Boost Lactation Performance and Herd Productivity
GlucoBoost® is an energy dense and high protein feed ingredient that improves a cow’s lactation performance and health. Our proprietary formulation, containing the highest level of lactate, helps all fresh cows successfully manage the negative energy balance during early lactation while improving feed efficiency throughout lactation.
Improves Energy Status and Glucose Production – GlucoBoost improves the cow’s energy status by increasing the production and supply of the two most important glucose precursors, propionate and lactate, to the liver.
Improves Liver Function – GlucoBoost helps the liver fully oxidize fat to reduce the risk of fatty liver and increased ketones.
Improves Overall Health – GlucoBoost helps cows improve their metabolic health and therefore reduces the incidence of metabolic disorders such as sub-clinical ketosis, displaced abomasum and metritis.
Improves Feed Efficiency – GlucoBoost increases feed efficiency by 10.7%, according to the University of Wisconsin research, while producing the same amount of milk from less feed.
Adding GlucoBoost, the only feed ingredient with lactate, to your cow’s diet helps to significantly improve her energy status and glucose production resulting in improved lactation performance.
Benefits of an improved lactation:
• Increased milk performance
• Reduction in costly health benefits
• Better reproductive performance
• A boost to your profitability
How does GlucoBoost work?
1. GlucoBoost is the most energy dense feed ingredient after fat
2. GlucoBoost increases the key VFA in the rumen
3. Propionate and lactate are absorbed and transported to the liver
4. Liver function is improved due to increased fatty acid oxidation and reduced fat accumulation
5. Liver produces more glucose, supplying the energy needed for milk production, immune challenges and metabolic disorders
Benefits of GlucoBoost
Improves Energy Status and Glucose Production
Negative Energy Balance and Sub-clinical Ketosis
Bridge the Energy Gap
Every dairy cow will experience negative energy balance in early lactation, often leading to metabolic disorders and compromised reproductive performance. The extent of the energy deficiency and the rate of recovery significantly impact performance. To overcome negative energy balance, lactating cows need to eat more to meet the increased demand for energy to support milk production. There is a limit to how much a cow can eat and so we must find a way to safely provide a more energy dense diet. GlucoBoost is the most energy dense feed ingredient available, besides fat, that is readily metabolized and absorbed with minimal energy loss in digestion and absorption.
Lactate Increases Glucose Production
This increased demand can be met by adding GlucoBoost to a lactating cow’s nutrition regimen. GlucoBoost provides lactate, which can be used directly or converted to propionate in the rumen. Lactate and propionate can be readily absorbed and used to produce glucose and energy in the animal. Research at the University of Wisconsin has demonstrated the lactate in GlucoBoost improved a dairy cow’s energy status by increasing the supply of the two most important volatile fatty acids (VFAs), used by the liver.
Improves Liver Function
A dairy cow relies on her liver to effectively meet her increasing metabolic demands to produce milk immediately after calving. GlucoBoost provides the two key precursors (lactate and propionate) to the liver, increasing fatty acid oxidation and reducing fat accumulation, which improves performance and reduces metabolic health issues.
Reduced Liver Triglycerides
Improves Metabolic Health
Metabolic disorders are often a key issue with transition cows and attributable to nutritional, metabolic, and environmental changes. University of Wisconsin research has shown that GlucoBoost improves liver function and oxidation while reducing metabolic health disorders such as sub-clinical ketosis by 38%. In addition, on-farm trials at 52 farms with 17,639 cows, GlucoBoost reduced the incidence of sub-clinical ketosis by 25.7%. The costs associated with these disorders and other underlying conditions, while often not evaluated and thus overlooked, can be substantial for your dairy.
Cost to the Dairy of a Cow with Ketosis1
Other research has demonstrated that the average cost per case of sub-clinical ketosis and associated disorders or outcomes averages $289 per case.
1 Clinical and sub-clinical ketosis defined as BHBA higher
than 1.2mmol/L.
- Decreased milk production - 3% to 7% loss
- Increased risk of DA - 3x to 9x greater
- Increased risk of culling in first 30 days - 3x greater
- Decreased reproductive performance - 1.2x to 1.7x less likely to conceive at 1st breeding
Improves Feed Efficiency
Achieve Better Feed Efficiency
Optimizing DMI and milk production is key to the financial performance of a dairy. GlucoBoost is a very high energy ingredient, and when incorporated in the diet will result in higher energy intake or provide the same energy with less feed. University of Wisconsin research revealed a 10.7% increase in feed efficiency while producing the same amount of milk with less feed while maintaining energy intake, body weight, body condition, and milk composition. This translates into lower feeding costs and increased profitability for your dairy!
Energy-corrected feed efficiency increased 10.7%
When seeking to improve fresh cow production, health and livability
- Reduction in metabolic disorders, such as sub-clinical ketosis, DA’s and metritis
- Improve energy status and transition into lactation
- Improved feed and nitrogen efficiency
- Reduction in overall feed costs
- Increased energy density
- Forage in short supply or poor quality
What is My ROI When Feeding GlucoBoost?
The following example demonstrates a potential 6.6:1 return on investment from feeding GlucoBoost for 180 days. The savings are based on results seen in an on-farm trial in Michigan which yielded a 9.2% increase in feed efficiency, and a research study at the University of Wisconsin which showed a reduction in metabolic health disorders and associated costs. The feed cost savings, metabolic health savings and protein substitution are reflected below. When feeding GlucoBoost beyond the transition period, producers will continue to realize feed efficiency and energy benefits, while health related benefits may tend to decrease later in the lactation.
To Get More Information on How to Use GlucoBoost, Contact Your Fermented Nutrition representative