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Journal of Dairy Science Vol. 77 No. 10 3124-3131
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Effects of Housing and Colostrum Feeding on the Prevalence of Selected Infectious Organisms in Feces of Jersey Calves

J. D. Quigley III 1, K. R. Martin 1, D. A. Bemis 2, L.N.D. Potgieter 2, C. R. Reinemeyer 2, B. W. Rohrbach 2, H. H. Dowlen 3, and K. C. Lamar 3

1 Institute of Agriculture, Department of Animal Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville 37901-1071
2 Department of Comparative Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee, Knoxville 37901-1071
3 Dairy Experiment Station, USDA-ARS, Lewisburg, TN 37091

Neonatal Jersey calves (n = 96) were used to evaluate effects of housing (individual hutches or wooden pens in a barn) and colostrum feeding (calves were separated from the dam and fed 2 L of colostrum in nipple-bottles or allowed to nurse the dam for 3 d) on the prevalence of selected organisms in feces. Prevalence of Cryptosporidium and Eimeria were reduced, and prevalence of rotavirus tended to be reduced, when calves were housed in hutches. Prevalence of coronavirus was unaffected by treatment. Weekly prevalence of Giardia was increased when calves were left to nurse the dam for 3 d. Mean prevalence of Cryprosporidia (wk 1 to 4), Eimeria (wk 4 to 5), Giardia, rotavirus, and coronavirus (wk 1 to 5) were 34.7, 20.6, 27.1, 15.8, and 4.9%, respectively. Escherichia coli (K99 positive) were observed in 3 of 174 samples cultured. Methods of housing and colostrum feeding affected acquisition of enteropathogens in this study.

Key Words: colostrum • housing • Jersey

Submitted on December 2, 1993
Accepted on April 15, 1994






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