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Starter Drench™ Product Label
Starter Drench™

Product Description

​A viscous brown liquid

Why Use Starter Drench™

  • ​Convenient, ready-to-use, post-calving energy starter drench to provide energy and aid in the prevention of metabolic conditions (milk fever, grass staggers and ketosis)
  • Flowable formulation means that it does not settle out or require stirring, making it easy to drench

Withholding Period

  • Meat - Nil
  • Milk - Nil

Ingredients

​200g/l monopropylene glycol (MPG), 150 g/l molasses, 100g/l (GE-free) soya oil, 12.5g/l elemental magnesium (as magnesium oxide) and 60g/l elemental calcium (as precipitated calcium carbonate).

Safety Information

Regulatory Information

  • Agrecovery
  • EPA approval No HSR002521

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Phone

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0800 100 123

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Product Sizes available

  • 20 L
  • 200 L

Delivery Options

  • Freight to farm
  • Ravensdown pickup point

Important Information

  • BENEFITS

    ​Convenient, ready-to-use, post-calving energy starter drench to provide energy and aid in the prevention of metabolic conditions (milk fever, grass staggers and ketosis)

    Flowable formulation means that it does not settle out or require stirring, making it easy to drench

    Do not administer pre-calving unless on veterinary advice, to avoid the risk of inducing milk fever

  • APPLICATION

    Starter Drench is designed to be administered to cows usually by a single oral drench or via addition to supplementary feed. The dose rate is 1 litre/cow as soon as practical after calving. Additional doses of 0.5 - 1 litre per cow per day may be given for up to 4 days.

  • COMPATIBILITY

    Do not exceed 3 litres per cow per day. Because this product contains calcium, do not administer before calving except under veterinary advice.

  • PACKAGING

    • 20L drum does not come with tap.
    • 20L drum AgRecovery eligible.

  • STORAGE

    Store in a cool, dry covered facility, and ensure that the container is closed properly after use.

  • SHELF LIFE

    3 years after date of manufacture