Worst scours Ive ever had. Post mort'd a few, ecoli, rota virus and crypto going thru them. Add cold wet, weather. Moved herd a few times (no easy chore mid calving), going thru bedding like crazy. Tube feeding multiple calves multiple times a day, IV's for others. Bought out a couple towns supplies of electrolytes now. First defence, metacam, nuflor, home remedies, (other stuff I'd have to look up what all we've tried) Some bounce back, others just get weaker and weaker til they die. Have a few vets involved. One calf can go thru 10-12 liters a day!
Pretty near done calving, and I'm glad when it will be over. Its been 2 months of no sleep, stress and heartache. I worry about how it set the calves back that did survive, as we really brought some back from near dead. Not to mention all the cows without calves on them now, and the ones that do have calves back on them, some went a week without being sucked, cause their calves were laid out... Can't be good on milk supply.
