Field nutritionist’s voice on pre-calving cow health

Compromised immunity and decreased muscle tone due to calcium deficiency can be associated with increased incidence of retained foetal membranes in dairy cows. Kemin’s formulating ruminant health programme for pre-calving cows (last 21 days before calving) in which the diets were made acidogenic with NutriCAB™, the incidence of retained foetal membranes reduced from 28.7 % to 5.4% (average of 4 farms).