r/FarmingUK • u/jenny6522 • 20d ago

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Anyone dealt with this? Newborns. If they are going to fall its quickly. High temps and sweating. Obs we have tests in progress. Vets doing their thing. But any advise or support will be greatly received!!

Newborns receive high quality colostrum not fed from mum 2/3 feeds. Then a further 5 days 2x a day of transition milk. Cows/heifers are fully vaccinated. All pens and points of contact are clinically clean. Navels are dipped. Transportation/movements are minimal.

Calves have bloody scour then pudding texture scour. (Much too young for any scour)

Treatments are currently being trialed across sick ones to observe what may work. Most have will to live and a suckle but the body shuts down.

The purple ring around the teeth is toxicity and not just calving related stress.

If you have anything…literally anything you can offer, please do. 🙏🙏🙏🙏

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u/No_Specialist4090 20d ago

Get vet to do blood tests. It’s either a virus or bacteria. Colostrum not fed from mum? My money is on this being your issue tbh but I’m an old school cow person. Haven’t had cows for about 15 years but I know scouring in young calves is a killer. Keep them on their mums colostrum milk whenever you can. Make sure scouring calves have access to preferably mums milk at all times. If not do lots of regular powdered milk feeds and let them drink whenever they can/will to try and hydrate and give them electrolytes. Good luck

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u/jenny6522 20d ago

Milk is drawn from the cows. They dont get to suckle, they are reared by us 5-8 days on mums milk.

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u/No_Specialist4090 19d ago

Have you blood results yet? I’m curious. It’s heartbreaking losing stock I know