The initial colonization and early development of the intestinal microbiome are important stages in growth calves during pre-weaning. This study investigated temporal changes diversity composition fecal microbiota, focusing on first 2 weeks after birth, with aim identifying bacteria blood metabolites that associated calf diarrhea. In this study, 10 were fed colostrum day 0 whole milk from days ...

Calf mortality is a perennial problem for dairy producers worldwide and impairs appropriate heifer replacement. However, limited study has been reported on calf in the area. Hence, Longitudinal prospective observational was conducted between November 2016 to April 2017 urban peri-urban smallholder farms of Bishoftu town 158 live-born calves selected from 60 identify risk factors associated with...

BACKGROUND: Bovine coronavirus (BCoV) is a primary cause of neonatal calf diarrhea worldwide, and is also associated with acute diarrhea in adult cattle during the winter season, resulting heavy economic losses to both dairy and beef industry throughout the world. OBJECTIVE: The Objective of the present study was to screen the fecal samples for BCoV collected from diarrhea from six geographic r...

BACKGROUND Bovine coronavirus is a primary cause of neonatal calf diarrhea worldwide, and is also associated with acute diarrhea in adult cattle during the winter season. There are no reports on molecular characterization of bovine coronavirus in Ireland, and little data exists apart from serological studies. FINDINGS In this study, 11 neonatal (mean age 9 days) calf BCoV strains from the sou...