Narrow down the cause of calf scours
The two or so months prior to weaning really lay the foundation for a healthy, productive dairy animal. It is important to review the success of your preweaned calf program every now and then.
Margaret Quaassdorff, dairy management specialist for Cornell University Extension, talked about factors to track when it comes to preweaned calves during a Pro-Dairy “Trouble shooting herd health issues on your dairy” podcast. One of them is percent death loss.
“The overall benchmark goal is to be under 5% of calves that die prior to weaning,” she shared. Beyond that number, Quaassdorff said to also track the causes contributing to death loss.