Scours is usually an outbreak waiting to happen and it’s rarely caused by a single factor. Roslynn Biggs, DVM, shares the importance of keeping calves on clean ground by moving them routinely, as the Sandhills calving system describes.
Source: Hay and Forage Grower, February 3, 2026. Link.
Also see: Have you tried the Sandhills Calving System?, Progressive Cattle, December 24e, 2020. Link.
In a traditional system, calves born after the first two weeks of the calving season are set up to have problems, as the timing when they are most susceptible coincides with the increased levels of pathogen concentration.” – K. Scott Jensen