Calving is loaded with challenges and the costs associated can be crippling and helping a cow overcome them is crucial to ensure an ideal start to her lactation.
At calving, cows face 3 key nutritional challenges that impair their calcium, immune and energy status which in turn have a negative effect on early lactation health, milk production and fertility.
Only 20% of milk fever can be seen, but the sombre consequences of milk fever, in the form of sub-clinical milk fever which remains hidden to farmers and vets remains a major challenge for the freshly calved cow when the demand for calcium can outstrip supply.
To really challenge the new formulation of Cowstart Complete, the product was trialled on a UK farm already operating at a high level of performance.
Full trial results below
Cow Start is uniquely formulated to address these challenges.
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