Bovine nutrition should combine injectable and oral supplementation, says veterinarian

For specialists, attention to the amount of amino acids in the products administered to beef and dairy animals is indispensable.

Nutrition in the growing and fattening phases is decisive for the productive performance in beef and dairy cattle throughout the animal's life. The veterinarian and manager of bovine services at Ceva Saúde Animal, Marcos Malacco, draws attention to the role of the intestine, which stands as the most important organ for immunity because it is responsible for the first contact of cattle with foreign particles from the feed, such as bacteria. "In the wall of the intestine, which we call the epithelium, there is a series of differentiated cells exactly to receive and process these external agents and, then, take them to the immune system to have the development of general immunity. This would be what we call adaptive immunity." Because of this importance, Malacco reinforces that these cells of the digestive system need to be very well prepared nutritionally to provide a response to the aggression of pathogens. According to him, the cattle farmer needs to always pay attention to the ...