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Gusto 20% Calf Blend
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Gusto 20% is a textured, high quality, highly palatable calf blend that provides essential nutrients for growth and rumen development formulated for young calves from four days of age.
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SKU#: PID00353
This 20% crude protein blend contains high-quality protein, extra minerals and vitamins and a coccidiostat that reduces the risk of blood scours (coccidiosis) during and after weaning.
- Exclusive to PGG Wrightson
- Ingredients: Grain and grain by-products, plant-based protein meals, vegetable oils, molasses, macrominerals, trace minerals and vitamins, contains Bovatec® 20CC premix, and flavour. Does not contain PKE
- Typical analysis: Dry Matter: 88%, Crude Protein 20%, Starch 42%, Fat 3.2%
- Contains 90 mg per kg of lasalocid sodium (as 450 mg per kg of Bovatec® 20 CC A9679) as an aid in the control of coccidiosis cause by Eimeria species
- Withholding period: 5-day meat withhold, 35-day milk withhold. Not for use in bobby calves
- CAUTION: Do not allow dogs, horses or other equids, access to feeds containing Bovatec® as ingestion by these species may be fatal. Do not feed to alpacas or other camelids as ingestion by these species may be fatal
Specifications
| Ingredients | Selected from: Grain and grain by-products, plant-based protein meals, vegetable oils, molasses, macrominerals, trace minerals and vitamins, contains Bovatec® 20CC premix, and flavour. Does not contain PKE. |
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| Controls | Coccidiosis control. |
| Feeding rates | Offer as much as young calves are will to consume. Remove any spoiled or contaminated feed as required. Maximum recommended feed rate is 2 kg of Gusto 20% per calf, per day. |
| How to prepare | Offer clean fresh Gusto 20% Calf Blend to young milk fed calves on a daily or twice daily basis from four days of age. |
| Product expires | Yes |
| Recommended storage | Store in a cool dry place. |
| Suitable for | Calves. |
| Supplement form | Textured feed. |
| Withholding periods | nil |
| Major nutrients | 88% DM, 12.6 MJME/kg of DM 12.6, and crude protein 20% of DM. |
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| Promotion conditions | Valid from 1 July 2026 to 30 September 2026 unless specified otherwise or extended (but not before 7.30am on the first, or after 5pm on the last, day of that period) or while stocks last. May not be available in all stores but may be ordered on request. Prices include GST and are subject to change. PGG Wrightson promotions do not apply to quotes or bulk rates unless otherwise stated. |
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