Coccidiosis is a major concern for dairy farmers and effective management in collaboration with a vet is needed to deliver disease control and diminish any long-term effects on heifer development. Jim, Pauline and son Matthew Thomas of Green Farm, Longnor, Shropshire, have been working hard to effectively manage coccidiosis along with their vet, James Marsden of Shropshire Farm Vets. Milking a herd of 300 Holstein crosses, the Thomas family first noticed a problem emerging in the calves several yearsago. "We noticed the calves started to show some fairly obvious clinical symptoms of the disease two to three weeks after they were moved intoa certain shed. We thought it was probably coccidiosis and our vets confirmed this following testing," says Mr Thomas.
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