Probios® Precise and Rumensin® - A Perfect Match
"Can Probios Precise be used with Rumensin?"
This is a question many dairy producers and nutritionists are asking since the approval of the use of Rumensin for lactating cows. And the answer is... Yes!
In fact, the way each product works can have a synergistic effect in the dairy cow.
Rumensin works by inhibiting hydrogen, acetic and butyric acid producing bacteria. This leads to less feed energy lost, increased propionic acid and lower acetate to propionate ratio, which means more milk, but often less milk fat and lower feed intake.
Probios Precise works by balancing the intestinal microflora and rumen pH, thus maintaining dry matter intake. Also, lactic acid consuming bacteria produce acetate and butyrate, and maintaining these bacteria helps combat the lower milk fat levels often seen with Rumensin.
So you can have the best of both - improved milk production from Rumensin and improved feed intake from Probios Precise - for an effective combination.
How can Probios Precise survive when mixed with Rumensin?
Chr. Hansen conducted laboratory studies and beef feedlot trials, and verified that the specific strains in Probios Precise are insensitive to Rumensin in the rumen.
This confirms that you can feed Probios Precise simultaneously with Rumensin to your transition cows - and ensures that you get the best of both.
For more info on the use of Probios Precise with Rumensin, download the file below.
Rumensin is a registered trademark of Elanco.
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