We are heavily involved with farmers in discussions about calf health and rearing, scour and pneumonia. Scour and pneumonia are the main causes of neonatal mortality in calves and getting a diagnosis on the cause quickly is a big help towards prevention of further cases.

Investigating scour and pneumonia issues in calves involves a series of steps such a doing a farm visit and looking at sick calves and taking samples such as bloods, faecal samples and swabs to obtain a diagnosis.

Vaccination programmes are available for scour and pneumonia and it is best discuss these with your vet based on herd history.