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Calf Diarrhea |
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Author: CAHFS |
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State: CA Year: 2004 |
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Excerpt: Brochure (tri-fold): Including Treatment: Supportive fluid & electrolyte therapy, Use antibiotics only when bacteria are suspected, Viruses & Cryptosporidia not affected by antibiotics. Good table on causes of diarrhea & age (average & range) occurring.
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Coccidiosis in Cattle |
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Author: Kirkpatrick, Selk |
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State: OK Year: 2003 |
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Excerpt: Coccidiosis is a costly parasitic disease, primarily of young cattle, in intensive animal husbandry conditions or free ranging on pastures. Treatment & control are two fold: Prevent the ingestion of infective oocysts by other cattle & use anticoccidial …
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Cold weather bedding |
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Author: Leadley |
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State: NY Year: 2007 |
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Excerpt: This article presents two ways to test the adequacy of wintertime bedding, & it also includes management tips. Add enough bedding often enough to keep bedding dry 24/7.
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Dairy Heifer Health, Disease Control, & Vaccinations |
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Author: Bailey, Murphy, James |
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State: VA Year: 1999 |
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Excerpt: The areas of management of primary concern in maintaining the optimal health of the heifers include parasite control, coccidiosis, infectious diseases like IBR, BVD, PI3 & BRSV, & other problems such as pink-eye & foot rot. Mastitis control is also …
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Dehorning calves |
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Author: Leadley |
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State: US Year: 2006 |
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Excerpt: Earlier is better than later. Three to 4 weeks old is a good time. More restraint is better than less restraint. Consider a local anesthetic. Less stress is better than more stress. Isolate dehorning from other stresses.
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Help Calves Fight Scours |
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Author: Genex |
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State: US Year: 2004 |
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Excerpt: A comprehensive prevention program is critical to protect
newborn calves from scours. List of 9 sanitation & management practices that reduce a calf’s exposure to
infectious scour-causing organisms. 4 to 25% of calves in US die from scours each year.
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Mastitis Management in Heifers |
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Author: Pritchard |
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State: NC Year: 2004 |
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Excerpt: Brief research summary: Tennessree searchers showed heifers which were given intramammary infusions of a lactating cow mastitis antibiotic in all quarters between 7 & 14 days prepartum produced more than 1100 pounds additional milk the first lactation.
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Prevalence of Mastitis in Dairy Heifers & Effectiveness of Antibiotic Therapy at Selected Times |
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Author: Owens, Nickerson, Boddie, Tomita, Ray |
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State: LA Year: 2000 |
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Excerpt: Staphylococcus aureus is a major mastitis pathogen that can cause significant mastitis in dairy heifers. Antibiotic therapy prepartum was very effective against mastitis in heifers, & this study indicates that time of treatment prepartum had no effect.
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Raising calves - The 5 C’s of a healthy start |
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Author: McGuirk |
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State: WI Year: 2000 |
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Excerpt: Minimizing death & disease losses in the calf herd can save hundreds of dollars per replacement animal raised. Some farms battle continually against disease & death in their calves, while other farms have no problems.
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Surges in Scours Cases |
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Author: Leadley |
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State: NY Year: 2007 |
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Excerpt: Try to achieve high levels of compliance with sanitation protocols. Be consistent when feeding calves. Set up and stick to a regular culturing program for both colostrum and milk/milk replacer. Do not expect to be able to explain every scours surge – …
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