Farmers urged to take preemptive action to reduce calf scour danger

WITH calving season about to get underway, farmers have been urged to take extra precautions against calf scour, the biggest cause of calf deaths.

The latest Department of Agriculture report on the Cattle Movement Monitoring System shows almost 60,000 calves died between birth and three months in 2005 and a further 29,000 calves were stillborn.

One of the most worrying trends is the increase of 7,000 in calf deaths between 2004 and 2005.