Scours: What is a "Normal" Treatment Rate?
When greeting a calfcare person on a farm I always ask, “How are the calves doing?” I hear
about the ones that are doing well and ones that are doing poorly. That’s life.
I get suspicious, however, when I hear about quite a few scouring calves and the person adds,
“But, that’s normal.”
What is the person telling me about the situation today? That fifty percent of the calves with
scours is the usual state of health? Or, is the person telling me that this situation is “just the way
life is expected to be. It can’t be changed.” Or, both?
A new resource sheet at www.calffacts.com discusses:
1. What is a "normal" rate of treatment?
2. Are scours inevitable or preventable?
3. What is the best treatment goal for my farm?
The link for this resources is
http://www.atticacows.com/documentView.asp?docID=6169 or click HERE to go there.
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