Diarrhoea in Dairy Calves Reduced by Feeding Colostrum from Cows Vaccinated with Rotavirus

Overview

Journal Res Vet Sci

Specialty Veterinary Medicine

Date 1982 Jan 1

PMID 6283613

Citations 22

Authors

D R Snodgrass

J Stewart

J Taylor

F L Krautil

M L Smith

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Abstract

Forty-two dairy calves remained with their dams for two days after birth, and then were removed to a calf rearing shed. Calves were allocated to three groups for the next 14 days, and received twice daily either whole milk, whole milk with a 10 per cent supplement of pooled normal bovine colostrum or whole milk with 10 per cent supplement of colostrum from cows vaccinated with rotavirus. A natural outbreak of diarrhoea occurred, affecting 28 of the 42 calves. Feeding immune colostrum delayed the onset of diarrhoea, and reduced its incidence, duration and severity. Live weight gains were consequently improved. The group fed normal colostrum had diarrhoea intermediate in severity between that of control calves and those fed immune colostrum. The aetiology of the diarrhoea was complex, with calves excreting rotavirus, enteropathogenic Escherichia coli and cryptosporidia.

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