Treating calf scours requires more than a one-approach-fits-all treatment plan. Keith Poulsen asserts that the source of calf scours changes over time. He cites three main causes of calf scours and presents the importance of diagnostics to sort out whether the cause is a bacteria, virus or parasite.
Source: Dairy Herd Management, May 10, 2019. Link. Poulsen identifies these three causes of calf scours:
- Salmonella sp.
- Coronavirus
- Coccidiosis
INSIGHTS: Producers tend to treat new scours cases like they did the last ones. DVMs and sales representatives can use this article to discuss the importance of diagnostics, calf age and to avoid seeing new scours cases as a continuation of previous experiences.