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Sprayfo and cow’s milk

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Feeding cow’s milk to rearing calves
Cow’s milk Calf Milk Replacer
Management of rest milk
Cow’s milk on dairy farm
Conclusions

Cow’s milk on a dairy farm
Cow’s milk is produced for delivery to milk processing industry
Sales of cow’s milk = basic income for dairy farm
Cow’s milk of first 2-3 days after calving is undeliverable
Milk of cows treated with antibiotics is undeliverable
Undeliverable milk = rest milk
Farmers prefer not to dump rest milk
Feeding cow’s milk to calves seems easy and cheap

Feeding cow’s milk to rearing calves

Advantages of cow’s milk
Cow’s milk tastes good, is well-accepted by calves high intake of cow’s milk slows down intake of concentrates
Cow’s milk is easy to supply correct execution means more manual work
Calves on cow’s milk look good Only optical:because of shine (high fat) and filling (rennet)
Dumping rest milk is financial loss is correct, but can be approached differently: Better management of rest milk (later)

Disadvantages of cow’s milk
Cow’s milk may contain harmful pathogens Transmission of Para-tbc on other threats
Penicillin milk contains antibiotics Create resistance of dairy cows against penicillin
Cow’s milk is too fat slows down rumen development, insufficient growth after weaning
Cow’s milk is low in vitamins and trace elements More anemia and weaker bone structure

Creative with cow’s milk?
Too much fat dilute milk with waterconsequence: less vitamins and trace elements
Too much fat skim the cream off the whole milkconsequence: less fat-soluble vitamins
Labour involved = too much manual work on large farms
Simple calculation:For feeding 50 calves = transport 15,000 litres of cow milk = poor 80 bags of calf milk replacer in
an automatic drinking machine

Cow’s milk compared to calf milk replacer

Cow’s milk is variable
NormVariation on
cow milkFunction
Dry matter % 12.5 + or - 20%
Protien % in DM 26 + or - 15% Growth
Fat % in DM 32 + or - 25% Energy
Lactose % in DM 34 + or - 15% Energy
Source: Sloten 2010
Variable nutrients variable growth more diarrhoea

Cow’s milk is not balanced
Daily requirement
whole milk (5 liters/ day)
Sprayfo (6 liters/ day)
Function
Nutrients
protein (gram) 160 165 161 Building blocks for growth
fat (gram) 125 201 128 Energy source
Vitamins
vitamin A (I E) 14000 6250 30000 Mucosa / eyes
vitamin D3 (I E) 825 250 3750 Bone composition
vitamin E (mg) 150 38 225 Anti-oxidant, immune system
vitamin C (mg) 35 50 120 Anti-oxidant
vitamin B1 (mg) 3,5 1,9 5 Sugar metabolism, nerves
Trace minerals
Selenium (mg) 0,25 0,03 0,30 Anti-oxidant, immune system
I ron (mg) 70 5,6 75 Oxygen transport
Copper (mg) 6 1,3 8 Oxygen transport, enzyme activator
Manganese (mg) 30 0,6 38 Enzyme activator

Calves on cow’s milk low in iron
182 bull calves to trial farm Sloten in 2009
Age at arrival: over 2 weeks
At arrival all calves tested on Hb value (standard)
Bull calves most fed with cow’s milk
Minimum – reference Hb value is 10.5 mg / 100 ml
Average Hb value is 8.8 TOO LOW !
• 20% meets standard > 10.5
• 46% too low 8 – 10.5
• 34% critically low < 8

Cow’s milk results in anaemia!
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Trial on feeding cow’s milk
Milk fed to calves as:Not
pasteurised cow’s milk
Calf milk
replacer
Milk intake (g DM/day) 475 475
Intake concentrates (g DM/day) 410 450 (+10%)
Growth up to day 42 (g/day) 481 531 (+10%)
Feed efficiency;Gram growth per kg of total feed
240 272 (+13%)
Source: Hill et al., 2007

Watch out with feeding too much milk
Milk only Low concentrate intake Bad rumen development

Management of rest milk

Conclusion:
In theory, a farmer
does not have a surplus
of rest milk
Number of dairy cows 100 head
Milkproduction first 2 days 40 liter
Penicillin milk (Days/year) 0 days
Avarage daily milkproduktion 30 liter
Amount of rest milk per year 4000 liter
Female calves for rearing 40%
Female calves for sales 10%
Male calves for sales 50%
Colostrum supply first 3 days 12 liter
Whole milk feeding first 2 weeks 60 liter
Feeding rearing calves first 3 days 480 liter
Feeding male calves first 2 weeks 3000 liter
Feeding rearing calves for sales 600 liter
Remaining amount of rest milk -80 liter
Rest Milk Management Module
Feed rest milk to calves for sale

Conclusion:
Farmer with
too much rest milk
has a different challenge
Number of dairy cows 100 head
Milkproduction first 2 days 40 liter
Penicillin milk (Days/year) 3 days
Avarage daily milkproduktion 30 liter
Amount of rest milk per year 13000 liter
Female calves for rearing 40%
Female calves for sales 10%
Male calves for sales 50%
Colostrum supply first 3 days 12 liter
Whole milk feeding first 2 weeks 60 liter
Feeding rearing calves first 3 days 480 liter
Feeding male calves first 2 weeks 3000 liter
Feeding rearing calves for sales 600 liter
Remaining amount of rest milk 8920 liter
Rest Milk Management Module
Too much rest milk? Different challenge!

Conclusions

Sprayfo made for calf rearing
Feed calves with: Cow’s milk Sprayfo
Prevents transmission of diseases No Yes
Stimulates intake of concentrates Low High
Level of vitamins & trace elements Too low Perfect!
Nutrient composition Variable Very constant
Effect on farm profit
(with feeding rearing calves)Moderate Good

Sprayfo better for calf rearing
Safer• constant composition, less chance of diarrhoea• with Safety Packege and/or specific antibodies
Healthier• added iron and vitamins• composition enhances intake concentrates• less transmission of diseases (such as Para-tbc)
Simpler• to feed calves irrespective of milking time• especially in case of automatic feeding• less diarrhoea problems
AND a higher profit per dairy cow!

Sprayfo brings higher profit
Cost price per litre Sprayfo is lower than 20 cents
Sales price per litre cow’s milk is more than 25 cents
In short:
Sell cow’s milk for highest profit
Including package of advantages: growth, health, durability and milk production in future

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