A recently published study into the effect of Cow Start supplementation in older at-risk freshly calved cows shows that cows supplemented with Cow Start maintained higher blood calcium levels compared to un-supplemented Control cows (P<0.05).
In this study 40% of cows were 6th lactation and older at calving and herd production was at 50% above the national herd average, with age and higher production levels recognised as 2 key risk factors for Milk Fever. The results showed that
Cow Start supplemented cows remained in the normo-calcaemic range (>2.0mM/L) at 1 hour, 4 hours and 8 hours post partum, whereas non-supplemented cows dropped into the sub-clinical range (>1.5mM/l and <2.0mM/L) within an hour of calving and remained there.
