Holsteinfriesian90
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Don’t get milk mixed up with fluids. If scouring ours would have 2-2.5 litres morning and evening with rehydion and then top up with water and electrolytes. Don’t over feed the milk imo.
are you feeding in bunches of 5 ? Might be, 1 calf getting to much, another not enough.Mine are friesians so weigh heavy, 40kg is a normal size birth weight (the calf that's dieing is 48kg)
I'm more than happy to try cutting them back to a litre per feed for the first 2 weeks but I'll guarantee that when the next one dies in a week or so that I'll be told that I've starved them and they needed more milk!
I think the next thing to try is dropping the milk fed down then.
I'll keep them on 2l per feed for the first week, then 2.5l for week 2, then week 3 will be 6, week 4 I'll aim to get them up to 7 which is the max I feed
200g/litre which is slightly more than the bag says (185g/litre) but everyone on here at the time said 200g/litre is the minimum concentration they would use and I'm inclined to agree?How many grams per litre of powder are you using?
So 1.2kg powder?200g/litre which is slightly more than the bag says (185g/litre) but everyone on here at the time said 200g/litre is the minimum concentration they would use and I'm inclined to agree?
haven't used a lot, only the year we had crypto, but the vets were telling us the oppositeParafor is an antibiotic, Halocur is basically toxic that's terrible advice. Parafor should only be used in emergencies tho.
l think it is milk scour, that 'weakens' the calf, which lets 'other' diseases in, full agreement otherwise.Is milk scour a real thing that will kill calves.
I don't think a healthy calf will ever die for the sole reason it was given too much milk.
However I do sometimes question the feeding of the milk when the calf is scouring. The milk is what the bugs are living off of.
A scouring calf won't die from lack of nutrients it will die from dehydration. So I would be tempted myself when a calf is scouring to cut the milk completely and rehydrate for a couple of days.
200g/litre which is slightly more than the bag says (185g/litre) but everyone on here at the time said 200g/litre is the minimum concentration they would use and I'm inclined to agree?
In my opinion that's way too hot 150g to 850ml is what we do. I'd say that's the route of all your problems, calves with acidosis.200g/litre which is slightly more than the bag says (185g/litre) but everyone on here at the time said 200g/litre is the minimum concentration they would use and I'm inclined to agree?
Only 1l, that's too extreme...Mine are friesians so weigh heavy, 40kg is a normal size birth weight (the calf that's dieing is 48kg)
I'm more than happy to try cutting them back to a litre per feed for the first 2 weeks but I'll guarantee that when the next one dies in a week or so that I'll be told that I've starved them and they needed more milk!
Another vote for rehydion, can give it straight after milk, not have to come back 3 hours later like fluids...rehydion
Acidosis will flatten a calf as quick as dehydration. Any calf that gets scoured here gets a big teaspoon of breadsoda in a shot of warm water half an hour after feeding. It kills any acid buildup. While it doesn’t cure scour , it keeps the calves bright and lets things cure up . Maybe Jdunn55 should try going all natural and give the calves cows milkIn my opinion that's way too hot 150g to 850ml is what we do. I'd say that's the route of all your problems, calves with acidosis.
Same here.In my opinion that's way too hot 150g to 850ml is what we do. I'd say that's the route of all your problems, calves with acidosis.
Be far better letting them calve outside, and then leaving the calf run with it's mother for ten days.Acidosis will flatten a calf as quick as dehydration. Any calf that gets scoured here gets a big teaspoon of breadsoda in a shot of warm water half an hour after feeding. It kills any acid buildup. While it doesn’t cure scour , it keeps the calves bright and lets things cure up . Maybe Jdunn55 should try going all natural and give the calves cows milk
Dehydration is the number one issue in scouring calvesBut is he?
I hear so much conflicting advice and have tried everything and the truth is f*ck all has made any sort of difference
Vet says give fluids
Half the people on here say give fluids
The kther half have just said don't give fluids I'm killing rhem