| Calf Products
Our products are safe and effective for use as Colostrum Replacers or Colostrum Supplements in dairy and beef calves.
WHERE TO BUY
Please click on a flag to view calf colostrum products sold in each country.
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The Importance of Colostrum - Colostrum is the mechanism Mother Nature uses to transfer important immune and growth factors and nutrients from the dam to the newborn calf after birth.
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| The benefits of colostrum feeding do not end at 1 day of age. See Feeding Colostrum after Day 1 of age to prevent Neonatal Diarrhea (Scours) |
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Early ingestion of good quality colostrum is essential to both the early health and survival and also the long term productivity of newborn calves.
In short, the benefits of proper colostrum feeding are immediate and
long lasting. There are also different and distinct benefits
from feeding colostrum on day 1, and after day 1 of a calf’s life.
For more details on how to optimize colostrum feeding, follow the
links below.
Day 1 Feeding of Colostrum – The objective is to achieve the highest possible level of IgG in the calf’s blood so as to prevent “Failure of Passive Transfer” or FPT. FPT occurs when a calf has less than 10g of IgG per liter of blood (<10g/L) when it is 24 to 36 hours of age by which time absorption of colostral ingredients from the intestine into the blood has stopped. Calves that have FPT are much more susceptible to becoming ill and dying than calves with serum IgG levels above 10g/L. Research has also shown that calves with even higher serum IgG levels have higher long term productivity, including weight gain and milk production as adults, and also lower culling rates.
Post Day 1 Feeding of Colostrum – Prevention of Enteritis (Scours) – This is also referred to as “post closure” feeding of colostrum because it occurs after the calves intestine has “closed” or stopped absorbing colostral ingredients into its blood. During this time colostrum is still digested and the key ingredients provide local protection as well as growth and healing benefits to intestinal tissue. Therefore feeding smaller amounts of colostrum after day 1 can help prevent enteritis and diarrhea (scours) in many situations. It can also provide calves with a critical source of extra energy during periods of heat or cold stress.
Post Day 1 Feeding Recommendations – There have been few controlled research studies done, but good results have been achieved in many herds using our products by feeding 10g of IgG at each feeding for several days before the time at which scours usually starts. (A.C.B. Berge et al.)
A Word About Antibodies – To make each batch or serial of product, colostrum from 3,000 to 4,000 Canadian dairy cows is pooled together. The majority of SCCL’s donor dairy herds vaccinate their animals against the common enteric and/or respiratory diseases. Pooling colostrum from cows raised in different geographical locations of Canada, the majority of which have been vaccinated, ensures that our products contain a broad spectrum of antibodies against a wide variety of common infectious organisms including Bovine Herpes Virus-1 (BHV-1 or IBR virus), Bovine Leukosis Virus (BLV), K99+E. Coli, bovine rotavirus, bovine coronavirus, bovine virus diarrhea (BVD) virus, bovine respiratory syncitial virus (BRSV), and bovine parainfluenza-3 (PI-3) virus. |
