Crypto vaccine launched for 2025 calvers

Recent Dutch research focusing on dairy heifers suffering from scour indicated a cost of between €140 and €190 to bring those heifers back to health.
Crypto vaccine launched for 2025 calvers

Recent Dutch research focusing on dairy heifers suffering from scour indicated a cost of between €140 and €190 to bring those heifers back to health.

A vaccine against Cryptosporidium is available for the first time ever, for calvers in 2025.

Cryptosporidium parvum, commonly referred to as Crypto, is a one-celled parasitic organism that causes watery diarrhea in calves (as well as other mammals).

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