Diarrhea is a common complaint in cattle and young ruminants (particularly in the first few months of life). Many of the pathogens and management practices that cause diarrhoea in calves also affect lambs and goats. Most herds are exposed to diarrhoea causing pathogens, and management practices will largely determine the health impact that those pathogens will have on the youngstock. In "real life", most young ruminant diarrhoea is caused by more than one factor or pathologic agent. It is important to be able to correctly diagnose and appropriately treat diarrhea in livestock, and to be able to suggest management strategies that will prevent further outbreaks of disease. Several pathogens are zoonotic agents (Salmonella spp., Cryptosporidium spp., Giardia spp., and certain types of enteropathogenic E. coli) so great care must be taken when handling diarrheic animals, contaminated bedding, and fecal samples to avoid contaminating yourself and others.

Implications of Diarrhoea
When an animal passes watery droppings many times a day it has diarrhoea. Animals with diarrhoea have certain symptoms like Lose water and salt from their bodies.Animals become weak and thin,Loss of appetite,Lose watery feaces contains mucous and sometimes blood comes along with feaces,Loss of milk production and animals can die if treatment gets delayed
Common causes of diarrhoea
Diarrhoea may be occurred due to Physiological and Pathological
Causes:
Physiological causes of diarrhoea are mainly
Increase in intestinal peristalsis
Hyper secretion of intestinal fluid
Damage to intestinal mucosa
Malabsorption
In diarrhoea, the intestine fails to adequately absorb fluids, and/or secretion into the intestine is increased. Loss of fluids through diarrhoea produces dehydration and the loss of certain body salts. Diarrhoea causes a change in body tissue composition and severe depression in the animal.
Etiology of diarrhoea
On the basis of etiology diarrhoea can be classified as infectious and non-infectious diarrhoea
Causes of diarrhoea can be broadly divided into two categories
Infectious Diarrhoea
Infectious diarrhoea can be caused by agents like virus, bacteria, parasites, mycotoxins etc.
Non infectious Diarrhoea
Non infectious diarrhoea can be caused due to poor hygiene, stress, overfeeding, indigestion, faulty diet, intestinal injury and inflammation and malabsorption.
Possible causes include bacterial and viral infections, certain chemicals, intestinal parasites, poor diet, overfeeding on milk or lush grass, poisonous, plants and other toxins, food allergies and even stress.
In diarrhoea, the intestine fails to adequately absorb fluids, and/or secretion into the intestine is increased. Loss of fluids through diarrhoea produces dehydration and the loss of certain body salts.
It causes a change in body tissue composition and severe depression in the animal.
Death from scours is usually the result of dehydration and loss of body salts rather than invasion of an infectious agent.
Dosages
10 ML. thrice a day 1 hour before or 2 hour after giving anything for eating to animals Or as per severity of the disease or as directed by doctor with water/chapati/bread or directly 10 ml by syrinage into the mouth of animals.