herbs for scours in calf

[Leanna CainStudent]

We raise several bottle calves each year and are looking for a natural way to deal with scours.  We seem to have to deal with it somewhat frequently especially when we have a big weather change.  Any help with herbs as well as dosing would be greatly appreciated.

[Leanna CainStudentTopic Author]

Hello all,

I’m new to all this and I’m still trying to get some answers on dealing with scours naturally.  Help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[ElizabethStudent]

Hello Leanna !

I talked to a friend of mine that is a dairy farmer and uses natural remedies as much as possible and she said :

For scours I didn’t weigh the active charcoal . I used scoops and trial by error. It was about 1 cup of charcoal with 2 L of the calf electrolytes. Biggest battle is keeping the calf hydrated. Depends which of the 5 scours the calf is battling. École scours responds to a tetracycline well (in the muscle ingestion) too because it’s bacterial. But a viral or Protozoa scours relies on the calf’s immune system. 5-6 drops of oil of oregano under the calf’s tongue was another one of my herbal ideas. (After they’ve sucked or been tubed so you don’t deter their willingness to suck the bottle)

 Let me know if you have any more questions that I can pass over to my friend. Hope this helps !

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[Rebekah CarmichaelStudent]

Hi there! I’m a new student too. I haven’t tried what I’m about to recommend, I wish I had this knowledge a six months ago, but this is what I’ve gleaned from Doc’s lessons.

Scours isn’t a disease it is a symptom of something else. I don’t mean to assume, I’ve never been around a cow, but I raise goats, and over feeding bottle babies can cause scours if I’m not mistaken. Anyway, try to determine the source.

Scours is a muscle spasm, the bowels are contracting super fast unable to absorb the water from the stool so it shoots out to fast. So an anti spasmodic like lobilia or cramp bark would slow movement of the bowels so the stool can harden. Combine it with a sage, to dry things up, and marshmallow to sooth. And supporting the immune systems is always a good idea, echinacea. Chamomile is also calming to the gut.

 

Hope this helps!!!!

[Wendy DykStudent]

Hi Leanna!

We are currently calving our beef cattle herd.  Each year we end up with some scours, unfortunately.  The herb that really perked my interest for scours in Doc’s classes was Angelica Seed.  I haven’t tried it yet, but I’m slowly getting hubby to try some herbal interventions in our herd. A combo of Angelic seed along with some of the herbs mentioned above would probably be a good idea also.  I’d love to hear Doc’s thoughts on this too! 🙂

[SuziStudent]

I recently spoke to a cattle farmer who is having to deal with scours in his calves. They’ve found a basic hydralite works well but they were interested in hearing more.  They currently plant mineral rich plants for fodder (chicory etc) so I would like to know if growing Angelica herb would suffice as a standard addition to the grasses and plants.

He is also struggling with Proud Flesh on one of the cows legs. Currently using the blue powder.. Nigella seed oil would kick it for sure but I’m curious to see what Doc has to say.

Suzi 🇦🇺

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