While cows need enough food to get by, they need the right nutrition to improve their health and well-being and increase milk production.
The right nutrition includes proteins, vitamins, minerals, fiber, herbs and water.
Forage alone cannot provide all these minerals. That’s why farmers supplement their cow feed with food items that contain all these nutrients.
Here are the best supplements to increase milk production in cows:
1. KupaKula Advanced
Kupakula Advanced is the best protein supplement for cows in Kenya.
It’s a high-quality dietary supplement for cows that contains protein, bypass protein, fat, methionine, lysine, metabolic energy, vitamin A and calcium.
It’s intended for cows consuming moderate to poor quality grass, as well as breastfeeding cattle with high protein requirements, for “Steaming” in the final 2 weeks of pregnancy, and for lactating cows.
Where to buy KupaKula Advanced
You can buy this supplement from these places:
I. Bomet Bomagro Ltd
Located at Chekla Block 108, Room number 5 in Kipchamba, Bomet.
Contacts: Phone (0722293243), email ([email protected]).
II. Eldoret Baitany Agro-Vet
Located along Oginga Odinga Street in Eldoret
Contacts: Phone (+254722 645 771) email ([email protected])
2. Maclik XP
Maclik XP is a new nutritional supplement formulated to help cows produce more milk. It contains:
- Xtra Phosphorous, consisting of a 95% bioavailability.
- Bioplexes, such as copper, Manganese, Cobalt, Zinc and Selenium available in Chelated minerals
- Vitamin E
It’s available in 10 kg and 20 kg packages.
Where to buy Maclik XP
You can buy this supplement from the following places:
I. Agroduka
Contacts: WhatsApp (0712 723 830)
II. Shamba.com
Contact: +254 722 209 840
III. Bomet Bomagro Ltd
Located at Chekla Block 108, Room number 5 in Kipchamba, Bomet.
Contacts: Phone (0722293243), email ([email protected]).
IV. Eldoret Baitany Agro-Vet
Located along Oginga Odinga Street in Eldoret
Contacts: Phone (+254722 645 771) email ([email protected])
3. Twiga Lick Maziwa Zaidi
Twiga Lick Maziwa is specially formulated to help boost milk production in livestock. It contains sodium chloride, calcium, spray-dried molasses, and Phosphorous.
Where to buy Twiga Lick Maziwa Zaidi
You can buy this supplement from different online platforms, such as:
Contact: 0709 339 000. You can call the number to place your order.
Located in Kahawa West
You can buy this supplement from the Coast FamCare Agrovet website.
4. Hamco Better Yield Dairy Meal
Hamco Better Yield Dairy Meals is a well-balanced dairy supplement rich in protein and phosphorous.
Other nutrients included in the supplement include vegetable oils, minerals, specialized vitamins and amino acids.
It has a pleasant aroma that will give your cow an appetite to eat.
Provide 1.5 kg of this supplement to your cow after milking. Ensure the cow has access to plenty of water after giving it the supplement.
Where to buy Hamco Better Yield Dairy Meals
Located at Kariobangi Light Industries
Phone: 0746 628 914
II. Bilashaka Animal Feeds Limited
Phone: 0712 370 192
III. CowSoko
You can visit the Cow Soko website to order
Always buy supplements from legitimate sources that are licensed by the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries. They should also be certified by the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS). This is because there are unscrupulous people out there selling fake livestock supplements that could kill your cows.
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