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Land O’Lakes Purina Feed
Wind and Rain® All Season 4
Mineral Tub Availa® 4
Rangeland® Availa® 4 Mineral Tub
Precalving and Reproductive Data
Nutritionally Impact the Immune
Capability of the Calf
Graph is used under permission by Dr. Bob Coffey of Overton
Veterinary Services, Overton, NE.
Fetal Programming:
Feeding the Cow to Impact Calf Health
• Quality Colostrum Helps Optimize Calf Health and
Performance
• Poor Immunity Leads
to Costly Scours
• Vaccination Success Starts with Nutrition
• Marginal trace mineral levels can result in vaccine failure
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Vaccination Response
Cows fed Availa-4 had higher titer response to a
scour vaccine than those fed standard minerals
Effect of Availa®4a Supplementationb to
the Dam on Calf Health
30
Control
Sulfate
26
22
Availa-4
20
16
%
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16
12
10
0
Scours
a
b
BCC - 52
Multiple Treatments
Availa-4: Availa®Zn zinc amino acid complex, Availa®Mn manganese amino acid complex,
Availa®Cu copper amino acid complex and COPRO® cobalt glucoheptonate
Complexes and Sulfate treatments provided 576 mg Zn, 320 mg Mn, 200 mg Cu and 20 mg Co per head daily basis
Swenson et al., 1998. Proc. West. Sec. Soc. Anim. Sci. 49:327