WHAT IS MILK FEVER?
Stage 1: Milk Fever – wobbly and potentially hyperexcitable

• Intravenous calcium is NOT recommended as it can suppress parathyroid hormone (PTH) release. PTH is part of the cow’s natural mechanism to regulate blood calcium levels.
• Oral calcium IS recommended as it will not suppress PTH release.
• Oral calcium will need to be repeated to avoid relapses, i.e. Botonic Calcium.

Stage 2: Milk Fever- down
Intravenous calcium plus:

• Agger’s Fresh Cow as soon as possible
• Then Botonic Calcium twice at 8-12 hour intervals

THE MILK FEVER PACK
The new Milk Fever Pack provides:

• Continuous and complete supply of readily available oral calcium to avoid relapses
• Gives the cow extra support until her system is back in control
• Will not turn off the cow’s natural mechanism to regulate blood calcium levels

Each pack contains

• 1 sachet of Agger’s® Fresh Cow - supplies essential calcium, energy and rehydrates the cow
• 2 tubes of Botonic® Calcium - create a mild metabolic acidosis to enable the cow to mobilise calcium efficiently

The Milk Fever Pack is available from veterinary surgeons.

For further information, please contact Forum Animal Health on
+44 (0)1737 781416 or
animal.health@forumgroup.co.uk

> download the new Milk Fever Pack press release