Glucose test strips

An important aid during the intensive therapy of diarrheic calves

Abstract

Severe enteritis in neonatal calves can very quickly lead to the exitus of the animal. Besides infectious causes dietary mistakes play an important role. The pathogenesis of diarrhea is basically understood: The body loses fluid with the electrolytes provided with the nutrition due to malabsorbtion. This reason and the hematodyscrasia resulting from the inflammatory process lead to disturbance of the circulation together with recognizable clinical symptoms like cold distal parts of the extremities, lower skin turgor, sunken eyes and apathetic bedding down.