What is ketosis?
In early lactation every cow runs a negative energy balance she simply cannot eat enough to meet the demand of the udder. When that gap is severe, she mobilises large amounts of body fat but cannot convert it to energy through the usual pathways.
Instead, the liver produces ketone bodies such as β-hydroxybutyrate (BHBA). In small amounts the cow uses BHBA as an alternative fuel but when production runs high, it accumulates in the blood and the cow tips into ketosis.
How ketosis is graded
By β-hydroxybutyrate (BHBA) in blood.
Ketosis rarely announces itself.
Clinical signs are not always present which is why blood BHBA is the reliable test. But these are the cues on the barn floor.
Three actives that refill the energy tank.
Glucogenic precursors and ketosis preventors working in synergy generating glucose, clearing fat from the liver and backing the metabolism behind it.
Mono-propylene glycol & glycerol
Glucogenic precursors that generate glucose through several metabolic pathways the direct energy the fresh cow is short of.
Choline & vitamin E
Choline moves fat out of the liver so it can be used as fuel rather than stored, while vitamin E backs the immune system through the transition.
Cobalt
Supports the rumen's production of vitamin B12 the cofactor the cow needs to turn those precursors into usable glucose.
Key benefits
Prevents ketosis
Keeps cows from slipping into negative-energy ketosis through the transition.
Aids recovery
Helps clinical and sub-clinical cows get back out of ketosis.
Higher blood glucose
More circulating glucose to meet early-lactation energy demand.
Lower blood BHBA
Reduced ketone load the marker that defines ketosis.
More milk
Steadier energy balance supports early-lactation yield.
Liver & immune support
Choline clears fat from the liver; vitamin E backs immunity when it is most tested.
Dosage
Per head, per day matched to where the cow sits in the transition. Preventive and sub-clinical use.
Clinical & nervous cases? Make a slurry of 500 g EnerAll in water and drench twice in 24 hours for 3–5 days.
Packing available in 25 kg PP bags.
Measured on commercial farms.
Blood BHBA
mmol/L · lower is betterBlood glucose
mg/dl · higher is betterMilk per cow
kg/day · higher is betterMetadata summary of trials conducted at commercial dairy farms feeding EnerAll at 250–300 g per day, post-calving.
Get the transition right.
Ask for the EnerAll spec sheet or talk through a transition-period plan for your herd.