Calf scours treatment

Diarrhoea or scour is the most common disease of young calves, accounting for around 50% of all losses during the first few weeks of life¹. Studies have shown that preventing scour can lead to significantly improved growth rates, reduced mortality at six months of age and stronger, more robust calves¹.

• Whilst scour can result from dietary causes, infectious scour is common. Monitoring scour can identify when intervention and treatment is needed.

  The most common scale is 1 to 4 with:
  1. being normal, fairly solid;
  2. being normal, soft but still fairly formed;
  3. is abnormal, runny and not formed;
  4. is abnormal, liquid or watery. Anything with scores 3 or 4 should be treated immediately.