Producing Profitable Replacements
Research shows that feeding Zinpro Performance Minerals to dairy replacements results in improved performance and profitability when they enter the milking herd.
Recommended Product
Availa-4 provides a well-balanced trace mineral package including:
- Zinc from Availa-Zn
- Manganese from Availa-Mn
- Copper from Availa-Cu
- Cobalt from COPRO
Research shows that feeding these four essential trace minerals to dairy replacements can positively impact future herd performance.
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Benefits
Providing growing replacement heifers with a well-balanced diet including the essential trace minerals Zn, Mn, Cu and Co delivers improved performance to your herd. Benefits include improved:
- Claw integrity
- Udder health
- Lactation performance
Return
Proper trace mineral nutrition in dairy replacements presents an opportunity to impact future lactation performance. By feeding Zinpro Performance Minerals during this critical stage, producers can achieve a strong return on their investment when measured by improvements in:
- Heifer health/immune function
- Claw integrity
- Efficiency of converting feed to gain
- Skeletal and muscle growth/development
- Udder health postpartum (mastitis incidence, quality of colostrum)
Research
Feeding replacement heifers the essential trace minerals Zn, Mn, Cu and Co has been shown to help improve claw integrity, lactation performance and udder health during this critical stage of development.
