title: The association of non-clotting of cow's milk with scour in the single suckled beef calf.
abstract: An apparent correlation between the clotting ability of cows milk and the prevalence of scour in suckling calves was investigated. Fifty-eight per cent of the milk samples of mothers of scouring single suckled calves showed impaired clotting ability. While the cause of this remains unknown there appears to be a link with diet. The poor clotting ability is probably a contributory factor in the aetiology of scour in the suckler calf, as the abnormality has only been seen in the milk from mothers of scouring calves.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000833:Animals, Suckling; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D004403:Dysentery / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000662:veterinary; D005260:Female; D008892:Milk / Q000502:physiology*