Scours

[inyati13]

I have a calf that is just over 48 hours old. I was there when it was born so am sure of how old it is. He was born in the pasture. When I was attempting to band him at 24 hours, he had a bowel movement that was yellow and emitted a bad odor. At 48 hours, he looks fine but I am wondering if he has scours or just the normal situation after getting his colostrum and cleaning out after birth. How quickly can they contract scours? Unless it is transferred to the calf in the uterus, I assume a calf would not have it in the first 24 hours, right?

 

[dun]

What was the consitancy, water or pudding?

 

[inyati13]

The first portion was pudding but then followed by very loose but not water. Say thick milk consistancy.

 

[dun]

As long as it isn;t watery I don;t worry. To me it all stinks but the dog loves it. It's not unusual for a cow that is milking good to have a calf with pretty loose stool

 

[inyati13]

She is really loaded with milk. And the dog loves it but he likes all feces. Seems to be a characteristic of Blue Heelers. It must be nutritious! Thanks Dun.

 

[dun]

She is really loaded with milk. And the dog loves it but he likes all feces. Seems to be a characteristic of Blue Heelers. It must be nutritious! Thanks Dun.

Blue healers, weanie dogs, basset hounds, corgis, labs, GSPs, RedBones, Springer Spaniels, Aussies, that's what we've had through the years and they all love the stuff

 

[greybeard]

Yea, and the dogs seem to thrive and get fat on it too.
I got one now that eats some of it, then rolls in the rest----comes back to the house smellin all to be dang, which makes wifey not so happy..

 

[chippie]

Yes it is normal. It will remain fairly yellow until the calf starts eating grass or hay. It really does stink and sort of looks like soft serve ice cream.

 

[inyati13]

Calf doing fine. Must have been the rich colostrum and all the milk the cow is producing. She is loaded!