Infectious Causes of Calf Scours Infectious causes of calf scours may be grouped as follows: Bacterial cause Escherichia Coli Salmonella spp. Clostridium perfringens and other bacteriaViral causes ...

Enterotoxemia, also called “overeating disease” or “purple gut,” can cause the death of a young calf in as few as 12 hours, with signs that are not detectable until it is often too late. One reason ...

On February 5, the US Department of Agriculture said dairy cattle in the United States had tested positive for a particular strain of bird flu that was not previously found in cows.

HELENA, Mont. — There were at least five elk calves killed after consuming toxic ornamental plants in mid-January in the Florence area of the Bitterroot Valley. The calves were found dead by ...

Karimnagar: A buffalo and its calf were killed, reportedly by a hyena in Lambadipalli of Chigurumamidi mandal. A farmer Adi Srikanth had left his buffalo and its calf in a cattle shed on Tuesday night ...

1-3 There has been widespread adoption of the provision of pain relief during surgical procedures in beef and dairy cattle over the past decade. Nearly a third of beef producers in Australia routinely ...

Analgesia for dehorning calves has been a somewhat controversial subject since I can remember. We learned in vet school about lidocaine infiltration with needles including nerve blocks and/or whether ...

During the winter it’s common to have a tougher time keeping calves active, which is necessary for them to maintain body heat. While some farms have heated calf barns, others don’t. If you’re having a ...

Castration is a common husbandry practice carried out in most cow-calf herds, and the latest Canadian cow-calf survey that was carried out by the Beef Cattle Research Council in collaboration with ...

VANCOUVER - The Centre for Whale Research says it has confirmed a new killer whale calf in a pod of endangered orcas that live off southwest British Columbia is female. It’s a piece of good ...

If you have dealt with calf scour in the past, you can be certain that you were also in a fight against acidosis. One of the most dangerous consequences of calf scour is acidosis, a lesser-known ...