author(s)
Ashaq Manzoor, Tahir Nazir, Madeeha Untoo, Aaliya Fayaz, Bushra Zaffer, Insha Afzal, Towseef Akram and Zahoor Ahmad Dar

abstract
The success of any dairy enterprise and its future depends on the survival of the calf crop. Calf scour has been regarded as the most common cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality. Infectious agents i.e. Rotavirus, Coronavirus, Salmonella species, Clostridium species, enteropathogenic Escherichia coli, Cryptosporidium and Coccidia species are mostly attributed to calf scour. Other potent non-infectious causes of calf scour include herd size, unhygienic housing, colostrum deprivation, unprompt treatment of clinical cases, vaccination deprivation of the dam, and faulty management conditions. The diarrheic calves suffer from the electrolyte imbalance causing mortality of the calves. Holistic restraint of clinical diarrheic cases can be achieved through prompt fluid and antimicrobial administration, hygienic housing, adequate colostrum feeding and prepartum vaccination of the dam.