Vet on the Moove: The Story of "Red" - Cryptosporidium

The story of little calf “Red” gripped the agri community on Instagram over the Easter holidays - my Dad even got asked about him at mass on Easter Sunday, writes farm vet Hazell Mullins.
Hazell and Red

Hazell and Red

The story of my little calf “Red” gripped the agri community on Instagram over the Easter holidays - my Dad even got asked about him at mass on Easter Sunday. He is that typical very sick calf that can appear at the end of spring when infection pressure is at its highest.

To set the scene, Red is a beautiful Angus-cross calf that was born the first week of April; he was our “show and tell" calf as he had a beautiful red tinge to his coat, which earned him his name.

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