CalciPhos Dusting Grade

Agvance’s CalciPhos Dusting Grade is a cost-effective and easy-to-use calcium and phosphorous supplement – perfect for cattle grazing fodder beet.

Scientifically-proven benefits:

  • Provides calcium and phosphorous is a highly-available form
  • Achieves short and long-term results
  • Ensures max uptake and storage of both calcium and phosphorous
  • Cost-effective and easy-to-use

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CalciPhos Dusting Grade is a high-quality calcium and phosphorus supplement for dairy cattle and young stock. Designed to prevent low phosphate and calcium levels, CalciPhos provides the ideal blend of both calcium and phosphate giving a perfect 2:1 ratio using products that provide the calcium and phosphate in a highly available form. This ensures a maximum uptake and storage of both calcium and phosphate, which achieves the best result in the animal for the short and the long term. 

When to use CalciPhos Dusting Grade

CalciPhos is typically used when grazing fodder beet in the autumn/late lactation and in the spring/early lactation. CalciPhos Dusting Grade will often be used alongside or instead of our other phosphate products, such as Loose Lick Fodder Beet, MagPhos (Magnesium Phosphate) and SoluPhos.

Note: CalciPhos is also available in granular form.

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What the research shows

  • DairyNZ guidance notes fodder beet can be very low in phosphorus and recommends supplementing cows grazing fodder beet with di-calcium phosphate (DCP). (DairyNZ TechNote 13 publisher PDF)
  • DairyNZ also notes fodder beet is relatively low in calcium and phosphorus, which can limit how much can be fed without extra supplementation. (DairyNZ “Feeding fodder beet” guidance)
  • A controlled feeding study found adding DCP to the diet increased serum calcium and improved intake, digestibility and milk production in lactating cows. (DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0282879)
  • A 2-year dairy cow study found a higher-phosphorus diet did not improve milk yield or reproductive measures compared with a lower-phosphorus diet that stayed within normal blood phosphorus ranges. (DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(00)74969-1)
Limits

These sources support the need to manage calcium and phosphorus supply on fodder beet diets and the use of DCP-type supplementation. They do not test this specific Agvance product or the “dusting” delivery method.

Study details and links

What was tested
Fodder beet feeding guidance on mineral shortfalls (calcium and phosphorus), plus controlled studies comparing diets with and without DCP supplementation, and a longer-term study comparing two dietary phosphorus concentrations.
Dietary calcium and phosphorus supply, intake, digestibility, milk yield and composition, blood mineral measures (including serum calcium and serum inorganic phosphorus), plus reproductive measures in the long-term study.

Evidence is strongest for the general approach of meeting calcium and phosphorus requirements on fodder beet-based diets and using DCP-type supplements where the diet is short. It is not specific to CalciPhos Dusting Grade.

Delivery affects consistency. With dusting over pasture or feed, individual intake can vary with feeding setup, pasture conditions and cow access, so results can differ from controlled feeding studies.

DOSAGE METHODS

DUSTING ON FEED

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