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Sick Dairy Calves: Coccidiosis and Cryptosporidiosis in Dairy Calves

Dealing with Coccidiosis and Cryptosporidiosis in Dairy Calves Dairy calves and heifers are an important part of most dairy herds, since they will be the future cows. Keeping baby calves healthy is a bigger challenge than keeping weaned and yearling heifers healthy; the older animals have usually developed more immunity to diseases and have fewer […]

Calf Diarrhea (Scours) in Dairy Calves – Prevention and Treatment

Calf Diarrhea (Scours) in Dairy Calves – Prevention and Treatment Many pathogens can cause scours in young calves. Intestinal infection and diarrhea can be due to certain kinds of bacteria, viruses or protozoa. Whether calves get sick is often related to multiple factors including exposure (contact with pathogens), level of immunity, and stress (such as […]