The transition period from three weeks pre-calving through three weeks post-calving has been researched and discussed greatly. Rightly so, as this phase accounts for significant health costs and determines production and reproductive success for the current lactation and whether the cow remains in the herd.
Inflammation is a normal, necessary process of the body defending and healing itself. Unfortunately, excessive inflammation or a lack of resources to complete the healing process results in unresolved inflammation and the diversion of nutrients from profit-generating uses, namely growth, lactation, and reproduction.
In the last few years, new research has flipped the script and helped us understand that ketosis and subclinical hypocalcemia are not the causes of transition health issues, rather they are the results of unresolved inflammation after calving. The research focus is directed towards helping cows resolve post-calving inflammation to better defend and protect themselves. Proper supply of critical nutrients to the immune system enables the resolving of inflammation sooner and the re-allocation of nutrients to productive purposes.
Agrarian Solutions is pleased to announce the release of Cow Start™ Complete, a next-generation transition-cow bolus. The Cow Start Complete supplies essential nutrients and co-factors to enable the cow’s body and immune system to rebuild and protect itself efficiently and effectively. A unique seaweed featured in Cow Start Complete provides over seventy micronutrients, highly absorbable magnesium, and provides a gradual calcium pay-out to meet the needs for the important nutrient over the first 48 hours post-calving. The product is further strengthened with added vitamin D3, rumen-protected selenium, and vitamin E.
Controlled, randomized research indicates that administering Cow Start Complete at calving aids in resolving inflammation and allows nutrients to be allocated to productive purposes: milk production and reproductive success. Additionally, Cow Start Complete is the only transition cow bolus on the market that supplies calcium and has documented research with improvements in milk production, health, and reproductive success.
Reach out to learn more about Cow Start Complete and the full line of Agrarian Solutions products designed to defend and protect cows from inflammation.
Larry Roth, Ph.D., PAS, Vice President of Nutrition, Caroline Knoblock, MSc, Director of Nutrition
