Keeping calves healthy and thriving is a top priority for every farmer, but it can be challenging to ensure consistent care when managing multiple animals and team members. That’s why Truvital Animal Health developed the Calf Treatment Protocol Kit—a practical tool to help streamline and standardize calf care on your farm.
What Is the Calf Treatment Protocol Kit?
This resource is designed to simplify the process of identifying, monitoring, and treating calves at different stages of health. The kit includes:
- A magnet with customizable spaces to record your farm’s specific treatment protocols.
- A dry-erase marker to make it easy to update protocols as needed.
- Color-coded bands to quickly and clearly indicate the treatment level assigned to each calf.
By offering these tools, Truvital empowers farms to reduce confusion, improve communication, and ensure consistent care across the team.
Key Features of the Protocol
Here’s how it works:
- Early Intervention (Blue Band)
- Symptoms: Fecal score of 2 or 3, lethargy, heat stress, slower drinking speed.
- Treatment: Mix 100g of Truvitalyte Max into 2 liters of warm water and administer 2–3 times daily.
- Treatment #1 (Yellow Band)
- Symptoms: Weak suckle reflex, milk refusal, eyeball recession, or a skin tent lasting 3–5 seconds.
- Action: Escalate care and monitor closely if no improvement occurs.
- Treatment #2 (Red Band)
- Symptoms: Severe dehydration (skin tent > 6 seconds), no suckle reflex, reluctance to stand.
- Action: Administer advanced care and consult a veterinarian if necessary.
Liks to a Fecal Scoring Chart and Skin Tent Scoring Chart are also included to help farmers evaluate and categorize symptoms quickly and accurately.
Why Use the Calf Treatment Protocol Kit?
Consistency in calf care can make a significant difference in health outcomes. The Calf Treatment Protocol Kit:
- Helps employees apply the correct treatment level with ease.
- Reduces the risk of miscommunication between team members.
- Promotes faster, more effective intervention to improve calf recovery rates.
- The Calf Treatment Protocol Kit is a simple yet powerful tool to enhance your calf care program. Look for your kit on pails of Truvitalyte-Max, or contact Truvital Animal Health to request your kit. For additional support in developing a customized calf health management plan, consult your veterinarian.
The Calf Treatment Protocol Kit is a simple yet powerful tool to enhance your calf care program. Look for your kit on pails of Truvitalyte-Max, or contact Truvital Animal Health to request your kit.
For additional support in developing a customized calf health management plan, consult your veterinarian.
