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Ruminants

Due to the physiology and structure of ruminants, their health issues are also unique. Therefore, ruminants require special care and handling to maintain optimal health, high productivity, and longevity.

Most ruminant diseases are seasonally prevalent. For instance, winter is dominated by respiratory diseases and summer by heat stress, both of which result in economic consequences such as low productivity and fertility.

Other stress factors like high production, animal transportation, and regrouping of bull calves combined with aggressiveness, parasitic pressure, and many other stressors can lead to devastating economic losses. Calving season also has its share of problems, such as high calf/lamb mortality due to serious protozoal infestation (e.g., coccidiosis and cryptosporidiosis) and bacterial diarrhea (colibacillosis and salmonellosis). During calving time, dairy animals become highly susceptible to clinical and subclinical forms of mastitis and metabolic disorders such as ketosis.

Professional farm management can safely bridge such situations, which leads to lower mortality/culling rates of these highly valuable breeding animals.

Issues | Effects​

Species Issue Product
Young Calves (Dairy / Beef):
unspecific diarrhea
Young Calves (Dairy / Beef):
coccidiosis / cryptosporidiosis
Veal Calves (CMR):
digestive problems
Calves:
stress
Calves:
hyperglycemia in young calves
Calves:
respiratory problems
Heifers (Dairy Breeds):
digestive problems
Heifers (Dairy Breeds):
more growth / better immunity
Dairy cows:
more energy / body detoxification
Dairy cows:
mycotoxins
hoof issues
high somatic cell counts
ketosis
Dairy cows:
inflammation
Dairy cows:
heat stress
Beef Bulls and Steers:
more growth
Beef Bulls and Steers:
aggressive animals
Lambs and Kids:
coccidiosis / cryptosporidiosis
Lambs and Kids:
unspecific diarrhea
Dairy Sheep and Goats:
more energy / body detoxification
Dairy Sheep and Goats:
inflammation
Dairy Sheep and Goats:
heat stress
All Ruminants:
immune system
All Ruminants:
parasite management