Keeping dairy cows healthy during lactation
– with BEWI-FATRIX® CX
Since the use of the combination product BEWI-FATRIX® CX, the metabolic situation of the high-performance cows on the Hinnemann farm has improved significantly. Previous indications of increased stress in individual animals, such as spontaneous drops in performance etc., no longer occurred after the use of BEWI-FATRIX® CX. All in all, the animals appeared more stable or increased their performance to the previous level.
Feeding and housing concept
The farm keeps 140 dairy cows with corresponding offspring. offspring. The dairy cows are housed in a partially newly built cubicle barn with a free-range yard. Three employees manage the farm. In addition, the farm has been utilising the independent advice of the Osnabrücker-Herdbuch-Gesellschaft (OHG) for several years.
In the free stall barn, the cows have access to deep stalls with a 1:1 feeding/lying area ratio. The installed ventilators and the calving area with straw also improve the cows‘ well-being.
In addition to the use of BEWI-LACTO+® Amino LM, the cows‘ ration is supplemented with BEWI-FATRIX® CX during periods of increased stress on the animals due to milk yield and external conditions (weather etc.). The product is a combination mixture of rumen-stable fat with rapeseed lecithin, bark powder (Salix spec.), vitamin E and vitamin C to support the metabolism.
Feeding
Feeding lactating cows:
Feed intake is approx. 24 kg DM/cow/day
Feeding close-up (3 weeks a.p.):
Feed intake is approx. 12 kg DM/cow/day
Reproductive management
Inseminations are carried out on the breeding farm by one of the farm managers himself (own stock inseminator). The farm is very active in breeding. For example, flushing for embryo collection is also carried out there.
As problems with clinical endometritis and metabolic problems have occurred occasionally in the past, the farm managers were looking for a product that would support the animals during lactation, particularly in terms of metabolism.
Results:
The use of rumen-stable fat with rapeseed lecithin, combined with additional components such as bark powder (Salix spec.), vitamin E and vitamin C, has had a positive impact on the health and fertility of the dairy cows on the farm. Vitamins E and C have antioxidant properties and provide metabolic support, particularly under challenging metabolic conditions.
Since its introduction, metabolic disorders have been reduced, leading to improved stability and the restoration of the cows‘ previous performance levels. These results clearly demonstrate the benefits of BEWI-FATRIX® CX.
Conclusion of the farm manager:
‘We are very satisfied with the use of the product and have been able to improve important parameters in terms of animal health and fertility.’
Our recommendation: BEWI-FATRIX® CX
- Rumen-stable fat as an effective source of energy without affecting the rumen
- Rapeseed lecithin (phosphatidylcholine) to support liver metabolism
- Combined with vitamin E and vitamin C, offering antioxidant effects in metabolism
- Contains willow bark with all its natural components
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