Sprayfo calf rearing brochure
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Sprayfo Calf rearing solutions For the best start in life

The first months in a calf’s life are crucial in growing a highly productive dairy cow. It’s a period that presents several challenges for dairy farmers. Science-based solutions for optimum dairy performance Science is a key driver in helping our customers run a more cost-effective and sustainable farming business. Trouw Nutrition has six animal research centres located throughout the world, an ingredient research centre and 50 long-term research collaborations with leading universities, research institutes and other organisations. We turn the scientific insights gained into innovative...

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Scientific proof for a highly predictable calf health and performance Sprayfo | Calf Rearing solutions

LifeStart LifeStart is a science-based platform that deals with the critical period in the first months of life. It offers the science required to unleash the full potential of dairy cows. Research trials show that by applying LifeStart scientific principles and feeding schedules, farmers benefit from: • igher average daily weight gain. Trials have shown H up to 300 grams extra growth per day during the pre-weaning phase4,5 • Earlier breeding6,7,8 • upport for healthy udder development. Trials have S shown an increase in basic udder development of up to 100%5,9,10,11 • igher milk...

Maintaining health and improving performance stage by stage Supported by LifeStart science, Sprayfo offers a complete range of calf-rearing solutions that ensure optimum development during the early stages of life and help to maintain a robust, healthy calf that is ready for high milk production. This allows farmers to produce more milk with fewer cows and to reduce the amount of young stock. Calf rearing objectives Sprayfo enables you to meet the following rearing objectives: Jersey Holstein Frisian Fully grown body weight Low incidence of lung problems Weaning weight at 10 weeks of age...

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Excellent calf rearing at every stage Sprayfo Calf Rearing Program of life Farmer challenges Succesful transfer of maternal antibodies Milk feeding at level that ensures growth of > 800 grams per day. Gradual step-down weaning to avoid weaning dip as much as possible Maximize growth after weaning feeding Dry-TMR (total mixed ration), no grass- or corn-silage Supply of sufficient energy to maintain body temperature functions Clean environment to reduce risk of diarrhoea and umbilical infections Proper ventilation to avoid respiratory problems Balance diet to ensure sufficient growth without...

Management of health Step-down weaning improves weaning performance. Throughout all these stages, you need to ensure a Offering clean, fresh water ad-libitum is essential and clean environment to reduce the risk of diarrhoea forage plays a key role in rumen development and health. and other infections. Proper ventilation is also required to avoid respiratory problems. To prepare for weaning at 10 weeks, start to reduce milk intake gradually from 7-8 weeks onwards. To avoid a weaning dip, only feed milk once a day during the last Scours is responsible for over half of neonatal week before...

Sprayfo products Sprayfo Calf Milk Replacers Cow-milk-derived ingredients vary considerably in quality. Sprayfo products contain ingredients of the highest quality. A crucial breakthrough was the invention of our spraydrying technique. Combined with unique fat kernels based on 25 years of research, this enables Trouw Nutrition to produce calf milk replacers with the correct particle size that are always easy to dissolve. Sprayfo Delta – our flagship product Sprayfo Delta is inspired by saleable milk as the biological nutritional reference that provides compositional consistency to every...

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The 3 reasons to use Sprayfo Delta compared to CMR: Energy Energy requirement, Mcal/d 1. Balanced to meet nutritional requirements that change with growth rates Not all current formulations of CMRs are optimal for feeding at a higher plane of nutrition level. Calves could be 300 underfed certain nutrients, and overfed others. To meet the requirements of calves fed on a LifeStart schedule, we have reformulated Sprayfo Delta to offer a correct balance of minerals and trace elements. Growth Maintenance Sprayfo | Calf Rearing solutions

2. Feed for performance, not just growth 3. Feed a product with the correct osmolality Feeding calves a higher plane of quality nutrition will Osmolality is a parameter that measures the concentration lead to a higher rate of growth. However, Sprayfo Delta of solute particles in a solution and is calculated by adding has been specifically formulated to ensure that the the concentrations of sugars and minerals in mOsm/kg of calf receives a balanced nutrient supply that provides solvent. If the osmolality between two body compartments optimum development whilst supporting the health of is...

The 3 reasons to use Sprayfo Delta compared to whole milk: 1. Increases the amount of saleable milk 2. Predictability through consistent quality With LifeStart feeding schedules, the average lifetime The raw materials for Sprayfo Delta are produced in The daily production will go up by: Netherlands, where the process begins by mixing the fresh dairy ingredients with vegetable oils and fats. This mix is high- • Reducing the age at first calving pressure homogenised and spray-dried, utilising advanced • Increasing the number of lactations per cow technology. This results in miniscule fat...

3. Biosecurity and the high cost of disease Whole milk feeding carries the risk of disease transmission, particularly of Johne’s disease18. Feeding a calf milk replacer reduces the risk of indirect contact between dam and calf, reducing the risk of transmission. Sprayfo Delta undergoes a double pasteurisation step; as a result it’s free of Johne’s disease bacteria. Trouw Nutrition