Your Best Shot
At Healthy Calving
3rd trimester injection supports cow-to-calf trace mineral transfer and colostrum quality*
What is Multimin® 90?
Multimin 90 is a proven, one-of-a-kind trace mineral injection. When given during the third trimester of gestation, Multimin 90 replenishes the cow’s trace mineral status, supporting the vital transfer of trace minerals to the fetus and improving colostrum quality when used in conjunction with scours vaccine. Copper, zinc, selenium and manganese — the trace minerals found in every bottle of Multimin 90 — are key to healthy cows and calves.
Supports trace mineral transfer to fetus
Supports healthy calf development
Improves colostrum quality when used with scours vaccine
Supports trace mineral transfer to fetus
Limited trace minerals are provided through the cow’s milk, so it’s imperative that the calf receive adequate trace minerals in utero. Trace minerals transferred from cow to fetus in the third trimester have a major impact on calf health and trace mineral status in the first 100–150 days. Multimin 90 supports both cow and calf by providing supplemental trace minerals to the cow in preparation for birth.
- During the last trimester of pregnancy, the cow mobilizes trace minerals from her liver into the bloodstream for placental transfer to the fetus’ liver.
- When the calf is born, it will have 3–4 times the liver trace mineral level of the cow — so ensuring the cow is well supplemented in the third trimester to provide for cow-to-calf transfer is critical.
- Proper trace mineral status in the calf at birth impacts bone and cartilage development, appetite, health, and a calf’s innate immunity.
Multimin 90, when given during the last trimester, not only supports the transfer of trace minerals to the fetus, but it also helps maintain proper trace mineral levels in the cow. If trace mineral levels are deficient post-partum, it can result in:
- Retained placenta
- Uterine infection
- Mastitis
Supports healthy calf development
The trace mineral status of a pregnant cow or heifer helps support pregnancy in utero. Poor or deficient trace mineral status of the cow/heifer may result in:
- Increased risk of disease in cow and/or calf
- Weak calves
- Abortion
After birth, a calf will deplete 70% of its copper and zinc status within the first 56 days. Selenium and manganese will also gradually deplete over time due to rapid growth and limited availability of trace minerals in the milk. Trace minerals are vital to health, appetite, and proper development. Multimin 90 helps support continued calf growth and improved immune function by supplying the cow with supplemental trace minerals to pass on to the calf. Calves that are well supplemented at birth are better able to:
- Thermoregulate
- Support innate immunity
Improves colostrum quality when used with scours vaccine
Neonatal Calf Diarrhea (scours) is responsible for 80% of sickness and 57% of deaths in unweaned calves in the United States. This problem has a significant impact on calves’ health and is a major driver in profitability, so prevention is key.
University of Georgia studies indicated that treating pregnant heifers and cows with Multimin 90 and a scours prevention vaccine, before calving, improved colostrum quality. Calves that received better quality colostrum from cows who received Multimin 90 and scours vaccination pre-calving, tended to have more specific antibodies for better scours protection.
3-in-1 treatment
Multimin 90 is a cost-effective way to support healthy calving. It maintains a healthy trace mineral level in the cow, helps support the trace mineral transfer to the calf and helps improve colostrum quality when given with a scours vaccine at pre-calving. An injection of Multimin 90 is a cost-effective 3-in-1 treatment for the cow, colostrum and her fetus that only costs about $3.20* (*At recommended retail price).
Testimonials
“We feel it is an important piece of the puzzle in our protocol to get those calves from birth to branding to help increase our immunity and treat less calves.”
— Kyle Colyer
Colyer Ranch
“Multimin is on top of our list…it has probably had the most dramatic effect on what we do in those protocols as anything we have done over the years.”
— Dr. L.D. Barker and sons, Dr. Matt Barker and Dr. Mark Barker
