Daily intake of table s alt for cattle: what is needed and the norm

S alt is an essential feed additive, a sufficient amount of which in the body ensures the normal functioning of all systems. To fill the need of cows and calves for this food product, it is better to use a lick. Cattle themselves know the measure of daily s alt intake, so they will not be able to exceed the norm. An excess of a mineral supplement in the diet leads to intoxication of the body.

What is s alt for?

An animal demonstrates high productivity rates if the diet includes vitamin and mineral supplements that are involved in all vital processes in the body. Of great importance is the saturation of cattle with sodium chloride.

S alt contains:

chlorine is necessary for the synthesis in the stomach of hydrochloric acid and other substances responsible for the breakdown of fats, regulates water balance;
sodium-potassium compound is responsible for the penetration of glucose and amino acids through the cell membrane.

In addition, having antibacterial properties, sodium chloride protects against the negative effects of external factors, infections and diseases caused by pathogenic microorganisms. By improving the palatability of food, it helps to increase appetite.

Lack of s alt affects the work of the genitourinary system of animals, reducing appetite. During the period of intensive growth of calves, pregnancy and lactation, in winter, the body of cattle especially needs NaCl. From the age of 5 days, you can give young animals with milk up to 5 g per day.

Very often there is a lack of this trace element in the body of an animal. Signs of a nutritional supplement deficiency:

Cattle get sick more often, hair is tousled, skin is rough;
growth of young animals is noticeably declining;
the animal has a downcast, sullen look, eats almost nothing;
dim look;
infertility, a cow comes into the hunt rarely, irregularly;
Cow productivity is declining (fat content and volume of milk are falling).

Focus on meeting the needs of cattle in NaCl should be during the grazing period, when most of the animal's diet consists of vegetable feed. At the same time, the daily dose of the dietary supplement must be strictly calculated.

Types of licks

S alt briquette is not just a food product. This is a vitamin supplement, consisting of mineral components and s alt specially purified from impurities.

Types of lickers:

PremiumMade from s alt mined in Siberian mines. Passes several degrees of purification. Designed for the most demanding breeders.With micro-, macro elementsThe product contains the necessary for the normal functioning of the body elements and vitamins.MEL freeA pure version of lick s alt for daily replenishment of NaCl in the body.

Type of s alt block	Feature

All blocks have holes in the center for a rope or holder. This makes it convenient to hang the product at the pet's location.

Consumption rates

The diet of cattle should include a sufficient amount of s alt, which will saturate the animal's body with sodium. The safest way to provide cows with NaCl is to use a lick. Calculation of the amount of s alt per 1 individual per year: cattle - 11 kg, dairy cow - 26 kg.

During pregnancy

During pregnancy, the female's need for s alt increases. Therefore, cows are given NaCl in several ways: they add it to food, they hang s alt blocks in the public domain. If the female did not get the right amount of nutritional supplement with food, she can always go to the lick.

You should also take care of drinking enough water to help remove excess sodium from the body.

The minimum intake of sodium chloride per day is 30 g.

Lactation period

In the body of a recently calved cow, the s alt supply is only enough for 6-7 weeks. Then the fat content of milk and daily milk yield directly depend on the intake of sodium in the body. NaCl affects the formation of milk fat. The daily intake is calculated according to the animal's body weight and milk yield. For every 100 kg, 5 g is taken.sodium chloride, plus another 4 g for each liter of milk. For example, a cow weighs 500 kg, she gives 20 liters of milk daily:

55 + 204=105 g/day.

Cattle love chaff, straw and other roughage soaked in a s alt solution. It is also necessary to provide cows with free access to the lick briquette. More than the body needs, the animal usually does not eat.

Highly productive

For highly productive cows and bulls, vitamin complexes with low and medium s alt content are used. When they lick a briquette, additional microelements are supplied to the body for the he alth of joints, bones and hooves, for proper metabolism, maintaining the coordinated work of all organs and systems.

Therefore, the owner with feed should make up for the lack of nutritional supplementation, at the rate of 55-60 g of sodium per day.

Signs of s alt poisoning in cows

Excessive consumption of table s alt by cattle is fraught with serious poisoning. A large amount of nutritional supplements leads to inflammatory processes in the intestines, abnormalities in the composition of the blood, oxygen starvation, and disturbances in the body. Also, an excess of sodium ions causes nervous overexcitation of the animal. Symptoms that indicate s alt intoxication in cattle:

cattle looks weak, there is trembling in the muscles;
a sharp loss of appetite is visible;
mucous membranes and skin become bluish;
the animal is in a state of nervous excitement;
shortness of breath, possible vomiting;
pupils become dilated;
diarrhea;
the animal is constantly thirsty.

A dose of 3-6 g of s alt per 1 kg of animal body weight is lethal for a cow. If she is not provided with timely qualified assistance, she will die of suffocation.