Provimi Critical Care

… a solution to the problems associated with dehydrated calves

Calves can become dehydrated easily when shipped and stressed or when challenged with bacterial enteritis. Years ago, calves were typically taken off of milk or milk replacer (MR) when they had watery diarrhea and placed on multiple doses of electrolytes. This approach reduced fecal output, which was deemed successful. Additionally, it was recognized that lactose in the milk or milk replacer could worsen diarrhea because the lactose osmotically pulled water from the body tissue into the intestinal tract to be excreted.

More recent research has shown that in calves with moderate diarrhea from bacterial enteritis, electrolytes should be fed between milk or milk replacer feedings to maximize weight gains or minimize weight loss. However, there are still cases of severe diarrhea where the milk or milk replacer is removed and only the electrolytes are fed until the watery diarrhea ends. This is a “critical” decision to make. Thus we developed Critical Care to give in place of commercial electrolyte products and milk or milk replacer. A simple, yet effective solution for scouring calves.

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