Impacts of Cryptosporidium parvum Incidence during the first days of life on health and performance of dairy calves

Autores
Lombardelli, Joaquín Andrés; Rivero, Maria Romina; Tomazic, Mariela Luján; McIntosh, Douglas; Tiranti, Karina
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2026
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Cryptosporidium parvum is a common enteropathogen causing neonatal diarrhoea in dairy calves worldwide. This condition reduces growth rates and normal development, leading to economic losses for dairy farmers. This cohort study investigated the impact of calf and dam-related factors on C. parvum incidence and evaluated the effects of early-life infection on health and growth. One hundred and forty calves were monitored from birth to 60 days of age. A high incidence of C. parvum was observed at 13 days of age. Calves that experienced difficult calving and had serum total protein levels <5.5 g/dl had a fourfold higher risk of C. parvum infection compared to those without these conditions. Early-life infection (≤8 days) significantly increased the risk of experiencing diarrhoea by four times and having diarrhoea lasting more than three days by three times. Additionally, calves infected within the first 8 days of life were nearly eight times more likely to gain less than 500 g of BW per day. This study highlights that difficult calving and inadequate immunoglobulin absorption increase the likelihood of early-life C. parvum infection, impacting calf health and growth. The impact of infection acquired during the first days of life represents a significant negative risk to calf health and growth, underscoring the importance of implementing management strategies to enhance animal welfare and reduce environmental contamination with Cryptosporidium oocysts.
Instituto de Patobiología
Fil: Lombardelli Joaquín Andrés. Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto. Facultad de Agronomía y Veterinaria. Departamento de Patología Animal; Argentina
Fil: Lombardelli Joaquín Andrés. Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto. Instituto de Ciencias Veterinarias (INCIVET); Argentina
Fil: Lombardelli Joaquín Andrés. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Rivero, Maria Romina. Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto. Facultad de Agronomía y Veterinaria. Departamento de Patología Animal; Argentina
Fil: Rivero, Maria Romina. Universidad Nacional de Rio Cuarto. Instituto para el Desarrollo Agroindustrial y de la Salud (IDAS); Argentina
Fil: Rivero, Maria Romina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Tomazic, Mariela Luján. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Patobiología Veterinaria; Argentina
Fil: Tomazic, Mariela Luján. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: McIntosh, Douglas. Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ). Instituto de Veterinária. Departamento de Parasitologia Animal. Laboratório Multiusuário de Biologia Molecular; Brasil
Fil: Tiranti, Karina. Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto. Facultad de Agronomía y Veterinaria. Departamento de Patología Animal; Argentina
Fil: Tiranti, Karina. Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto. Instituto de Ciencias Veterinarias (INCIVET); Argentina
Fil: Tiranti, Karina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fuente
Animal - Open Space 5 : 100124 (December 2026)
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Cryptosporidium parvum
Ganado de Leche
Ternero
Sanidad Animal
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Calves
Animal Health
Diarrhoea
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spelling Impacts of Cryptosporidium parvum Incidence during the first days of life on health and performance of dairy calvesLombardelli, Joaquín AndrésRivero, Maria RominaTomazic, Mariela LujánMcIntosh, DouglasTiranti, KarinaDiarreaCryptosporidium parvumGanado de LecheTerneroSanidad AnimalDairy CattleCalvesAnimal HealthDiarrhoeaCryptosporidium parvum is a common enteropathogen causing neonatal diarrhoea in dairy calves worldwide. This condition reduces growth rates and normal development, leading to economic losses for dairy farmers. This cohort study investigated the impact of calf and dam-related factors on C. parvum incidence and evaluated the effects of early-life infection on health and growth. One hundred and forty calves were monitored from birth to 60 days of age. A high incidence of C. parvum was observed at 13 days of age. Calves that experienced difficult calving and had serum total protein levels <5.5 g/dl had a fourfold higher risk of C. parvum infection compared to those without these conditions. Early-life infection (≤8 days) significantly increased the risk of experiencing diarrhoea by four times and having diarrhoea lasting more than three days by three times. Additionally, calves infected within the first 8 days of life were nearly eight times more likely to gain less than 500 g of BW per day. This study highlights that difficult calving and inadequate immunoglobulin absorption increase the likelihood of early-life C. parvum infection, impacting calf health and growth. The impact of infection acquired during the first days of life represents a significant negative risk to calf health and growth, underscoring the importance of implementing management strategies to enhance animal welfare and reduce environmental contamination with Cryptosporidium oocysts.Instituto de PatobiologíaFil: Lombardelli Joaquín Andrés. Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto. Facultad de Agronomía y Veterinaria. Departamento de Patología Animal; ArgentinaFil: Lombardelli Joaquín Andrés. Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto. Instituto de Ciencias Veterinarias (INCIVET); ArgentinaFil: Lombardelli Joaquín Andrés. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Rivero, Maria Romina. Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto. Facultad de Agronomía y Veterinaria. Departamento de Patología Animal; ArgentinaFil: Rivero, Maria Romina. Universidad Nacional de Rio Cuarto. Instituto para el Desarrollo Agroindustrial y de la Salud (IDAS); ArgentinaFil: Rivero, Maria Romina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Tomazic, Mariela Luján. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Patobiología Veterinaria; ArgentinaFil: Tomazic, Mariela Luján. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: McIntosh, Douglas. Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ). Instituto de Veterinária. Departamento de Parasitologia Animal. Laboratório Multiusuário de Biologia Molecular; BrasilFil: Tiranti, Karina. Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto. Facultad de Agronomía y Veterinaria. Departamento de Patología Animal; ArgentinaFil: Tiranti, Karina. Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto. Instituto de Ciencias Veterinarias (INCIVET); ArgentinaFil: Tiranti, Karina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaElsevier2026-06-11T10:55:40Z2026-06-11T10:55:40Z2026-12info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/26587https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S27726940250003302772-6940https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anopes.2025.100124Animal - Open Space 5 : 100124 (December 2026)reponame:INTA Digital (INTA)instname:Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuariaenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)2026-09-24T11:43:20Zoai:localhost:20.500.12123/26587instacron:INTAInstitucionalhttp://repositorio.inta.gob.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://repositorio.inta.gob.ar/oai/requesttripaldi.nicolas@inta.gob.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:l2026-09-24 11:43:21.053INTA Digital (INTA) - Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuariafalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Impacts of Cryptosporidium parvum Incidence during the first days of life on health and performance of dairy calves
title Impacts of Cryptosporidium parvum Incidence during the first days of life on health and performance of dairy calves
spellingShingle Impacts of Cryptosporidium parvum Incidence during the first days of life on health and performance of dairy calves
Lombardelli, Joaquín Andrés
Diarrea
Cryptosporidium parvum
Ganado de Leche
Ternero
Sanidad Animal
Dairy Cattle
Calves
Animal Health
Diarrhoea
title_short Impacts of Cryptosporidium parvum Incidence during the first days of life on health and performance of dairy calves
title_full Impacts of Cryptosporidium parvum Incidence during the first days of life on health and performance of dairy calves
title_fullStr Impacts of Cryptosporidium parvum Incidence during the first days of life on health and performance of dairy calves
title_full_unstemmed Impacts of Cryptosporidium parvum Incidence during the first days of life on health and performance of dairy calves
title_sort Impacts of Cryptosporidium parvum Incidence during the first days of life on health and performance of dairy calves
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Lombardelli, Joaquín Andrés
Rivero, Maria Romina
Tomazic, Mariela Luján
McIntosh, Douglas
Tiranti, Karina
author Lombardelli, Joaquín Andrés
author_facet Lombardelli, Joaquín Andrés
Rivero, Maria Romina
Tomazic, Mariela Luján
McIntosh, Douglas
Tiranti, Karina
author_role author
author2 Rivero, Maria Romina
Tomazic, Mariela Luján
McIntosh, Douglas
Tiranti, Karina
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Diarrea
Cryptosporidium parvum
Ganado de Leche
Ternero
Sanidad Animal
Dairy Cattle
Calves
Animal Health
Diarrhoea
topic Diarrea
Cryptosporidium parvum
Ganado de Leche
Ternero
Sanidad Animal
Dairy Cattle
Calves
Animal Health
Diarrhoea
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Cryptosporidium parvum is a common enteropathogen causing neonatal diarrhoea in dairy calves worldwide. This condition reduces growth rates and normal development, leading to economic losses for dairy farmers. This cohort study investigated the impact of calf and dam-related factors on C. parvum incidence and evaluated the effects of early-life infection on health and growth. One hundred and forty calves were monitored from birth to 60 days of age. A high incidence of C. parvum was observed at 13 days of age. Calves that experienced difficult calving and had serum total protein levels <5.5 g/dl had a fourfold higher risk of C. parvum infection compared to those without these conditions. Early-life infection (≤8 days) significantly increased the risk of experiencing diarrhoea by four times and having diarrhoea lasting more than three days by three times. Additionally, calves infected within the first 8 days of life were nearly eight times more likely to gain less than 500 g of BW per day. This study highlights that difficult calving and inadequate immunoglobulin absorption increase the likelihood of early-life C. parvum infection, impacting calf health and growth. The impact of infection acquired during the first days of life represents a significant negative risk to calf health and growth, underscoring the importance of implementing management strategies to enhance animal welfare and reduce environmental contamination with Cryptosporidium oocysts.
Instituto de Patobiología
Fil: Lombardelli Joaquín Andrés. Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto. Facultad de Agronomía y Veterinaria. Departamento de Patología Animal; Argentina
Fil: Lombardelli Joaquín Andrés. Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto. Instituto de Ciencias Veterinarias (INCIVET); Argentina
Fil: Lombardelli Joaquín Andrés. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Rivero, Maria Romina. Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto. Facultad de Agronomía y Veterinaria. Departamento de Patología Animal; Argentina
Fil: Rivero, Maria Romina. Universidad Nacional de Rio Cuarto. Instituto para el Desarrollo Agroindustrial y de la Salud (IDAS); Argentina
Fil: Rivero, Maria Romina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Tomazic, Mariela Luján. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Patobiología Veterinaria; Argentina
Fil: Tomazic, Mariela Luján. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: McIntosh, Douglas. Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ). Instituto de Veterinária. Departamento de Parasitologia Animal. Laboratório Multiusuário de Biologia Molecular; Brasil
Fil: Tiranti, Karina. Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto. Facultad de Agronomía y Veterinaria. Departamento de Patología Animal; Argentina
Fil: Tiranti, Karina. Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto. Instituto de Ciencias Veterinarias (INCIVET); Argentina
Fil: Tiranti, Karina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
description Cryptosporidium parvum is a common enteropathogen causing neonatal diarrhoea in dairy calves worldwide. This condition reduces growth rates and normal development, leading to economic losses for dairy farmers. This cohort study investigated the impact of calf and dam-related factors on C. parvum incidence and evaluated the effects of early-life infection on health and growth. One hundred and forty calves were monitored from birth to 60 days of age. A high incidence of C. parvum was observed at 13 days of age. Calves that experienced difficult calving and had serum total protein levels <5.5 g/dl had a fourfold higher risk of C. parvum infection compared to those without these conditions. Early-life infection (≤8 days) significantly increased the risk of experiencing diarrhoea by four times and having diarrhoea lasting more than three days by three times. Additionally, calves infected within the first 8 days of life were nearly eight times more likely to gain less than 500 g of BW per day. This study highlights that difficult calving and inadequate immunoglobulin absorption increase the likelihood of early-life C. parvum infection, impacting calf health and growth. The impact of infection acquired during the first days of life represents a significant negative risk to calf health and growth, underscoring the importance of implementing management strategies to enhance animal welfare and reduce environmental contamination with Cryptosporidium oocysts.
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