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    Dia­gnosis and Con­trol of Cattle Calves Diarrhea

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    Re­cent re­search showed that most pas­tor­al­ists be­lieve that calves col­lect worms from the pas­ture dur­ing feed­ing.

    Cattle calves’ diarrhea in­fec­tion is a non-re­spons­ive diarrhea to treat­ment in suck­ling cattle calves. Re­cent re­search by the Kenya Ag­ri­cul­tural Re­search and Live­stock Or­gan­iz­a­tion showed that most pas­tor­al­ists be­lieve that calves col­lect worms from the pas­ture dur­ing feed­ing. The signs of the dis­ease in­clude diarrhea, Colic-ab­dom­inal pains and colored mucus.

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    Some ve­get­a­tion spe­cies e.g. Duo­sperma er­e­m­o­phi­lum are as­so­ci­ated with worms. Fur­ther, pas­tor­al­ists as­so­ci­ate diarrhoea in suck­ling calves with ex­cess milk. The cattle own­ers treat diarrhoea of in-house calves with an­ti­bi­ot­ics. The calves however some­times do not re­cover but the diarrhoea con­tin­ues and may lead to death.

    Calves are usu­ally in­fec­ted with worms from the mother. The Dormant eggs in the mother be­come act­ive and lar­vae mi­grate to the mam­mary glands whereby in-house calves are in­fec­ted after suck­ling milk of the in­fec­ted moth­ers.

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    Treat the sick calves with a de-wormer (Use a safe, ef­fect­ive, meta­bol­isable and eco­nomic de-wormer).  En­sure that the cattle calves are well re­strained to avoid chok­ing.

    For labor­at­ory dia­gnosis col­lect faecal sample for ex­am­in­a­tion in the labor­at­ory. On ex­am­in­a­tion, eggs of the para­site are seen on the spe­ci­men.

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    Treat the cow in the last tri­mester of preg­nancy with a de-wormer. Also clean the bomas to avoid re-in­fec­tion. It is ad­vis­able to treat new an­im­als be­fore in­tro­du­cing them to your herd. Fi­nally, share the know­ledge with other cattle own­ers to in­crease aware­ness of the dis­ease in the com­munity.

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