Dr. Frank van der Meer from the University of Calgary joins the podcast to discuss the viral causes of diarrhea in neonatal calves and the challenges with treating and preventing these viral infections.
Dr. Van der Meer's contact information if you are a Western Canadian cow-calf producer interested in participating in his field study on causes of calf diarrhea: frank.vandermeer@ucalgary.ca
00:00 –
2:34 Welcome and Introductions
2:35 –
4:20 The importance of neonatal calf diarrhea
4:21 –
5:39 Pathogens involved in neonatal calf diarrhea
5:40 –
7:37 Can you diagnose the cause of neonatal calf diarrhea clinically?
7:38 –
14:11 Coronavirus and Rotavirus as causes of calf diarrhea
16:30 -
22:23 Challenges with developing effective viral vaccines for neonatal calf diarrhea
22:24 –
26:50 Where do these viruses come from and the importance of booster vaccines
26:51-
31:39 Current field study on causes of calf diarrhea
