Probiotic feed additive awarded for quality and excellence
Published:May 21, 2008
Summary
The global supplier of ingredients, Chr. Hansen, has been awarded the Grand Prix at International Veterinary Exhibition. The product awarded is the probiotic feed additive Rumenal. Rumenal is developed by the company Medipharm, which Chr. Hansen acquired in January 2008. Rumenal is a dietary supplement used to prevent unbalance of the mineral and energy metabolisms and to support the general sta...
The composition of the product Rumenal should have been given along with trial report to support the claim. Also it must be clarified how it prevents dehydration after calving?
Dr. S.S. Chousalkar
Mumbai, India
It is good that post-calving percentage have come down from 2% to 0.5% with Rumenal, but these results we have been taking far better results with use of 55g of Diamond V XP (yeast metabolites) 30 days pre-partum. What is of concern is (we can consider the use of product enhances energy metbolism) you have mentioned that Rumenal improves unbalance of minerals, alleviates dehydration postcalving. Can you please give us the detailed mechanism of action of Rumenal for these two things? Can you also reveal some technical data and trial reports please?
Thanks,
Dr Chandrakant N Patil