Part B - sodium or calcium salts, if
sodium or calcium salts, if added
Between three weeks before and six weeks after calving for dairy cows Between six weeks before and three weeks after parturition for ewes and goats
- Application in the form of bolus is allowed.
A bolus may contain up to 20 % iron in an inert, non-bioavailable form, in order to increase its density.
- Indicate on the labelling: ‘During the supply
of calcium or sodium propionates at the end of gestation, an evaluation of the mineral equilibrium in association with the risk of hypocalcaemie after parturition is necessary.’
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Reduction of stress reactions
— High level magnesium And/or — Highly digestible ingredients
Pigs
— Magnesium — Highly digestible ingredients including their treatment if appropriate — Content of n-3 fatty acids (if added)
1 to 7 days
Guidance shall be provided on the situation in which the use of this feed is appropriate.
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Reduction of the risk of consti pation
Ingredients passage
Sows
Ingredients intestinal passage
10 to 14 days before and 10 to 14 days after farrowing
stimulating
intestinal
stimulating
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Particular nutritional purpose
Entry number
▼B Essential nutritional characteristics (GP1)
Species or category of animal
Labelling declarations (GP2)
Recommended length of time
Other provisions
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Compensation for insufficient iron availability after birth
High level of iron compounds auth orised under the functional group ‘compounds of trace elements’ of the category ‘nutritional additives’ as referred to in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003. The complementary feed may contain iron in a concentration higher than 100 times the relevant fixed maximum content in complete feed.
Suckling piglets calves
Iron (total)
After birth up to 3 weeks
The instructions for proper use shall ensure that the legal maximum contents of iron for complete feed are respected.
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Compensation for malab sorption
Low level of saturated fatty acids and high level of fat soluble vitamins
Poultry excluding geese and pigeons
— Percentage of saturated fatty acids in relation to total fatty acids — Vitamin A (total) — Vitamin D (total) — Vitamin E (total) — Vitamin K (total)
During the first 2 weeks after hatching
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Reduction of the risk of fatty liver syndrome
Low energy and high proportion of metabolisable energy from lipids with high level of polyunsaturated fatty acids
Laying hens
— Energy value (calculated