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Vaccine ends calf scour crisis in beef herd hit by cryptosporidiosis

Implementing a vaccine programme to control calf scour proved to be a turning point for Lake District farm

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Vaccine ends calf scour crisis in beef herd hit by cryptosporidiosis

Edward Beard, of Croft House 51AV视频in Buttermere, runs 118 Blue Grey spring-calving cows put to Charolais. But when scour issues came to a head in 2024, it almost spelled the end of the herd, due to the...

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