Some of which can cause diarrhea. House calves so that it is impossible for them to suckle each other during milk feeding. Exercise caution in feeding waste milk to calves intended for meat. Antibiotic residues may remain in the tissues. In a paper published in the 2000 Dairy InfoBase, Dr. James Cullor from California reported that infectious diseases are common cause of deaths in young calves.
Calves are susceptible to numerous pathogens as well as opportunistic infections.
Samples were plated within four hours of collection. Antibiotic sensitivity tests were done and samples were screened for presence of B-lactam or tetracycline residues. Hospital milk samples were higher in bacteria than colostrum milk, milk replacer, or bulk tank milk. The E. coli was not 0157, the strain that has been found in many sicknesses. Calves fed waste milk were exposed to higher microbial load.