Bullseye May 2014

X-Zelit For Your Dry Cows

Classical cases of milk fever are perhaps not that common under today’s well-managed dry cow programs. Managing calcium levels in the dry cow ration is not easy however, and many producers use anionic salts and calcium supplementation after calving to help ward off the less noticeable subclinical cases. Recently WestGen has begun marketing a new product called X-Zelit which is receiving rave reviews from those who have tried it.

X-Zelit is a feed additive that when provided to close up dry cows binds calcium in the diet causing cows to begin mobilizing calcium from bones in advance of calving therein reducing the incidence rate of subclinical and clinical milk fever. Healthier cows at calving result in better transitions in those first few weeks after calving. Some producers provide cows exhibiting sluggishness post-calving with a calcium supplement like the Dr. Register product that WestGen also carries. Still, preventing the symptoms in the first place with X-Zelit is even better. Investing in your close up cows and reducing the incidence rates of milk fever and other post-calving metabolic health challenges is an easy choice to make and its pay-back is easy to pencil out. Ask your WestGen Representative about X-Zelit today!