A unique combination of specific registered strains of beneficial bacteria, yeast cultures and vitamins. 

For all ruminants at times of stress, particularly when appetite is poor, illness, stress caused by calving, handling, travelling, embryo flushing, showing and sales. Ideal for fresh calved cows.

Adult cow dose : 15ml.  Calves : 5ml. 

TIPS:

• Fresh calved cows : 15ml at calving - put paste along calf's back & she'll lick it off 
• Cows off colour, not eating : 15ml morning & night until appetite returns
• Travelling, showing: 15ml 24hrs before leaving, repeat on day of travel and on arrival
• New born calves: 5ml at birth.  Fastrack Jump Start or Fastrack Kick Off is best for new borns, but if you run out then ruminant gel is better than not at all

Fastrack Ruminant Paste : 300ml tube: £31.00 plus VAT

Improved health, enhanced milk production…

Dairy cows have to perform at top level, high milk production with a efficient use of feed; low input and high output.  This is only possible, when the dairy cow is healthy and has a great condition and immunity to stay healthy. 

At calving and change of rations, problems such as ketosis, milk fever, mastitis, turned abomasums and have a negative influence on the dry matter intake.  The day of she calves is the most challenging day for a lactating dairy cow for her entire year. Supplementing direct-fed microbials assist the cow in responding to the challenges and thereby enhance milk production.

Fastrack^® Ruminant Gel stimulates the rumen activity, improves feed intake and the digestion.  

Trial Procedure: Holstein cows calving in a five week period were randomly split at calving to either a control (standard management practices) or Fastrack^® Gel (control plus orally given 15ml of Fastrack^®  Gel the day of calving) research group. Ninety-five cows were assigned to each research group and the cows were housed, fed and managed together. The cows were milked twice daily  and individual milk production recorded.  

Results: Daily milk production average was 40,35 kg for the control cows (did not get Fastrack) and 41.30kg for those given Fastrack^® Gel. This average was recorded over the first 120 days of lactation.  This showed that  giving 15ml  Fastrack^® Gel the day of calving increased (P < 0.05) milk production 2.35%, or 133,40 kg, over the first 120 days of lactation (Figure 1).  

Fertility was similar between the research groups.  Conception at first service being 32.63% (non-Fastrack) and 33.68% (Fastrack group).  Pregnancy rates  at 120 days of lactation being 47.1% and 47.9% for the control and Fastrack^® Gel research groups, respectively.             

Conclusion : Providing 15cc of Fastrack^® Gel at freshening to Holstein cows enhanced milk production 113,40 kg over the first 120 days of lactation.