About ePro® Foal Starter Plus : Milk Replacer/Starter
ePro® Foal Starter Plus is a specially formulated milk replacer for orphan foals, rejected foals and foals of nursing mares with insufficient milk production. ePro® Foal Starter Plus supplies the foal with energy, protein, fat, vitamins and minerals that match the nutritional profile of mare’s milk. ePro® Foal Starter Plus contains high quality protein and essential amino acids for proper muscle development and growth. Adequate levels of minerals to ensure skeletal growth of the young foal. Trace minerals to promote various important biological functions in the body of the foal and a broad spectrum of vitamins and antioxidants at sufficient levels to support body functions and normal growth.
ePro® Foal Starter Plus is supplemented with inulin, a natural sugar produced by plants which may help to maintain a balanced micro flora in the digestive system of the foal.
- ePro® Foal Starter Plus contains quality ingredients that are highly digestible and can be rapidly absorbed by the new born foal.
- ePro® Foal Starter Plus is cost effective, easy to dissolve and has excellent palatability.
- The balanced supply of nutrients in ePro® Foal Starter Plus supports normal growth and development.
- With ePro® Foal Starter Plus milk replacer is a complete food to ensure a good nutritional start for your young foal.
Caring for your Foal - water & solid feed with foal milk starters/replacers
- It is important to offer foals unlimited fresh and clean water daily.
- Creep and soft hay feeding can start at 2 weeks of age.
- Provide your foal with a high quality creep feed (15-20% protein) and feed small amounts twice a day.
- Increase creep feed gradually to 0.5-1.0 kg per 100kg body weight per day.
- At week 10-12 weaning process can start if the foal is eating sufficient creep/concentrate and forage (hay and/or fresh pasture).
- To minimize digestive upset gradually increase solid feeds and decrease milk solution.
Feed intake & health with foal milk starters / replacers
- The age, weight and appetite of the foal determines the intake of milk.
- Always monitor milk intake and body condition of the foal regularly.
- Consult your veterinarian when any problems arise with feeding or general health of the foal.
Getting more information or sending your feedback
Learn more from our product information sheet including feeding guidelines for foal milk replacers.
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We were lucky that Bubby Guts was willing to start drinking her Milk from a bucket straight away and she drinks up the milk formula till its all gone,(so it must taste great to her ). We also found the directions on the bag easy to read and the feeding table easy to follow.
Bubby Guts is now 6 weeks old and thriving on her E-Pro Foal starter plus and I have included some pics of her taken today
Thanks for making a great product I will be recommending it to anyone who finds themselves raising an orphan foal
Our orphan foal is 4 weeks of age now and he is drinking 12 litres of EPro Foal Starter Plus a day, is this enough for him? He has this in 4 feeds a day. He eats a little lucerne chaff with a little Mitavite Breeda, only tiny amount of breeda.
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