SOS Kit
Supplementary animal feed
Description
This survival kit is easy to prepare and of vital importance for orphan foals and foals receivinglittle or no colostrum from the mare.
Important characteristics
Colostrum (2 sachets of 150 g) provides the newborn foal with protective antibodies against infection essential for resistance in the first 48 hours reduces the risk of diarrhoea
Foal milk (1 sachet of 1500 g) geared to the specific composition of mare’s milkfeeding bottle with teat (1x)
Directions for use
Step 1: preparing 1 litre of foal milk1. Take a pan with a capacity of at least 1 litre.2. Put 300 ml of cold water in the pan.3. Top this up with 400 ml of boiling water. This gives you 700 ml of water with a temperature of around 60°C.4. Add 1 scoop (= 100 grams) of Pavo Foal Milk powder and stir until completely dissolved.5. Add 300 ml of cold water, stirring constantly. This gives you 1 litre of lukewarm foal milk (temperature around 40°C).
Step 2: preparing colostrum• Stirring constantly, add the entire contents of one Pavo Colostrum sachet (= 150 grams) to 1 litre of lukewarm foal milk. Stir until completely dissolved.
Step 3: administering colostrum• Cut off the tip of the teat with a pair of scissors. This creates a small opening through which the foal can suck the milk.• Administer around 250 ml of lukewarm colostrum (around 40°C every hour using the enclosed bottle and teat. 9 Repeat steps 1 through 3 to prepare the second sachet of Pavo Colostrum. After administering the second sachet of colostrum, the foal can be fed with foal milk only, following the enclosed feeding schedule.