Epsom Salt

Epsom salts aid in the prevention and treatment of grass staggers (hypomagnesaemia) in beef and dairy cows. For water trough treatment or addition to feeds. White crystals to provide 10% elemental magnesium. Dostatron approved. Available in 25kg bags.

Key benefits

• Aids in the prevention of metabolic diseases associated with magnesium deficiency. Magnesium is needed by animals to maintain normal levels of calcium in the blood.
• Magnesium is needed as a co-factor for many chemical reactions in the body.
• Magnesium is needed for nerve transmissions, muscle function and bone mineral formation.
• Rumen microbes need magnesium to digest dietary fiber.
• Cattle cannot store magnesium therefore daily supplementation is needed particularly if levels of pasture potassium and nitrogen are high.

Feeding directions:

Water trough

• Mix 3g agri-feeds magnesium sulphate per litre of water. Provide no more than 60g of magnesium sulphate per cow per day.

On hay or silage

• Use 60g per cow per day. Mix with water and pour over feed. Palatability can be improved with the addition of 50-100ml per cow per day of molasses.

Product description

Agri-feeds magnesium sulphate consists of 98-100% magnesium sulphate heptahydrate providing greater than 48% magnesium sulphate and greater than 9. 6% elemental magnesium.