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Cocci in the Dairy Herd: Ten Tips
In the third part of our series, specialist Ciarán teams up with Glanbia Technical Veterinary Adviser Joris Somers to offer dairy farmers ten tips to beat coccidiosis.
- Clip cows tails pre-calving
- Don't leave calves in the calving pen for too long.
- Feed good quality colostrum, use the 1-2-3 rule.
- Keep bedding dry and frequently topped-up in calving and rearing pens.
- Batch calves by age and don't mix calves once batched.
- Elevate feed and water troughs off the ground and monitor daily for faecal contamination.
- Try and prevent mucky areas from developing on pastures and fence off these if unavoidable. Moving troughs around can help.
- Don't reuse contaminated paddocks for calves year-after-year.
- Use a proper oocyst-killing disinfectant.
- If coccidiosis occurs, treat full groups with Dycoxan. Remove and isolate scouring animals and provide these with rehydration therapy.
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In the third part of our series, specialist Ciarán teams up with Technical Veterinary Adviser Joris Somers to offer dairy farmers ten tips to beat coccidiosis.
- Clip cows tails pre-calving
- Don't leave calves in the calving pen for too long.
- Feed good quality colostrum, use the 1-2-3 rule.
- Keep bedding dry and frequently topped-up in calving and rearing pens.
- Batch calves by age and don't mix calves once batched.
- Elevate feed and water troughs off the ground and monitor daily for faecal contamination.
- Try and prevent mucky areas from developing on pastures and fence off these if unavoidable. Moving troughs around can help.
- Don't reuse contaminated paddocks for calves year-after-year.
- Use a proper oocyst-killing disinfectant.
- If coccidiosis occurs, treat full groups with Dycoxan. Remove and isolate scouring animals and provide these with rehydration therapy.
