Calves must maintain adequate fluid and nutrient consumption while dealing with diarrhea. Jesse Goff, DVM, reminded producers, “If you withhold milk from the calf, the calf starves. He says there is no scientific evidence supporting this common practice.
Source: Hoard’s Dairyman, July 5, 2021. Link: Scouring calves still need milk. Goff also suggested feeding calves smaller volumes, of either milk or electrolytes, more often.
All treatments are more effective if fed in smaller amounts more frequently.”