Do DCAD Right: Feeding and Managing Your Prepartum Dairy Cows

Do DCAD Right: Prepartum Dietary Calcium Levels and Resistance to Hypocalcemia

In dairy cows, the transition from gestation to lactation results in a sudden, large demand for calcium. In this episode, our experts review a study conducted at the University of Wisconsin, where a fully acidogenic prepartum diet was fed with varying levels of dietary calcium prior to an ETGA challenge to induce hypocalcemia. Listen to learn which strategy prepared cows better for a hypocalcemic challenge.

Do DCAD Right: Prepartum Calcium Feeding Helps Support Reproductive Performance

In this episode, we dive deep into a study conducted at the University of Illinois, where a fully acidogenic prepartum diet was fed with varying levels of dietary calcium. Listen to learn the results on which strategy helped support reproductive performance and overall greater cow health.

Do DCAD Right: Feeding and Managing Your Prepartum Dairy Cows

The preparation for successful lactation culminates with the feeding and management of a prepartum dairy cow. What and how you feed her can significantly impact her health and performance. In this episode, experienced dairy account managers discuss why feeding an acidogenic prepartum diet is so important.

Do DCAD Right: Research Supports Fully Acidogenic, High Dietary Calcium Diets

Why feed an acidogenic prepartum diet? Dairy researchers answer this question, provide best practice recommendations and highlight a new form of vitamin D3.

Do DCAD Right: Mineral Guidelines

Our dairy experts take an in-depth look at mineral nutrient guidelines for formulating acidogenic diets. Chloride, sulfur, potassium, sodium, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium - we'll cover them all and explain the biological response behind each recommendation.