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Choline Health Benefits Calculator

Replacement Value, $ / cow

Salvage Value, $ / cow

Improvement in Item

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Benefit
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Cows Died

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Total Health Benefit, $/herd

** University of Minnesota Extension (See References tab)

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Milk Price, $ / cwt

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Added Feed Cost for 100 days, $/cow

Milk Production Benefit, $/cow

Milk Production Benefit, $/herd

* J.M. Bollatti et al. JDS 2019 (See References tab)

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No. of days fed choline

RP Choline feeding rate, gm/cow/day

RP Choline cost, $/lb

RP Choline cost, $/cow/day

RP Choline cost, $/herd

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VITALchol

Product A

Choline ion to feed, grams

Choline chloride to feed, grams

Choline chloride %

Feeding rate, gm/cow/day

Replacement Ratio

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1

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References

Bollati, J.M., M.G. Zenobi, B.A. Barton, C.R. Staples, and J.E.P. Santos. 2019. Responses to rumen-protected choline in transition cows do not depend on prepartum body condition. J. Dairy Sci. Vol 103 No. 3, 2020. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2019-17302

1. A total of 192 cows received either 0 (CTRL) or 12.9 gm/day choline ion (CHOL) in a ruminally protected form from 21 days prepartum to 21 days postpartum.

2. Cows fed CHOL during the transition period increased Energy Corrected Milk (ECM) by 1.9 kg/day (4.2 lb/day) over CTRL cows through 105 DIM.

3. Feed efficiency (kg ECM:kg DMI) increased in cows fed CHOL by 0.09 units over CTRL cows and averaged 2.1 through 105 DIM.

University of Minnesota Extension. Managing and monitoring the health of transition dairy cows. Herd Alarm levels and cost per case for dairy cow diseases

Disease	Cost/case	Herd Alarm
Subclinical ketosis	$289	15%
Clinical hypocalcemia	$150	3%
Subclinical hypocalcemia	$150	30%
Displaced abomasum	$700	3%
Retained Placenta	$232	5%
Metritis	$218	10%
Mastitis	$376	3%

Rumen-Protected Choline
For Dairy Cows

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Choline Milk Benefits Calculator

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Value of Energy Booster Coating

References

Bollati, J.M., M.G. Zenobi, B.A. Barton, C.R. Staples, and J.E.P. Santos. 2019. Responses to rumen-protected choline in transition cows do not depend on prepartum body condition. J. Dairy Sci. Vol 103 No. 3, 2020. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2019-17302

1. A total of 192 cows received either 0 (CTRL) or 12.9 gm/day choline ion (CHOL) in a ruminally protected form from 21 days prepartum to 21 days postpartum.

2. Cows fed CHOL during the transition period increased Energy Corrected Milk (ECM) by 1.9 kg/day (4.2 lb/day) over CTRL cows through 105 DIM.

3. Feed efficiency (kg ECM:kg DMI) increased in cows fed CHOL by 0.09 units over CTRL cows and averaged 2.1 through 105 DIM.

University of Minnesota Extension. Managing and monitoring the health of transition dairy cows. Herd Alarm levels and cost per case for dairy cow diseases

Rumen-Protected CholineFor Dairy Cows

Choline Health Benefits Calculator

Choline Milk Benefits Calculator

Choline Cost Calculator

Value of Energy Booster Coating

References

Bollati, J.M., M.G. Zenobi, B.A. Barton, C.R. Staples, and J.E.P. Santos. 2019. Responses to rumen-protected choline in transition cows do not depend on prepartum body condition. J. Dairy Sci. Vol 103 No. 3, 2020. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2019-17302

1. A total of 192 cows received either 0 (CTRL) or 12.9 gm/day choline ion (CHOL) in a ruminally protected form from 21 days prepartum to 21 days postpartum.

2. Cows fed CHOL during the transition period increased Energy Corrected Milk (ECM) by 1.9 kg/day (4.2 lb/day) over CTRL cows through 105 DIM.

3. Feed efficiency (kg ECM:kg DMI) increased in cows fed CHOL by 0.09 units over CTRL cows and averaged 2.1 through 105 DIM.

University of Minnesota Extension. Managing and monitoring the health of transition dairy cows. Herd Alarm levels and cost per case for dairy cow diseases

Rumen-Protected Choline
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