Lice infestations in horses can be a persistent and troubling issue for equine owners, particularly as the warm summer months approach. Understanding how lice multiply, and the measures that can be taken to manage and prevent these infestations is crucial for maintaining your horse's health and comfort. Lice prevention and lice treatment for horses is essential for keeping horses safe.
In the first months of life, it is well understood that calves can be very efficient at converting feed to gain, but are equally very susceptible to digestive upsets that can reduce performance and survivability.
Whole milk is still fed to calves routinely on dairy farms in some capacity or another. But what constitutes “whole milk”?
“In 2022 with the drought and food shortage, we were expecting the worst, but we had a phenomenal year with fertility” says Warwick Gill.
Running 1,500 Suffolk Mules and Texel Mule ewes in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire the first 250 lamb early in February and the remainder 1,250 lamb outdoors in April. The area as a whole is generally low in Iodine.
Aroma and taste play vital roles in calf nutrition, increasing palatability linked with increased feed intake.
Our trusted Start'n'Wean formulation now includes a unique Apple Molplus flavour and aroma. Molplus is an appetite enhancer with a rich aroma and caramel taste. Based on the same sensory profile as molasses. Primarily, the way a feed smells and tastes is critical in determining feed palatability. Calves, like all animals, possess highly developed senses of smell and taste, which guide their feeding behaviour increasing overall feed intake.
Optimising starter feed intake in calves is crucial for their growth and development, laying the foundation for healthy adulthood. From the very start, attention to key factors such as bedding, taste, the weaning process, and water availability can significantly impact a calf's appetite and overall health.
Delve into each of these key factors, exploring practical strategies to maximise starter feed intake and set calves on the path to robust health and vitality.
Wet conditions this past winter lead to heightened risks of soil and slurry contamination in first-cut grass silage, because of increased wheel ruts in fields and delayed slurry applications. Farmers will require extra vigilance with silage-making this season.
We have reformulated Start n Wean formula to increase the starch and energy content, helping to further promote rumen development and maintain gut health.
Weaning is one of the most important transitions for calves due to the increased reliance on rumen function. The transition to ruminant digestion is a complex process that relies on water, concentrates and forage for microbial and physical rumen development. Calf Starter consumption is the most important factor for initiating rumen papillae development as the rumen relies on the end-products of bacterial fermentation from the concentrates.
Here in the UK we have many different flying insects. For us as horse owners, it is the horse fly that receives the most attention. Trying to determine whether to use a fly rug, cover in fly spray before you ride or turnout, or simply do nothing is every horse owners’ annual conundrum.
