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<blockquote data-quote="regolith" data-source="post: 789250" data-attributes="member: 9267"><p>Had a shot at treating the scours?</p><p></p><p>What I've seen used - probiotics, antibiotics (injected), oral drench with kaolin and sulpha drugs (I think, product was called kaolin D and I can't remember if it contained the antibiotic or if I had to inject her as well).</p><p></p><p>Read up on BVD. <a href="http://www.controlbvd.org.nz/" target="_blank">http://www.controlbvd.org.nz/</a></p><p>If you have PI's (often unthrifty animals) you need to cull them. If the cows are being transiently infected, I don't know of treatment save probiotics &c for the scours, when infection passes cows are immune & okay (the big risk is fetal effects). A blood test will identify antibody levels and whether any of the animals tested are Persistently Infected (born with the infection and therefore carriers). Your vet should help you plan forward if you have BVD, but if you can't control exposure to the virus or identify and remove the PI animals vaccination will protect your herd.</p><p></p><p>What about salmonella? Or maybe the heifer had peritonitis (causing scouring) and survived it?</p><p></p><p>Or - what was the topic of discussion in another thread?? If it's not Johne's it might just be inadequate nutrition input. Quantity and quality - heavy milkers and wet grass combined could simulate these symptoms.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="regolith, post: 789250, member: 9267"] Had a shot at treating the scours? What I've seen used - probiotics, antibiotics (injected), oral drench with kaolin and sulpha drugs (I think, product was called kaolin D and I can't remember if it contained the antibiotic or if I had to inject her as well). Read up on BVD. [url=http://www.controlbvd.org.nz/]http://www.controlbvd.org.nz/[/url] If you have PI's (often unthrifty animals) you need to cull them. If the cows are being transiently infected, I don't know of treatment save probiotics &c for the scours, when infection passes cows are immune & okay (the big risk is fetal effects). A blood test will identify antibody levels and whether any of the animals tested are Persistently Infected (born with the infection and therefore carriers). Your vet should help you plan forward if you have BVD, but if you can't control exposure to the virus or identify and remove the PI animals vaccination will protect your herd. What about salmonella? Or maybe the heifer had peritonitis (causing scouring) and survived it? Or - what was the topic of discussion in another thread?? If it's not Johne's it might just be inadequate nutrition input. Quantity and quality - heavy milkers and wet grass combined could simulate these symptoms. [/QUOTE]
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