Because calves care

(and we care about calves)

A window of opportunity!

The start of a calf’s life is a window of opportunity. Get raising the calf right, and you’ve laid the best possible foundation for top performing animals. With the right management and nutrition, you can flip every epi genetic switch ‘on’, so the calf can reach its full genetic potential.

That’s why Nukamel calf milk replacers (CMR) contain only top-quality dairy raw materials. As founders of the CMR-business, we draw on nearly 70 years of extensive scientific research and trial work on which we base our nutritional and calf management solutions.

Our solutions result in better developed, healthy calves, less veterinary interventions, a profitable and sustainable milk production, a maximum return on investment and improved animal welfare.

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ProtéGo offers natural protection

ProtéGo is our state-of-the-art precision calf feeding approach.

Thanks to specifically selected dairy ingredients, ProtéGo offers calves longer natural protection, enabling them to develop stronger natural resilience during the first two weeks of their lives. After that, they are ready to grow at their best.

Nukamel ProtéGo contains a guaranteed level of natural bioactives e.g. immunoglobulins, lactoferrin and milk fat globular membranes (MFGM). The latter are milk-derived complex lipids with a proven impact on the brain-immune-gut axis in early life development.

The ProtéGo approach starts with practical and specific colostrum management advice. The second step is to feed the calves with Nukamel ProtéGo milk, providing them with exclusive nutrient sources for newborn development.

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Every extra gram now, translates to extra litres of milk later

That’s why focus on early calf feeding pays off.

“Farmers often tend to invest in their cows, rather than their calves”, says calf expert Linda Van Deurzen-Duineveld. “Understandable, because that’s where they earn their money. However, focusing on early calf feeding yields a much bigger effect, especially in the long-term.”

“Well-developed calves are the best guarantee for high-performance cows tomorrow. Just by focusing on what to feed the calf, you can produce as much as 800 more litres of milk per cow.”

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ProtéGo: THE secret powder for new born calves

For lifetime performance the first weeks of the calf’s life are critical but also a window of opportunity for dairy farmers. The health status in early life has been shown to be a major factor for milk yield, fat and protein production. Just born calves are vulnerable for diseases because they lack an active immunity system. The gut epithelium still needs to develop, and microbiota colonization still needs to take place.

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Sustainable livestock

Starts at the earliest age

Producing the same amount of milk with less cows is a good step towards sustainable livestock. This, of course, requires individual cows that produce more milk. And that starts at the earliest age.

This animation shows that, next to top-quality nutrition, there are many elements that can lead to a sustainable calf rearing process. The results after working a few years with this holistic approach are very promising.

Accelerating growth

What’s in it for farmers?

Nukamel calf specialists travel around the globe to advocate the importance of top quality nutrition for calves. However, how the calves are fed matters a great deal as well.

Accelerated feeding schedules can improve the average daily gain in the pre-weaning phase by 600 to 800 grams per day. This can reduce the total raising period by one month, veterinary medicine costs by 50%, and the average cost per day by as much as € 2,-/calf.

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Energy and Protein

A balancing act for optimal calf growth

“Feeding calves is like walking a tightrope,” claims Nukamel R&D Manager, Evi Croes. “Finding the right balance is difficult, especially for the individual farmer. Different parameters and conditions must be met and ensuring the right nutrition is a crucial aspect.”

“A young calf’s’ rumen is small and has yet to develop papillae (finger-like structures that increase surface area) for optimal absorption. The calf, therefore, completely depends on nutrients from colostrum and milk, or milk replacer in the first period of life. That’s why Nukamel offers proven solutions and gives advice to farms on how to maintain the balance.”

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Emulsizym 4 Seasons

Protection all-year-round

Every season has its own challenge for the new born calf; the Emulsizym 4 seasons concept adapts nutritional content to seasonal differences that occur throughout the year. Developing the Emulsizym 4 seasons concept has been the first step in precision feeding of calves Nukamel as a company developed, in order to give an answer to the concept prevention is better than cure, the Emulsizym concept gives support to health and digestion of the newborn calf.

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Meet our Youngstock Specialists

Translating science into everyday practice

Our nutritional solutions are packed with science, which often uses a ‘language of its own’. However, many of the farmers don’t ‘speak science’; they speak ‘daily practice’.

Fortunately, Nukamel has developed a highly specialised team of Youngstock Specialists that ‘speak both languages’.They are dedicated to helping farmers optimise their calf rearing process. How to organise it, how to manage it, what nutritional solutions to use, and how to meet all other important conditions?

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