Calf Health
We are heavily involved with farmers in discussions about calf health and rearing, scour and pneumonia. Scour and pneumonia are the main causes of neonatal mortality in calves and getting a diagnosis on the cause quickly is a big help towards prevention of further cases. Investigating scour and pneumonia issues in calves involves a series of steps such a doing a farm visit and looking at sick calves and taking samples such as bloods, faecal samples and swabs to obtain a diagnosis. Vaccination programmes are available for scour and pneumonia and it is best discuss these with your vet based on herd history.
