Aspectos clínicos e epidemiológicos da diarréia dos bezerros em Botucatu, SP Clinicai and epidemiological aspects of calf diarrhea in Botucatu, SP

A survey of data related to 304 diarrhoeic calves, from birth to 12 month-old, referred to the Large Animal Medicine Ambulatory of the Veterinary Teaching Hospital, UNESP, Botucatu, between 1980 and 1991, was ma de in order to evaluate some epidemiological and clinicai aspects, including distribuition by month, age, sex, probable etiology and association with other diseases; dehydration status, temperature and cardiac and repiratory rates. The results showed that cal! diarrhea is a relatively common problem (28,04%), especially early in life, usually caused by viral and/or. bacterial (54,93%) and helminthic (28,95%) infections, without seazonal pattern or sex predilection, and frequently concomitant with other diseases (43,75%), like pneumonia and anaplasmosis, resulting in varied dehydration degrees and tachycardia.