Scour Bos Hits The Mark By Controlling Subclinical Signs Of Sours
Bill Baus, DVM
Redfield/Faulkton, South Dakota
When it comes to a scours prevention program, Bill Baus, DVM, owner of clinics in Redfield and Faulkton, South Dakota, knows how important it is to control clinical as well as subclinical signs of scours.
“Many people think that it’s only the calves showing signs of scours that affect profitability,” says Baus. “Preventing subclinical disease is just as cost effective, if not more, than preventing the occasional scouring calf.”
During a couple of particularly stressful years, clostridial disease accounted for 60 percent of scours in his producers’ herds. E. coli, rotavirus and coronavirus were also present. Baus started using Scour Bos® when it first came out because other products were not preventing disease.
“Scours incidence has dramatically decreased since I started using Scour Bos,” he says. “It is as effective today as it was when it was released. If I have an outbreak, I know I’m not looking for an organism that is covered by the product.”
Baus said that he and his producers also like being able to use a scours product at preg-check, “I don’t like working heavy, pregnant cows. Being able to give Scour Bos earlier is a good testament to its long-lasting protection. Time and time again, its protection lasts through the entire season.”
