Pre lambing and Pre calving mineral care Archives

Supporting Vaccine Response and Colostrum Quality Through Trace Minerals and Bypass Protein Nutrition

Irish farmers are investing more than ever in herd health through vaccination programmes.

Why Pre-Calving Mineral Nutrition Matters for Vaccine Success

Vaccination of dry cows is a proven strategy for protecting newborn calves against common diseases such as rotavirus, coronavirus and E. coli.

Maximising Colostrum Quality and Vaccine Response Through Optimal Pre-Lambing Nutrition

Vaccination is one of the most important tools available to sheep farmers for protecting both ewes and newborn lambs against disease.

The Role of Protected Fat Supplementation in Supporting Ewe Performance, Fertility and Lamb Vitality

Late pregnancy and the mating period are two of the most nutritionally demanding stages in sheep production. As ewe performance demands continue to increase, many producers are turning to protected fat supplements for ewes as a nutritional strategy that can safely improve energy supply without negatively affecting rumen function. Nutrition during these key stages has […]

The Sale of Just Two Calves Pays for a Full Year of Pre-Calver Minerals for 100 Cows

Pre-calver minerals are essential for setting cows and calves up for a healthy, profitable lactation. Feeding a high-quality pre-calver mineral for 6–8 weeks before calving helps prevent milk fever, retained cleanings and other costly metabolic disorders, while improving colostrum quality, calf vigour and immunity.

Lifeline Pre-Calver: Boosting calf vitality from birth at an Irish dairy farm

Discover how Lifeline Pre-Calver is helping a County Waterford dairy farm improve calf vitality, boost colostrum quality, and reduce calving complications - while supporting long-term herd health and fertility.

Pre-Calving Mineral Boosts Colostrum Quality in Kilkenny Herd

A Kilkenny dairy and beef farm is seeing major improvements in colostrum quality and calf health thanks to a pre-calving mineral supplement. Lifeline Pre-Calver, introduced six weeks before calving, is helping boost immunity and reduce post-calving issues.

Lifeline Pre-Calver Good for Cow and Calf Health at Irish Dairy Farm

A County Fermanagh dairy farm is improving colostrum quality and calf health by feeding Lifeline Pre-Calver during the dry period. Father and son team John and William Rutledge have seen better immunity, higher antibody levels, and stronger calves thanks to this targeted nutritional support.

Why colostrum holds key to lamb health and growth

Lambs that drink good volumes of clean, good quality colostrum quickly after they are born have the best chance to absorbing antibodies directly into their blood, giving them temporary immunity until they develop their own. Colostrum, otherwise known as ‘beestings,’ is the first milk a ewe produces once she has lambed. The newborn lamb relies […]

Maximising colostrum potential in beef-suckler herds

A newborn calf is vulnerable to infection in the first few months of life, relying on its mother’s antibody-rich colostrum to protect it from disease. Colostrum, otherwise known as ‘beestings,’ is the first milk a beef-suckler cow produces once she has calved. Colostrogenesis, the process which sees the cow’s mammary cells proliferating and differentiating ahead […]