Why electrolytes and  intravenous fluids must be part of diarrhoea treatments

'There is an upsurge in the number of cases of calf and foal diarrhoea that we are seeing' 

When an animal suffers from diarrhoea, the water element of the food is not extracted into the body, but stays in the intestine and comes out behind. File Picture.  

I was thinking recently about a time when I suffered a bout of vomiting and diarrhoea.

We had put it down to food poisoning.