This podcast explores the role of probiotics in maintaining the health and productivity of dairy cows and calves. It highlights how specific probiotic strains enhance gut health, digestion and immune function, leading to improved herd stability and fewer health challenges.
Key points:
Strain Selection Matters: Not all probiotics are equal – specific strains provide targeted benefits, making strain selection crucial for effective probiotic use.
Probiotics and Digestive Health: Beneficial bacteria, such as Lactobacillus and Bacillus species, support digestion, absorption, barrier and immune functions.
Probiotics in Calf Health: Research trials demonstrated that probiotics helped mitigate Clostridium perfringens challenges in calves, supporting normal performance and improving survival rates.
Dr. Steve Lerner
Senior Scientific and Business Advisor
Novonesis
Season 7, Episode 7
Key time markers:
- 1:05: What is Novonesis?
- 1:56: What does Novonesis do?
- 2:55: What makes probiotics effective?
- 4:34: Strain matters
- 6:15: The benefits of effective probiotics
- 11:19: What are our effective probiotics for dairy animals?
- 16:31: Effective probiotics support the well-being of the animals in our care
- 20:40: Effective probiotics for dairy cows
This episode is sponsored by Chr. Hansen.
Novonesis is a global biosolutions company with extensive expertise in bacteria culture science. As the product of two industry powerhouses – Chr. Hansen and Novozymes – Novonesis is poised to continue building on their more than 100-year history of bettering our world with biology. We’re on a mission to leverage the power of microbiology with science to transform global production and consumption. A big piece of that starts on the farm, with your herds. Why? Because daily feeding of effective probiotics helps herds perform at peak efficiency.
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