Milkivit calf rearing solutions, for the best LifeStart

The first weeks and months in the life of a calf are crucial for rearing a highly productive dairy cow.

Milkivit from Trouw Nutrition offers a variety of premium calf-rearing solutions. Based on our extensive LifeStart scientific research, Milkivit products and services guarantee calves the best possible start and a lifetime of high milk production.

Milkivit solutions benefit you and your herd with:

Higher daily weight gain during the rearing phase
Reduced mortality and increased resilience
Breeding and first calving 1 to 3 months earlier
Higher milk production by leveraging the calf’s genetic potential
Reduced replacement rate and increased longevity

Science behind it

For modern dairy farmers, becoming more sustainable means the need to produce more milk with fewer animals. This challenge can be met by utilising each dairy cow’s full potential and maximising their average lifetime daily production. Attention to the quality of nutrition in early life, which strongly influences gene expression, is an important factor that affects maximum growth and future production potential.

LifeStart trial Kempenshof

The study: A total of 86 individually housed female calves, divided into two groups, were included in a longitudinal study at Trouw Nutrition’s Kempenshof facility. The LifeStart group was fed 8 litres per day of calf milk replacer; the control group was fed 4 litres per day. Both groups were fed at a concentration of 150 g/l.

Results: The LifeStart group had a 150 g higher daily weight gain until weaning than the control group. The difference this made for calves in the LifeStart group include: improved fertility, earlier first calving, an increase of 400 kg of fat corrected and reduced culling rates.

Milkivit Energizer Energized Calf Milk

LifeStart science indicates that there are benefits to be gained in modern dairy herds from having higher energy levels and lower osmolality in milk replacers. Milkivit Energizer is the first in a range of Energized Calf Milk (ECM) products designed to revolutionise the way we feed calves.

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Milkivit Calf Milk Replacers

Every calf rearing system is different. The Milkivit portfolio of products, endorsed by LifeStart Science, aims to provide a complete offering in order to deliver the solution for the needs of the modern farmer.
OsmoFit

OsmoFit is a dietetic water-soluble calf rehydration product. It is able to stabilise the water and electrolyte balance of the extracellular fluid pool in cases of diarrhoea by providing the required salts and sugars in the right amounts and in the correct ratio.

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Unlocking Genetic Potential

Calves need high levels of energy for immune system and organ development; to fight off disease; and to keep warm. Feeding a high energy Energized Calf Milk at levels closer to nature intended has proven lifelong benefits to the animal.

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