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Lamb Start Mix with Deccox® 6% is a textured starter feed for orphaned or surplus lambs from four days old homed on both commercial and lifestyle farming operations. This starter feed is also suitable as a creep feed for lambs on ewes, prior to and after weaning.
With added Deccox®, Lamb Start Mix aids in the treatment and prevention of coccidiosis in young sheep caused by Eimeria ovinoidalis, E. crandallis, E. parva and E. bakuensis.
Contains digestible grains, fibre, molasses and pellets to increase dry matter intake and support rumen development
By developing the rumen early, the risk of feed intake checks at weaning is reduced
Essential vitamins, minerals and trace elements promote optimal growth
Highly palatable feed encourages hard feed intake
Major nutrients: Crude protein 19%, fat (min) 3%, selenium 1mg/kg, digestible energy 12.8MJ ME/kg of dry matter
For prevention only, aim to feed a daily dose of 0.5 mg/kg body weight of decoquinate, for example, 126 g NRM Lamb Start Mix with Deccox® per 10 kg lamb. To aid in the treatment of coccidiosis provide a daily dose of decoquinate of 1 mg/kg body weight, for example 252 g NRM Lamb Start Mix with Deccox® per 10 kg lamb. Feed for at least 28 days during periods of coccidiosis exposure or when experience indicates that coccidiosis is likely to be a hazard.
Feeding rates
As a supplement to milk feeding, feed ad lib from four days of age. Healthy lambs older than four weeks of age, over 9 kg body weight, and typically eating 200 g/head/day, may be weaned off milk and onto pasture. After weaning, slowly reduce Lamb Start Mix intake over the next six weeks to 85 g/head/day. Introduce gradually to avoid digestive upsets.
Suitable for
Lambs.
Withholding periods
Meat: sheep, goats, cattle, poultry – nil. Milk: sheep, goats, cattle - milk intended for sale for human consumption must be discarded during treatment and for not less than 35 days following the last treatment.
Major nutrients
Crude protein 19%, fat (min) 3%, selenium 1mg/kg and digestible energy 12.8MJ ME/kg DM.
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