Like anything else, prevention is preferable to treatment when dealing with scours among calves. Doctor of veterinary medicine and University of Minnesota Extension educator Joe Armstrong has some ...

Steve Wikse, professor of large animal clinical sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine at Texas A&M University, answers this month's beef cattle health question. Q - This colder weather has resulted ...

Neonatal calf diarrhea, or scours, is a common concern among cow-calf producers. Understanding why scours occurs is the first step in preventing the problem. Calf scours outbreaks are the result of a ...

BROOKINGS, S.D. -- Once calves are safely on the ground, many cattle producers continue to worry about the possibility of neonatal calf diarrhea or calf scours, says Janna Kincheloe, South Dakota ...

The dry period is an important time to incorporate prevention points that guard cow health and the health of their offspring against scours. Scours accounts for one-half of all deaths of pre-weaned ...

Calf scours are a challenging problem with young calves on the ground. Factors such as high stocking density, moisture, and having younger calves reared in the same areas as older calves all ...

The ongoing human health issue, known as COVID-19, serves as a reminder to cattle ranchers about the importance of sound, common sense biosecurity measures that can aid in reducing the risk of a ...

Calf Scours, or neonatal calf diarrhea, is a problem experienced by most every cowman sooner or later. It is quite possibly the biggest health related financial loss to the cow calf industry. It is ...

The “germ theory” of infectious disease is well-ingrained in us veterinarians through the multitude of microbiology courses we endure through our education. By extension, that understanding that ...