In the acute stage it is often seen as watery mouth before diarrhoea develops. Electrolytes and antibiotics are needed to treat. Clostridia - important in older lambs and usually found dead. Prevention with vaccine, antisera, antibiotics is best, but colostrum intake is essential to pass antibodies from dam to offspring. Rotavirus can be a problem in young piglets and as in humans can be associated with vomiting.
Clostridia can cause acute, often fatal scour in young piglets.
Often blood is present in the scour. Cryptosporidia can occur in young piglets as it can in nearly all species. Sulphonamides and electrolytes may help to control the disease. Once again TGE is becoming a problem in the eastern counties and could spread nationally. Zoonosis Remember that many scour causing pathogens can be transmissible to humans and may cause nerve disease, especially to the young and infirm.