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Name of the disease in English

Mixed diarrhea of the 2nd week of life of the calf: INFO

The disease in brief

This is not a disease, but a group of problems that occur in the first days of a calf's life and that often combine to make a situation worse. This is therefore a situation of a herd facing losses in the first age. At this age, we can be faced with:

- Viral, bacterial and/or parasitic infections that accumulate

- Defects in colostral intake which will increase mortality.

-Problems of unsuitable housing, with a problem that increases from Christmas to the first days of spring

-Poorly controlled breastfeeding with diarrhea at any age, all year round.

Clinic & diagnosis

This is therefore a problem for a herd which is faced with calf mortality during the first days of life.

Typical sign of the disease

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Diagnostic formulas

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Differential diagnosis

-VX11 rotavirus calf diarrhea

-VX11.1 coronavirus calf diarrhea

-Cryptosporidial calf diarrhea VX12

-Lactose indigestion in bucket-fed calves VX17.1

-White Diarrhea of Suckling Calves VX18

Confirm a suspicion?

Do not forget that this is a multifactorial problem; microbes are not everything. One or better several diarrhea samples from patients allow us to list the pathogens involved:

Prognosis and treatment

Find an epidemiological-clinical lead and implement the appropriate treatment method.

Prevention

Prevention must begin with a risk analysis to be done with the breeder and, together, you must make the choices of action; you must first:

-Talk about long-term prevention strategy: HYVX-5

-Check colostrum quality and freeze colostrum; HYVX-2

-Giving the right dose of colostrum at the right time: HYVX-3

-Preventing diarrhea by vaccinating mothers: HYVX-1

-Also assess the sanitary quality of calf housing: HYVX-4

-A good drying off for a good calving: HYVX-6

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