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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.
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- 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: 88% DM and crude protein 20% of DM
- 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: Cattle - meat: nil, milk: nil, 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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