Crypto calf infections more prevalent in recent years

In recent years, calf mortality due to cryptosporidia rose sharply on suckler farms.

The cryptosporidia infection is the last thing suckler farmers want occurring as the calving season progresses.

A recent report from the veterinary services of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, and the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland revealed that up to 40% of calf mortality in the first six weeks is scour-related.