CALF SCOURS HELP

[rancher9468]

can somebody please tell me a good remedy for calf scours,the calf is 4 days old the heifer never accepted him,and he devloped scours today .He had been on a bottle and was very active , the last few hours he has gone down. any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Texan]

Go to the search tab at the top and type scours into the keyword search box. Here's one of the hits with five pages of replies - just to get you started:

http://ranchers.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=276327#276327


Welcome to Ranchers and good luck with your calf.

 

[per]

Wow, I just read the last few pages of that scour thread. That was a lot of effort for a calf. If you aren't successful in a few days, I recommend a hot lead injection.

 

[Shortgrass]

I usually take them off milk, and give them scourguard for a couple or three days. Just keep them hydrated. Start them back on milk when they are full of scourguard.

 

[Kato]

I agree. I bet it's really hot in your area right now, so hydration is probably the most important thing to do. A calf on a hot day can lose a lot of fluid.

 

[Silver]

I've been thinking it would be a good idea to learn to give an IV. Seems like if they get down too far hydrating orally can be pretty tough.

 

[MsSage]

We use 6 cc of scour halt. At one feeding then the next. In between I subcutaneous 1000 ringers.
If they are bad 2cc of banamine and subcu them again.

Yes this is for a Dairy operation so we handle the heifers as soon as they drop and as for the bulls they are taken to the sand pit.
Someone said they paid $25 for a bull calf ...we wish we could get someone to buy ours. Beats having to put them down.

 

[rancher9468]

thaks for the all the advice,i started giving him scour guard last night,he was up and walking today and looking a bit better. ill keep you informed of the progress.