Managing calf scours starts with prevention and early intervention, according to experts from the Beef Cattle Institute at Kansas State University. During a recent episode of the BCI Cattle Chat, the ...

BROOKINGS, S.D. -- Once calves are safely on the ground, many cattle producers continue to worry about the possibility of neonatal calf diarrhea or calf scours, says Janna Kincheloe, South Dakota ...

Like anything else, prevention is preferable to treatment when dealing with scours among calves. Doctor of veterinary medicine and University of Minnesota Extension educator Joe Armstrong has some ...

Neonatal calf diarrhea, or scours, is a common concern among cow-calf producers. Understanding why scours occurs is the first step in preventing the problem. Calf scours outbreaks are the result of a ...

Calf scours results in sickness, poor performance, medical expenses and death. Scours is a complex disease with many inter-related causes. Agent, host and environmental factors collectively explain ...

The dry period is an important time to incorporate prevention points that guard cow health and the health of their offspring against scours. Scours accounts for one-half of all deaths of pre-weaned ...

Calving season will always bring surprises. But preparation, vigilance, and quick action can dramatically improve calf survival and long-term performance.

Steve Wikse, professor of large animal clinical sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine at Texas A&M University, answers this month's beef cattle health question. Q - This colder weather has resulted ...

I grew up in the cow-calf sector, and the topic of calf health is very near and dear to my heart. We want to give calves the best chance possible to thrive and of course, survive, through the really ...

Colostrum, housing, and vaccination protocols have improved greatly in recent decades. Yet calves still get sick. What research has shown is that each animal also has a genetic component to illness, a ...

Dear Daktari, I am a retired civil servant who is now a full-time dairy farmer here in Webuye town. Last month, I lost a very good calf, and the only thing I observed before its death was diarrhoea. I ...