Dairy
Dairy advice: Risk of scour and pneumonia cases grows
Calf sheds on many farms now full and the bacterial load inside them is quite high, which means that calves...
Scour
Dairy
Dairy advice: Treating a calf with scour
During the calving rearing period, there is an increased risk of disease or sickness, with scour being the biggest risk...
Dairy
Autumn-calving: Dealing with scour in calves
Calving is underway on autumn-calving or winter milk herds and as a consequence, there will be issues with calf health...
Dairy
Are you having issues with calf scour?
Rotavirus is the most common cause of calf scour, which usually affects calves when they are between five and 14...
Beef
Late spring turnout sees incidents of mastitis cases jump 100%
The number of E-coli mastitis cases on dairy farmers has doubled this spring compared to the same period last year,...
Beef
Treating scour in a newborn suckler or dairy calf
Scour refers to watery or custard-like faeces and results from a badly damaged gut, which leads to a loss in...
Beef
Rehydration important for scouring calves - AHI
Animal Health Ireland’s (AHI) latest bulletin is focused on the management of scour in young calves. AHI says that scour...
Dairy
Why more and more farmers are choosing to vaccinate for scour
More and more farmers are vaccinating cows pre-calving against scour in calves according to Cork veterinary practitioner Pat Noonan. However,...
