Post by AnnB (NE) on Sept 30, 2004 8:27:21 GMT -5
Make sure calf gets adequate colostrum, even if you have to use the commercial powdered product.
Dip stump of umbilical cord in iodine to prevent Navel/Joint Ill.
If you have to use milk replacer, only use ALL MILK replacers that are at least 20/20. Calves under the age of 3 weeks cannot properly digest soy formulas.
Milk replacer should be fed at the rate of 10% of body weight, with no calf receiving more than 1 gallon a day.
Calves on milk replacer should be started on Calf Starter or other good grain mix within the first week of life.
Your calf will have less digestive problems if she's given a gel probiotic shortly after birth and probiotics anytime her feed is changed (introduction of solid foods, weaning, etc)
Most forms of scours can be treated with electrolyes, liquid Neomycin, and protiotics if treatment is started early enough. Reducing milk to a scouring calf causes him more problems by reducing the amount of nutrition he has available to fight off the infection.
Neomycin does not leave the digestive tract and can be added to the milk or dosed straight into his mouth. Neomycin kills ALL the bacteria in the gut including the "bad" bacteria causing the scours, probiotics given an hour after Neomycin populates the gut with "good" bacteria.
Treatment is continued until 24 hours after the calf shows normal droppings.
Bottlecalves that become potbellied need more protein.
Bottlecalves are prone to sucking on each other, this can be prevented by tethering the calves out of reach of each other for 1 hour after feeding. The sucking reflex is active for less then an hour after bottlefeeding.
Calves that suck or drink urine need salt.
Ann B
Dip stump of umbilical cord in iodine to prevent Navel/Joint Ill.
If you have to use milk replacer, only use ALL MILK replacers that are at least 20/20. Calves under the age of 3 weeks cannot properly digest soy formulas.
Milk replacer should be fed at the rate of 10% of body weight, with no calf receiving more than 1 gallon a day.
Calves on milk replacer should be started on Calf Starter or other good grain mix within the first week of life.
Your calf will have less digestive problems if she's given a gel probiotic shortly after birth and probiotics anytime her feed is changed (introduction of solid foods, weaning, etc)
Most forms of scours can be treated with electrolyes, liquid Neomycin, and protiotics if treatment is started early enough. Reducing milk to a scouring calf causes him more problems by reducing the amount of nutrition he has available to fight off the infection.
Neomycin does not leave the digestive tract and can be added to the milk or dosed straight into his mouth. Neomycin kills ALL the bacteria in the gut including the "bad" bacteria causing the scours, probiotics given an hour after Neomycin populates the gut with "good" bacteria.
Treatment is continued until 24 hours after the calf shows normal droppings.
Bottlecalves that become potbellied need more protein.
Bottlecalves are prone to sucking on each other, this can be prevented by tethering the calves out of reach of each other for 1 hour after feeding. The sucking reflex is active for less then an hour after bottlefeeding.
Calves that suck or drink urine need salt.
Ann B