Calf Nutrition FRANKLINVets Dr Danielle Thomson BVSC (Dist.) done through regular weighing and comparing these to MINDA target weights specific to your herd. This is the best indication of whether they are meeting their nutritional requirements. Heifers should be fed diets with more than 10.5 MJME/kg Need a It's that time of Commercial farm vet? year again where the Hauraki Plains look more like a desert than Equine Lifestyle farm DM and adequate protein. Unfortunately, this isn't the reality for most pastures at the moment. Therefore, tail-enders or mobs that are light should be supplemented with higher energy meal or palm kernel. Pets productive grass- based dairy farms. While the effects on your herd and the vat are front of Ruminate Forage Balancer Weaner is mind, it is very important to not forget another tool in the arsenal. It is a great about your young stock. Although they might not seem to have the same demands, they must receive adequate nutrition to meet their target liveweights. It is indisputable that product that is designed specifically to support calves through this transition period (100 - 150 kg LW). It is intended to supplement what is lacking in the pasture - carbohydrates well-grown heifers produce more milk, for healthy rumen development and a full vitamin, trace element and longer in the herd. So, you can't afford mineral profile to support the immune for them to have a growth check now. system and growth. On top of this, it also contains a coccidiostat. We have better in-calf rates and survive Welcome to the team RIs are already at a sensitive time in their growth. Their rumen is still developing, especially if meal has been stopped too soon, and their immune systems may not be fully functional. Ón top of which they can be exposed to new disease challenges at pasture. This means that turning them out to a Waihi Vets! often see this clinical disease when calves are weaned off meal and are exposed to high challenges or stress, so it is great to have another way to prevent this until they have developed immunity themselves. Forage balancer comes as an easy-to-use lick that is pasture only diet and forgetting about water-resistant (not a problem at the moment!). And it is cost-effective as on average the liveweight increases are Our team of locally based vets are here to help 24/7. KOPU 99 KOPU ROAD. 07 868 5007 MON-FRI 8AM-5PM them won't cut it. PAEROA 3 PUKE ROAD. 07 862 7295 MON-FRI 8AM-SPM The most important thing is to monitor them. Whether they be on your dairy platform or runoff, or at grazing, you need to know how they are tracking, Ideally, this would be 290 g/calf/day! WAIHI 40 KENNY STREET. 07 863 8684 MON-FRI 830AM-5PM WAITAKARURU 563 STATE HWAY 25.07 868 9030 MON-FRI 8AM-5PM Our Veterinary Technicians offer a Heifer weighing service - chat to us about how this may help your farm. EMERGENCY AFTER HOURS VET SERVICES www.FRANKLINVETS.CO.NZ ver Calf Nutrition FRANKLINVets Dr Danielle Thomson BVSC (Dist.) done through regular weighing and comparing these to MINDA target weights specific to your herd. This is the best indication of whether they are meeting their nutritional requirements. Heifers should be fed diets with more than 10.5 MJME/kg Need a It's that time of Commercial farm vet? year again where the Hauraki Plains look more like a desert than Equine Lifestyle farm DM and adequate protein. Unfortunately, this isn't the reality for most pastures at the moment. Therefore, tail-enders or mobs that are light should be supplemented with higher energy meal or palm kernel. Pets productive grass- based dairy farms. While the effects on your herd and the vat are front of Ruminate Forage Balancer Weaner is mind, it is very important to not forget another tool in the arsenal. It is a great about your young stock. Although they might not seem to have the same demands, they must receive adequate nutrition to meet their target liveweights. It is indisputable that product that is designed specifically to support calves through this transition period (100 - 150 kg LW). It is intended to supplement what is lacking in the pasture - carbohydrates well-grown heifers produce more milk, for healthy rumen development and a full vitamin, trace element and longer in the herd. So, you can't afford mineral profile to support the immune for them to have a growth check now. system and growth. On top of this, it also contains a coccidiostat. We have better in-calf rates and survive Welcome to the team RIs are already at a sensitive time in their growth. Their rumen is still developing, especially if meal has been stopped too soon, and their immune systems may not be fully functional. Ón top of which they can be exposed to new disease challenges at pasture. This means that turning them out to a Waihi Vets! often see this clinical disease when calves are weaned off meal and are exposed to high challenges or stress, so it is great to have another way to prevent this until they have developed immunity themselves. Forage balancer comes as an easy-to-use lick that is pasture only diet and forgetting about water-resistant (not a problem at the moment!). And it is cost-effective as on average the liveweight increases are Our team of locally based vets are here to help 24/7. KOPU 99 KOPU ROAD. 07 868 5007 MON-FRI 8AM-5PM them won't cut it. PAEROA 3 PUKE ROAD. 07 862 7295 MON-FRI 8AM-SPM The most important thing is to monitor them. Whether they be on your dairy platform or runoff, or at grazing, you need to know how they are tracking, Ideally, this would be 290 g/calf/day! WAIHI 40 KENNY STREET. 07 863 8684 MON-FRI 830AM-5PM WAITAKARURU 563 STATE HWAY 25.07 868 9030 MON-FRI 8AM-5PM Our Veterinary Technicians offer a Heifer weighing service - chat to us about how this may help your farm. EMERGENCY AFTER HOURS VET SERVICES www.FRANKLINVETS.CO.NZ ver