FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE INCIDENCE OF CALF SCOURS IN NORTH-DAKOTA BEEF HERDS

Citation
Jc. Clement et al., FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE INCIDENCE OF CALF SCOURS IN NORTH-DAKOTA BEEF HERDS, Agri-Practice, 14(9), 1993, pp. 13-17
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Agriculture Dairy & AnumalScience","Veterinary Sciences
Journal title
ISSN journal
0745452X
Volume
14
Issue
9
Year of publication
1993
Pages
13 - 17
Database
ISI
SICI code
0745-452X(1993)14:9<13:FAWTIO>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
A survey of 85 beef cattle producers in North Dakota was conducted to determine differences in scours in beef calves with respect to calving times and corn silage feeding, Fifty-eight of the ranchers returned t he surveys, giving a 68% response rate. Findings indicated that calves born in herds in which heifers were bred before the rest of the cow h erd were 1.6 times more likely to have scours than were calves that we re born in herds in which heifer breeding was begun at the same time a s the cows. Additionally, the calf scours rate was lower in herds in w hich corn silage was fed to cows compared to herds that were not fed s ilage. Protocols are needed to extract and evaluate the variables asso ciated with calf scours. Through careful observation and by presenting the correct questions about management and nutrition, the answers to scours challenges can be obtained by practitioners.