Any jersey herds out there using xzelit calcium binder in the dry period?
Not Jersey but fed it a few years ago .worked really well in a dry cow concentrate then we hit palatability issues with it but they assured me I was the only farm to have a problem. Only to find out later they recomended 3kg of it instead of 2.5 kg as they had to dilute the Xzelit more as it is so unpalatable.Went to Denmark to see herds over there feeding it and saw a tremendous herd of JerseysAny jersey herds out there using xzelit calcium binder in the dry period?
Not Jersey but fed it a few years ago .worked really well in a dry cow concentrate then we hit palatability issues with it but they assured me I was the only farm to have a problem. Only to find out later they recomended 3kg of it instead of 2.5 kg as they had to dilute the Xzelit more as it is so unpalatable.Went to Denmark to see herds over there feeding it and saw a tremendous herd of Jerseys
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We use reassure (amino acid called choline), has to go in a blend, not a nut as cooking the nut ruins the choline.Any jersey herds out there using xzelit calcium binder in the dry period?
How do you feed the flakes?Yes but the white flakes version not the nuts. 0.4 kg/cow/day. Basically zero milk fever now as opposed to lots of calcium given.
Top dress the ration and mix it lightly with a fork. Believe it is available as flakes or a nut?How do you feed the flakes?
Can you put it in a nut?
We used the flakes first but they are so unpalatable cows sorted the mix.Top dress the ration and mix it lightly with a fork. Believe it is available as flakes or a nut?
Yea we are using that, half a kilo a day through the diet feeder, had you much bother with palatability? Has knocked 2-3kg freshweight intakes off our cows, and post calving they are very slow to eat the milking tmr. Have blood tested a few cows and their calcium levels were spot on although phosphorus levels were quite low. Also had a few with high ketones between 7 and 20 days calved.Yes but the white flakes version not the nuts. 0.4 kg/cow/day. Basically zero milk fever now as opposed to lots of calcium given.
Where do you get that? We had been on a partial dcab but were getting a lot of sub clinical milk fevers so switched to the xzelit. Cleared up the calcium problem but started getting cows calving with low phosphorus levels and not very keen on milking cow tmr and a few with high ketone levels 10-20 days post calving.We use reassure (amino acid called choline), has to go in a blend, not a nut as cooking the nut ruins the choline.
worked well last year, what little milk fever had was mild, and cut the ketosis to virtually zero. Quite costly for the blend, but I think worth it for the effect it had
Three counties feedsWhere do you get that? We had been on a partial dcab but were getting a lot of sub clinical milk fevers so switched to the xzelit. Cleared up the calcium problem but started getting cows calving with low phosphorus levels and not very keen on milking cow tmr and a few with high ketone levels 10-20 days post calving.
Yes it's not the most appetising product. Mainly why we cut it down just a little from the recommended amount. They do seem to eat it without sorting it out but I would agree with the other comments about that issue on this thread.Yea we are using that, half a kilo a day through the diet feeder, had you much bother with palatability? Has knocked 2-3kg freshweight intakes off our cows, and post calving they are very slow to eat the milking tmr. Have blood tested a few cows and their calcium levels were spot on although phosphorus levels were quite low. Also had a few with high ketones between 7 and 20 days calved.
100gms / day in low potassium tmr100 grammes a day per head. We put 50g in twice a day. I would suggest it needs to be balanced with the rest of the diet.
We seem to constantly fighting with M Fever, even get the odd one part way through lactation.100g away in the water trough. Along with a silage/wholecrop/straw mix topped up with dry cow rolls. Spent years fighting milk fever and this last 6 months had 1 case. Change of nutritionalist worked on that front.