Rumevite Ewe Supplement 20Kg
Features & Benefits
- Contains suitable levels of protein (including bypass protein) and energy for ewes, including ewes with lambs at foot.
- Palatable, pelletised grain ration.
- Contains balanced levels of calcium, phosphorus, trace minerals and vitamins.
- Contains 33.00 mg/kg DM Lasalocid (as Bovatec®) for the reduction of faecal shedding of coccidia (Eimeria spp.) in sheep maintained in confinement.
Feeding Directions
- Rumevite Ewe Supplement Pellets is suitable for feeding to adult ewes and ewe replacements in conjunction with unlimited pasture or hay.
- Before starting to feed Rumevite Ewe Supplement Pellets ensure that the appropriate animal husbandry procedures are completed – consult a veterinarian for advice. Ewes of similar size and age should be drafted into groups.
- Before starting to feed Rumevite Ewe Supplement Pellets, ensure all ewes have been fed with palatable hay to appetite for the first day –ensure all ewes are full with palatable hay.
- Start feeding ewes with Rumevite Ewe Supplement Pellets at a rate of 0.25 kg per 50 kg liveweight per day. Gradually increase the rate of feeding each day for the next 21 days up to the desired level of feeding, or up to 0.75 kg per 50 kg liveweight per day.
- Rumevite Ewe Supplement Pellets can either be fed in self-feeders or troughs.
- When feeding Rumevite Ewe Supplement Pellets in a self-feeder or trough, ensure that dry pasture or hay is readily available and that livestock are able to eat this forage to appetite at all times.
- If high volumes of dry pasture are available, encourage stock to graze out in the paddock by placing supplement further out, away from water sources. Only do this once stock have taken to the supplement. If pastures become grazed out provide hay in racks.
- When using self-feeders, adjust slide settings to regulate feed intake and achieve recommended feeding rates. The feeder slide should be set so that ewes have to lick the feed out from under the slide.
- When using self-feeders, ewes will require 10 – 12 cm of trough space per head.
- If feeding by hand into troughs, the supplement should be allocated on a daily basis.
- When using troughs, ewes require up to 20 – 30 cm of trough space per head.
- If you wish to seek further advice on feeding Rumevite Ewe Supplement Pellets, please feel free to contact our Customer Service Centre on 1300 666 657.
