Feed Galaxy to Improve fertility.

UFAC press release: September, 2009

Dairy cow fertility has declined rapidly over the last decade. The calving interval for UK herds as recorded by CIS and NMR has increased from 398 days in 1998 to 427 days in 2008. The graph below shows the data for the last 5 years and while milk yield has reached a plateau, calving interval continues to increase.

Recent figures from University of Bristol Veterinary School calculate the loss at that level of Calving interval to be £5.60 per day. Reducing Calving Interval by 30 days is then worth £168 per cow. This equates to a saving of 2.4ppl for a herd selling 7000 litres per cow.

Two of the factors in reducing calving interval are:

Cows need to start ovarian activity earlier.
Conception rates need to be increased.

Galaxy a unique product from UFAC UK has been shown to improve both these biological processes. Galaxy is designed to reduce the negative energy balance in high yielding dairy cows by supplying glucose in a slow release form along with a high energy blend of oils. It also provides omega 3 fatty acids to improve fertility and milk yield. Omega 3 fatty acids have been shown to improve conception rates by reducing early embryo loss. This combination has been shown to have impressive results especially in high yielding cows as shown in the table.

Condition score loss	Days to start Ovarian activity	Conception rate % to 1st service
Control	32.3	61
Galaxy	25.3	42

This improvement in reproductive performance has a potential benefit of £62 per cow. Trials have shown an increase in milk yield of over 3 litres per cow per day giving an extra 1000 litres in a 305 day lactation worth an extra £220 per cow.

Feed Galaxy to Improve fertility

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Note to Editors

Ufac-UK Ltd is the leading specialist UK manufacture of energy, protein and omega 3 supplements. The company has been supplying nutritional supplements to the animal feed industry for over 35 years.

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