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anyone hear of cryptosporiidae
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<blockquote data-quote="MK" data-source="post: 84813" data-attributes="member: 1617"><p>Cryprosporidia is a protozoa...it is zoonotic (affects people and other mammals). I know we had some problems with it at the dairy. It is shed through feces so prevention is key. Good sanitation and general herd management practices work best. They can pick it up form others and it can also be found in the soil. </p><p></p><p>Once they have it they have it....you treat by giving supportive care such as electrolytes and some additives for energy. One of the biggest problems is the damage it causes makes absorption of the good stuff (like electros and forms of energy such as glucose) hard as it damages the stomach lining. There are products to aid in absorption when a calf has this...However, it is not recoomended that you give it withour first having your vet determine that is the actuall cause of sickness. If you have a sick calf and think it has a protozoa but it actually has a bacterium or a toxin such as Clostridium causing the illness...giving something to aid gut absorption will allow these nasties to be absorbded better too! Can be challenging if they start to pick up bacterial infections because they are getting weak from the crypto.</p><p></p><p>Keep em' warm, dry and hydrated. Get fluids in the ASAP. MK</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MK, post: 84813, member: 1617"] Cryprosporidia is a protozoa...it is zoonotic (affects people and other mammals). I know we had some problems with it at the dairy. It is shed through feces so prevention is key. Good sanitation and general herd management practices work best. They can pick it up form others and it can also be found in the soil. Once they have it they have it....you treat by giving supportive care such as electrolytes and some additives for energy. One of the biggest problems is the damage it causes makes absorption of the good stuff (like electros and forms of energy such as glucose) hard as it damages the stomach lining. There are products to aid in absorption when a calf has this...However, it is not recoomended that you give it withour first having your vet determine that is the actuall cause of sickness. If you have a sick calf and think it has a protozoa but it actually has a bacterium or a toxin such as Clostridium causing the illness...giving something to aid gut absorption will allow these nasties to be absorbded better too! Can be challenging if they start to pick up bacterial infections because they are getting weak from the crypto. Keep em' warm, dry and hydrated. Get fluids in the ASAP. MK [/QUOTE]
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