Producer Questions prior to 2009

We are having a large outbreak of scours in our calves. I have been trying to tell my family that tools that we use on sick calves and then use on healthy calves should be cleaned and sterilized between uses, so that it does not spread scours. Is this correct?

You are correct. Equipment, especially esophageal feeders, used to treat sick calves can become the source of exposure for other calves. In some situations outbreaks are made worse because of contaminated equipment.