Sprayfo Lifestart / Whole
milk optimizer
Teun Schuurkamp, Area Export Manager
6 November 2015
Milk = money for dairy farmer
 Milk is produced for delivery to milk processing industry
 Sales of milk = basic income for modern dairy farm
 Milk of first 2-3 days after calving is undeliverable
 Milk of cows treated with antibiotics is undeliverable
 Undeliverable milk = waste milk
 Farmers prefer not to dump waste milk
 Feeding waste milk to calves seems easy and cheap
Types of waste milk
3
The good
1. Excess colostrum (day 1)
2. Transition milk (day 2-4 after calving)
3. Just use!
The bad & the ugly
1. Milk from cows with to high cell count
2. Milk from cows suffering from mastitis
3. Milk from cows treated with antibiotics
 Waste milk contains high levels of bacteria.
 Pasteurization is an option / necessity
 Feed pasteurized waste milk to calves?
 Or flush down the drain?
Types of pasteurization
6
What is Pasteurization
2
Time-line for batch pasteurizer  2 hours heating, 30m high temp, 30 m kooling down
Batch pasteurizers; small, mobile or fixed
Batch pasteurization:
Medium Temperature (63oC )+ Long Time (30 minutes)
flash and UV pasteurizers; for large farms
Flash pasteurization
High Temperature (72oC )
+ Short Time (15 seconds)
UV pasteurization
Low Temperature (5-10oC )
with UV light, for 30 minutes
FOR LARGE FARMS ONLY
Pasteurize with Temperature or uv light?
Using Heat for Pasteurization can reduce milk quality by:
• Decreasing immune factors (IgG)
• Destroying sensitive proteins
• Destroying natural vitamin A, B6, B12, and C
• Decreasing calcium solubility
Using UV Light for Pasteurization can protect milk quality:
• Immune factors remain unchanged
• Proteins remain unchanged
• Vitamins A, B6, B12 and C remain intact
• Increase in vitamin D
Most research is on heat treatment; UV is relative new;
In theory UV is good system; effectiveness is debated by scientists
Risks of pasteurization
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Feeding waste milk is risky
Waste milk may contain harmful pathogens
 Transmission of Para-tbc on 9 other threats
Penicillin waste milk contains antibiotics
 Create resistance of dairy cows against penicillin
THE BIG QUESTION is :
Is pasteurization the way
to make waste milk safe for feeding to calves?
pasteurization is a complicated process
•
Heat tolerant bacteria will survive
•
In poor quality milk with high bacteria content,
some viable pathogenic bacteria will survive
•
Effect of pasteurization on antibiotic residues not clear
- residues heat sensitive or not?
- if the calf drinks this residues: effect in later life?
•
Bacterial toxins are not destroyed
•
Pasteurization process requires good management!
Pasteurization gives no guarantee
Feeding pasteurized milk is better then to feeding raw milk,
• typical disadvantages of feeding whole milk are still present:
• Fat content too high
• Decreased intake of dry feed (grain – concentrates)
• Lack of vitamins and minerals
On farm pasteurization gives no guarantee
• If a poor quality milk is pasteurized, some viable pathogenic
bacteria will survive the pasteurization process
• Antibiotic residues are not reduced or destroyed
• Toxins are not destroyed
With quality control and management; still no guarantee
Imbalance in whole milk
15
milk is produced for the milk processor
Dalily
requirement
week 3 - 5
whole milk
Sprayfo
1000
1000
1000
protein (gram)
215
256
215
Building blocks for growth
fat (gram)
180
350
180
Energy source
20000
10000
40000
Mucosa / eyes
vitamin D3 (IE)
1100
400
5000
Bone composition
vitamin E (mg)
200
60
300
Anti-oxidant
vitamin C (mg)
50
80
160
Anti-oxidant, Immune system
5
3,0
6
Sugar metabolism, nerves
Selenium (mg)
0,35
0,04
0,40
Anti-oxidant, Immune system
Iron (mg)
100
8
100
Oxygen transport
8
1
10
Oxygen transport, enzyme activator
40
1
50
Enzyme activator
Dry matter (gram)
Function
Nutrients
Vitamins
vitamin A (IE)
vitamin B1 (mg)
Trace minerals
Copper (mg)
Manganese (mg)
whole milk low in iron  more aneamia
 182 bull calves to trial farm Sloten in 2009
 Age at arrival: over 2 weeks
 At arrival all calves tested on Hb value (standard)
 Bull calves most fed with whole milk
 Minimum – reference Hb value is 10.5 mg / 100 ml
 Average Hb value is 8.8  TOO LOW !

20%
meets standard > 10.5

46%
too low
8 – 10.5

34%
critically low
<8
Measurements confirm aneamia!
Verdeling Hb-waarde bij startkalveren
25
46% Too
low!
20% above
norm
34%
critical
low!
15
10
5
Hb-waarde
14
13
,5
13
12
,5
12
11
,5
11
10
,5
10
9,
5
9
8,
5
8
7,
5
7
6,
5
6
5,
5
5
0
4,
5
aantal kalveren
20
Balancing whole milk with Sprayfo
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Only Use fresh milk
1. No antibiotic/mastititis milk
2. No milk high in somatic cell count
3. No milk with flies and dirt
4. No milk from cows spreading Johnes (para TBC)
Note : Feed waste milk to bull calves
or trow away
Steps to Balance whole milk
1. Only use fresh whole milk
2. Use the right mixing equipment
3. Mix milk, water and Sprayfo
4. To get the right concentration
Sprayfo mixing is easy
Mix 8-4-1 to Fit the concentration
Standard
Liter
DM
Total
ratio
whole milk (L)
10
125
1250
100%
water (L)
0
0
0
Sprayfo (kg)
0
970
0
10
125,0
1250
Liter
DM
Total
ratio
whole milk (L)
8
125
1000
51%
water (L)
4
0
0
Sprayfo (kg)
1
970
970
12,7
155,1
1970
Fit = 8-4-1
0%
49%
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Mix to get Nutritional balance
requirement
whole milk
MIX
Sprayfo
7,0
7,0
whole milk
7,0
1000
1000
51%
1000
protein (gram)
210
249
233
215
Building blocks for growth
fat (gram)
180
303
243
180
Energy source
vitamin A (IE)
14000
9450
24439
40040
Mucosa / eyes
vitamin D3 (IE)
1250
378
2645
5005
Bone composition
vitamin E (mg)
150
57
176
300
Anti-oxidant, immune system
vitamin C (mg)
35
76
117
160
Anti-oxidant
vitamin B1 (mg)
Trace minerals
3,5
2,8
4
6
Sugar metabolism, nerves
Selenium (mg)
0,25
0,04
0,22
0,40
Anti-oxidant, immune system
Iron (mg)
70
8,5
48
90
Oxygen transport
Copper (mg)
6,0
1,9
5,9
10,0
Oxygen transport, enzyme activator
Manganese (mg)
30
0,9
25
50
Enzyme activator
Liter per day
Dry matter (g)
Function
Nutrients
Vitamins
Sprayfo + whole milk mixing table
Mixing Sprayfo & whole milk : 150 g in 1 liter
Step 1;
take milk
o
of 20-25 C
Step 2;
add Sprayfo
and stir firmly
step 3;
fill up with hot-cold water
to the desired
liters of milk at 40oC
12,0 liter
1,5 kg
20 liter
15,0 liter
1,8 kg
25 liter
18,0 liter
2,2 kg
30 liter
24,0 liter
2,9 kg
40 liter
30,0 liter
3,7 kg
50 liter
36,0 liter
4,4 kg
60 liter
48,0 liter
5,8 kg
80 liter
60,0 liter
7,3 kg
100 liter
Sprayfo LifeStart feeding schedule
Why mixing sprayfo & whole milk
 To get the right concentration for best pre-weaning growth
 To balance the lack of vitamins
 To allmost balance the minerals
 Create a more balanced supply of nutrients
 Option for farmers with milk surplus
& correct mixing equipment
 For the best overall alternative;
apply Sprayfo mixing & feeding plan
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Final: Sprayfo or whole milk
29
Sprayfo provides the best solution
• Waste milk Risk of contamination
Variable nutrients
Lack of vitamins-minerals
• Pasteurizing Lowering bacterial pressure
Complicated process
Needs good management
• Mixing
 Only fresh milk, good equipment
Protocol & management
• Sprayfo
 Pasteurized, clean & safe
Constant composition
Matching needs of calf
Sprayfo makes whole milk better
More safe
• Lowering – balancing the fat content
• Balance composition, less chance of diarrhoea
• With Safety Packege and specific antibodies
More healthy
• Due to added iron and vitamins
• Enhances intake of roughage and concentrates due to
application and composition
• Prevents disease transmission (Johnes - Para-tbc)
More result
• Improved average daily gain
• Less diarrhea problems
Sprayfo for the best lifestart
Calf rearing (feeding) issues
Whole milk
Sprayfo
Prevents transmission of diseases
No
Yes
Stimulates intake of concentrates
Moderate
High
Level of vitamins & trace elements
Too low
Perfect!
Nutrient composition
Variable
Constant
Moderate
Good
Effect on calf growth & farm profit