New Feed Additive Products
We are now able to supply cost effective feed additives from a source we consider to be reputable and reliable.
The products are in a pellet form and made up to provide a choice of vitamins, minerals and rumen modifiers.
The product range is "Cows-R-Us" feed additives and has been specifically formulated by Dr Ian Lean, one of Australia's foremost specialists in Dairy Cattle Nutrition. The range also includes products for use in the transition period from dry cow to early lactation.
Dr Lean has used these products extensively in NSW and parts of Victoria with impressive results. Formulations are designed to be used in all types of production systems. All are in pellet form for addition to supplementary grain mixes. The pellets are available in 50 gram premixes as well as 500 gram complete pellets which include macro minerals.
The 50 gram pellets are:
- Trace 50: containing Vitamins and Minerals.
- RT50: containing Vitamins, Minerals and Rumensin.
- RET50: containing Trace Elements, Rumensin and Eskalin.
These are all added at 50 grams per cow per day.
The 500 gram pellets:
Contain Calcium, Magnesium, Phosphorous and Sodium at formulated rates to supplement diets in grazing dairy cows.
Trace 500, RT 500 and RET 500 also have the constituents of their 50 gram per day counterparts.
These pellets also have 300 grams of wheat, which represents about 6 cents per cow per day in pure nutritional input.
These additive products can be purchased by contacting Timboon Veterinary Group to organise delivery. Please contact us to discuss any of these products or arrange a consultancy visit to examine your production system and discuss the suitability of one of these products.
Transition Ration Products
These products are designed to enable rumen adaptation, prevent metabolic and post partum disease and maximise dry matter intake at calving and immediately post partum to ensure an early and high peak production level.
Biochlor is a high protein palatable feed with a high level of anionic component. It is a unique product in its ability to achieve the above mentioned objectives.
Kickstart is Biochlor with RET pellets plus flavourings to create a readily acceptable transition food which can be easily added to grain currently being used at 1kg per cow per day.
Transit is Kickstart with grain already mixed into a pelletised feed. It is to be fed at 3kg per cow per day.
More discussion of these products will occur in further newsletters, closer to calving.
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