fluid but just giving a calf water is not enough. Without an electrolyte solution added to the water the damaged intestines cannot absorb the water. The salt in the electrolyte solution will allow the water to pass through the intestines. Keeping a calf well hydrated during any illness or period of decreased food intake as recommended.
can be add to water, placed in a nurse bottle, and fed to a calf in the same way you would milk replacer insuring the amount of fluid the calf is taking in.