In nineteen, fully replicated trials (nine independent) carried out on New Zealand farms, RumenZyme Cobalt Plus treated lambs, on average, gained 19% more weight than untreated lambs. 

This translated into 11.22 grams per day in extra carcass weight over the average trial length of 37 days.  This meant that over all the trials, RumenZyme Cobalt Plus treated lambs averaged an additional 415 grams per lamb (carcass weight) in the 37 days on trial. 

At a lamb schedule of $6.85* this would mean an additional yield of $2.83 per lamb for a RumenZyme Cobalt Plus drench costing just 12c (3.64mL average dose in the trials).

Return for the farmer

If one were to extrapolate this over a flock of 1800 lambs, a drench cost of $220 could yield extra growth worth $5000, not a bad idea in anyone’s book! 

Faster finishing could also mean the difference between getting more lambs away before Christmas while the schedule is traditionally higher.  The more lambs off the property earlier, the more feed there is for the ones that follow and ultimately also for the Ewe’s.

* Farmers Weekly 1st September 2011.

 
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