Giving calves a good start can be expensive. However, not investing in your calf operation can cost you in the parlor. Too many dairies chase after pennies of efficiency on the cow side but trip over dollars of missed opportunities in their calf program.

When trying to understand the impact scours can have, producers often overlook many variables, including what happens to a calf that got sick but recovered.

Neonatal diarrhea, or calf scours, is one of the costliest diseases in the cattle business and is responsible for more mortalities in calves under 1 month old than any other disease.

There are a few things you as a producer can do to help increase the odds that your calves will overcome calfhood diarrhea.

We have all become more educated on coronavirus in general over the past few years whether we wanted to be or not. However, dairy producers have been dealing with health issues from coronavirus in their herds for quite some time.

Due to improvements in reproductive efficiencies, dairies can now be more selective in raising future herd replacements. This elevates the importance of reducing preventable diseases such as scours or diarrhea in newborn calves.

When I visit a farm, my favorite question to ask is, “What part of the dairy you are most proud of?” Typically, the answers include some sort of cow performance measurements, such as milk production, pregnancy rates or genomics.

 Il ne fait aucun doute qu'une bonne gestion du colostrum à la naissance est essentielle pour permettre le transfert de l'immunité passive. En effet, les veaux qui l’obtiennent risquent moins de souffrir de diarrhée.