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Vitamins, Minerals and Trace Elements Crystalyx Forage Plus is an easy and effective way to enhance rumen function and improve stock health, to ensure deer get the most out of grass. Deer rely heavily on forages to provide the bulk of their nutrient requirements – but forage alone rarely provides a perfectly balanced diet. A […]

Nutrition in mid-pregnancy should be sufficient to optimise placental growth. Foetuses undergo very little growth in mid-pregnancy but growth of the placenta continues and is completed by the end of the third month of gestation. The placenta provides all the nutrients for the unborn lambs in late pregnancy and poor placental development will result in […]

Make the most out of Forage: Forage is still one of the cheapest available feeds for cattle and is capable of sustaining good levels of animal performance even in the autumn and winter. But forage provides an inconsistent source of nutrients and without a balanced nutrient intake, feed digestion and animal performance will suffer. Growing […]

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Pre-Calving Nutritional Advice The key to successful calving is cow condition. Cows should be fit – not fat – when they calve down, ideally a condition score in the range 2.5-3 at calving. Overfatness comes from over feeding in late lactation or the early dry period. Cows should be at the target calving condition when […]

A developing ovine foetus does nearly 70% of its growth in the final 6 weeks of gestation. As the unborn lamb grows, so does the energy demand placed on the heavily pregnant ewe. The more lambs she carries, the greater her daily energy requirement. Sleepy Sickness, Twin lamb disease, Pregnancy Toxaemia, call it what you […]

Respiratory problems in young cattle are, unfortunately, all too common. Calves, like children, are particularly prone to respiratory problems as their immune system is not fully developed. The severity of the problems can vary from a mild nasal discharge and coughing in a group of calves, to severe pneumonia with some deaths. Respiratory problems are […]

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FLUSHING & TUPPING WITH CRYSTALYX EXTRA HIGH ENERGY Nutrition during the weeks before mating should ensure all ewes are in the correct body condition score by the time they join the ram. Why bother? Because over fat or thin ewes never perform well: They take longer to come on heat when rams are turned in. […]