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<blockquote data-quote="Putangitangi" data-source="post: 459794" data-attributes="member: 5956"><p>The answer partly depends on what causes your scours, surely? </p><p></p><p>Our animals live outside all year round, no snow, moderate summer temperatures, no significant drought periods. Last year we had a severe hit by coccidia scours (protozoan, presumably picked up in damp muddy conditions as calves curiously nibbled their surroundings) and had to treat the worst 2 of 49; the others were left to get over it on their own, with an eye to intervening if they looked like it was getting on top of them.</p><p></p><p>Every year the calves go through a period of slight scouring, sometime in the first six weeks, which I've generally put down to a change in the cows' feed at some stage, but now wonder if it's always been coccidia. There's not a great deal to be done about controlling it. As in the case of the other internal challenges we have here, I just keep all the animals as healthy as possible with adequate feed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Putangitangi, post: 459794, member: 5956"] The answer partly depends on what causes your scours, surely? Our animals live outside all year round, no snow, moderate summer temperatures, no significant drought periods. Last year we had a severe hit by coccidia scours (protozoan, presumably picked up in damp muddy conditions as calves curiously nibbled their surroundings) and had to treat the worst 2 of 49; the others were left to get over it on their own, with an eye to intervening if they looked like it was getting on top of them. Every year the calves go through a period of slight scouring, sometime in the first six weeks, which I've generally put down to a change in the cows' feed at some stage, but now wonder if it's always been coccidia. There's not a great deal to be done about controlling it. As in the case of the other internal challenges we have here, I just keep all the animals as healthy as possible with adequate feed. [/QUOTE]
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