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    Our resources aim to provide you with insight into Glycal Forte® and topics relating to the transition period, rumen health, nutrition, metabolic disorders and infectious disease.

    The Benefit of Rumen Protected Glycerol Over Normal Liquid Glycerol

    Want to know why rumen protected glycerol is more beneficial than unprotected glycerol? Read to find out.

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    Endotoxins: The Hidden Dairy Cow Performance Inhibitor

    Endotoxin release commonly leads to systemic inflammation, particularly during the transtion period. An unwanted energetic cost for the cow.

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    Calcium: The Multifunctional Nutrient for Dairy Cows

    Like energy, the transition dairy cow becomes subject to a high calcium demand. Supporting dietary calcium intake is important. Read to find out more.

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    The Protein Problem: An Expensive Feed Ingredient Poorly Used By The Dairy Cow

    Could Glycal Forte® aid dietary protein utilisation? Read to find out more.

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    The Need to Reduce Antibiotic Use in Farm Animals

    Are you looking to reduce antimicrobial use on your farm? Read to find out how Glycal Forte® can help.

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    Glycal Forte, The Circular Economy and Sustainability

    Glycal Forte® forms parts of a circular economy, this makes Glycal Forte® a sustainable choice for dairy cows. Read to find out more.

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    The Effective Energy Value of Glycal Forte Makes It a Highly Functional Feed Ingredient

    Ever wondered how Glycal Forte® boosts energy levels in cows? Read to find out how.

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    Effective Energy: A Concept to Explain the Response of Feed Ingredients in Dairy Cow Nutrition

    Read how the Effective Energy concept changes feed ingredient evaluation from a requirement to a response.

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    Maintenance of Calcium Status in Dairy Cows to Avoid Phosphorus Excretion

    Could supporting the cows blood calcium levels indirectly reduce phosphorus excretion? Read to find out more.

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    The Challenges of Modern Dairy Cow Management

    Modern dairy cow management faces some prominent challenges. Read to find out how Glycal Forte® enables the farmer to tackle these challenges head on.

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    Welcome Connor Smith to Glycal Forte!

    Welcome our newest recruit to Glycal Forte -- Connor Smith, Ruminant Technical Support Manager! Read more about Connor in our blog.

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    Supplementing Copper – Too Much of a Good Thing?

    Have you ever considered whether you can supplement too much copper? In this article, we discuss this very topic. Read more.

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    Charles Prince, Staffordshire

    Read how Glycal Forte® helped Staffordshire Dairy Farmer, Charles Prince to improve the health of his herd.

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    Heat Stress in Dairy Cows

    In the summer months, heat stress can be a common condition in dairy cows. In this article, we give our advice on how to mitigate this.

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    Cow Health and The Environment

    The UK Government aims to achieve ‘net zero’ for greenhouse gases (GHG) in the UK by 2050 - We discuss how this could impact upon UK Agriculture.

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    Feed Conversion Efficiency in Milking Cows

    Measuring Feed Conversion Efficiency (FCE) in dairy cows can seem straightforward but in this blog we consider the impact of weight fluctuations on FCE.

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    The Cornell Nutrition Conference 2020

    “…an imbalanced rumen environment is the basis of milk fat depression.”

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    What Is a Nutricine?

    Nutricines are bio-active feed components that increase the nutritional value of a cow's diet.

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    The importance of rumen pH post-calving

    A healthy rumen is vital for a healthy cow, particularly post-calving.

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    Metabolic Disorders in Cows

    Metabolic disorders are common in cows, particularly post-calving.

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    Increased Milk Yield

    Increased milk yield is just one benefit of using Glycal Forte® on-farm.

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    Nutricine – Defined

    Nutricines increase the nutritional value of a cow’s diet.

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    Reduced weight loss post-calving

    Weight loss post-calving is almost inevitable in dairy cows but Glycal Forte® has been shown to reduce this.

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    Reduced Somatic Cell Count

    SSC is used as a proxy for intra-mammary infection. Cows fed on Glycal Forte® have been shown to have a significantly lower average SCC within our trial.

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    Reduced Lameness

    Feeding Glycal Forte® has been shown to improve lameness on a farm.

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    Increased Profits

    Improving energy balance post-calving can aid the overall health and performance of the cow which in turn will have a positive effect on your profitability

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    Improved Fertility

    It is recognised that getting cows back in calf efficiently is important for dairy farm profitability and that's where Glycal Forte® can help.

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