Most scours are viral so antibiotics will not work for the scours. What they do is help prevent a secondary infection from setting in which is common with scours.
Ask your vet about sulfa based drugs instead of nuflor. Calf Span boluses, along with trivetrin injectable or borgal injectable. As well, an anti inflam
As for electrolytes, if this calf dehydrated YES use them. Most times they will not suck it back with a bottle so you need to tube them. Get your vet to teach you how to do it! If your calf is not going to make it get the vet to use the calf as the teaching tool. Then practice until you get it right.
Finally, as per our vet, scours is a management thing...90% of the time. And with working with our herd, she is bang on.
Clean bedding
Timely colostrum
Enough space for the animals, not crowding as scours is spreadable.
thread which will help
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=40953&hilit=scours
I know Jeanne-Simme Valley and Milk Maid and Randilanna have post alot on prevention and also treating...I tried to search but so many topics...go for it. A wealth of information