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Bonanza Transformula Calf Milk Powder
Transformula is not a milk replacer it’s a transition milk replacer. Transition milk is produced by the cow and its function is to transition the calf’s digestive system or gut (abomasum, small and large intestine) into the main sites of digestion for the young calf.
The gut has no function in the foetus and only really develops in the last month of gestation and in the weeks after birth. This development is both physical and microbial. Prior to birth the calf’s digestive system has a microbial community or Microbiome ready to become active after birth. The ingestion of colostrum and transition milk is key to the health of this microbiome and to the health and development of the calf
Available in 25kg bags & in pallet quantities.
Key Features:
The microbiome is influenced from the very beginning and prebiotics in colostrum help kickstart the calf’s digestive and immune system, followed by transition milk. The gut is also very porous at birth, which allow colostrum antibodies to be absorbed whole but is also a site for bad bugs to enter the calf’s system. It takes several days for the gut to become much less porous, leaving the calf highly vulnerable to pathogens for quite some time.
Feeding transition milk (milk produced by the cow from day 2-4) is key to encouraging the production of acid and enzymes in the calf and the full closure of the gut wall.