![]() Calves were blocked by the different enrollment criteria. ![]() Calves were randomly enrolled in 1 of the 3 treatments when experiencing either 2 consecutive days of a fecal score of 2 (runny, spreads easily) or 1 d with a fecal score of 3 (liquid devoid of solid material). Starter grain and water were offered ad libitum. Calves were housed in individual pens and fed a 24% crude protein and 17% fat calf milk replacer (CMR) twice daily. Hol-stein male calves (n = 80) were sourced from auction barns or local farms and delivered in 1 batch to the research facility. All 3 electrolyte solutions were standardized to provide 50 mmol/L of blood buffers and a similarly strong ion difference (74.4, 74.9, and 82.6 mEq/L for BBP, MBP, and HAL, respectively). The objective of this randomized clinical trial was to examine differences between treating male dairy calves experiencing diarrhea with either a basic bicarbonate electrolyte powder (BBP) composed of sodium bicarbonate (50.7 mmol/L) a mixed buffer powder (MBP) including sodium bicarbonate (33.8 mmol/L), sodium citrate (8.4 mmol/L), sodium acetate (6.3 mmol/L), and potassium citrate (1.9 mmol/L) or a liquid electrolyte (HAL) composed of sodium acetate (50.1 mmol/L). Calf diarrhea can commonly lead to dehydration and metabolic acidosis due to the loss of fluid and electrolytes.
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