Nutritional Factors in Calf Diarrhea

Immunity to Neonatal Calf Diarrhea

Acute Diarrhea: Its Nutritional Consequences

The recent elucidation of etiologic agents of infantile diarrhea has markedly improved our understanding of the pathophysiology and epidemiology of acute nonbacterial gastroenteritis. In addition, the study of these agents has led to the formulation of potential strategies for the prevention and treatment of these infections. The agent of nonbacterial gastroenteritis in children which has recei...

Nutritional Therapy of Chronic Diarrhea

Before one considers active nutritional therapy for a global problem as devastating and massive as chronic infant diarrhea, one should consider the preventive aspects of nutritional care. The favorable impact of breast-feeding on the incidence and course of diarrheal disease has been rediscovered and reaffirmed in most parts of the world. This very important protection provided by breastfeeding...

A survey on detection of coronavirus in neonatal calf diarrhea in dairy farms of Iran

BACKGROUND: Bovine coronavirus (BCoV) is a primary cause of neonatal calf diarrhea worldwide, and is also associated with acute diarrhea in adult cattle during the winter season, resulting heavy economic losses to both dairy and beef industry throughout the world. OBJECTIVE: The Objective of the present study was to screen the fecal samples for BCoV collected from diarrhea from six geographic r...

The prevalence of coronavirus in fecal samples of neonatal calf diarrhea using electron microscopic examination

BACKGROUND:Neonatal calf diarrhea (NCD), also known ascalf scours, is caused by viruses, bacteria, and parasites.Coronavirus is one of the important causes of NCD syndrome.Electron microcopy has been used for demonstration of virusesin fecal samples of diarrheic calves since 1969. OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence ofcoronavirus in fecal samples of neonatal calf di...