BALANCE THE DIETARY CATION ANION DIFFERENCE (DCAD)

Introduced by Landus in 1997, SoyChlor® was designed to assist pre-fresh dairy cows with DCAD balancing and reducing instances of subclinical hypocalcemia as well as clinical milk fever.

Highly Palatable Source of Chloride Ion For Close-up Dry Cows

Adjusting DCAD and supply dietary calcium and magnesium to improve the calcium status of cows at calving.

Leading The Transition

Balancing the Dietary Cation Anion Difference (DCAD) has long been an effective way to prevent sub-clinical hypocalcemia. Yet adding calcium-mobilizing anions to the ration through traditional anionic salts has proven unsatisfactory due to palatability. That's not a problem with SoyChlor®.

The proven consistency of SoyChlor® makes inclusion of the chloride supplement in reduced-DCAD transition rations simple, safe, and predictable. SoyChlor® is subjected to routine third-party testing for nutrient content and the chloride content is verified every hour during manufacturing. Every manufactured lot receives at least one chloride test prior to bagging.

SoyChlor's unique ability to consistently deliver chloride while maintaining palatability has made it the preferred feed ingredient by dairy cows across the globe.

Benefits of SoyChlor®

Reducing incidences of retained placenta, displaced abomasum, metritis and other disorders that have hypocalcemia as their root cause can be achieved by improving a cow's blood calcium status at calving. Supplementing pre-fresh diets with a chloride product, like SoyChlor®, which contains essential calcium and magnesium, has been shown to provide that improvement in blood calcium levels.

  • The purpose of feeding anionic supplements and balancing dietary cation-anion difference (DCAD) is to develop a state of mild, compensated metabolic acidosis in the pre-fresh cow, which will improve her calcium status at calving. This condition is characterized by pre-calving urine pH readings between 6.0 and 6.8. Such acidification of the cow can be accomplished by supplementing the diet with chloride and/or sulfate anions. Chloride has been demonstrated to be 1.6 times more potent than sulfate for acidifying the cow’s blood and urine. All of the supplemental anions in SoyChlor are chloride.

  • The “first generation”, traditional anionic supplements were noted for reducing feed intake due to poor palatability. SoyChlor has long been recognized for its acceptance by cows, either when incorporated into a grain mix, or mixed into or top-dressed onto a TMR. As the “new generation” anionic supplement, SoyChlor is manufactured using a novel, wet dissolution process. This process allows soluble chloride ions to absorb into the palatable carrier ingredients, dispersing the chloride at the molecular level. No granules or prills are present to initiate a feed rejection response.

  • Inadequate blood magnesium can disrupt the cow’s ability to maintain normal blood calcium levels, even when DCAD has been properly adjusted and the correct state of metabolic acidosis has been achieved. The supplemental magnesium and calcium in SoyChlor are in a very bioavailable form, reducing the need for other sources of supplemental magnesium and calcium.

  • The physical properties and DCAD “strength” of SoyChlor makes it the supplement of choice for both feed mills and farms. Particles size and density that is similar to most other concentrate ingredients helps ensure thorough mixing and uniform distribution, without separation during handling or sorting at the feed bunk.

  • Potassium and sodium are cations that induce alkalosis (the opposite of what we are trying to do with DCAD) in the pre-fresh cow, and both are implicated as risk factors for milk fever and udder edema. SoyChlor is very low in potassium and sodium, complementing the selection of low potassium and sodium feedstuffs to create low DCAD levels in close-up diets.

  • The protein component of SoyChlor is high quality, real, pre-formed, useable protein for the cow. Coming from grain co-products and SoyPlus® high bypass soybean meal, the majority of protein in SoyChlor is ready for digestion without the need for assimilation into microbial protein in the rumen. This is especially helpful with “high straw” or “controlled energy” pre-fresh diets, which may lack sufficient fermentable carbohydrate to allow rumen microbes to utilize non-protein nitrogen (NPN).

Certifications

ISO 9001 The SoyChlor® manufacturing process is ISO 9001 certified. ISO 9001 is an internationally recognized quality management standard. With its ISO 9001 certification, Landus has proven that it follows and meets the requirements of the standard.

HACCP The SoyChlor manufacturing process is also HACCP certified. HACCP certification ensures that the process is evaluated for biological, chemical, and physical hazards. This evaluation includes procurement, raw material receiving, production, storage, and shipment of product. If there are areas in the process where biological, chemical, or physical hazards could enter or exist, actions are taken to reduce or eliminate these risks. This provides greater confidence that our feed is safe.

QS SoyChlor holds a QS compound feed production certificate. As part of this certification, SoyChlor participates in the QS feed monitoring program. Ingredients and finished product are tested for various items including salmonella, mycotoxins, dioxins, pesticides, heavy metals and more. QS is a German standard in which the concepts of ISO 9001 and HACCP are woven together. This QS certification ensures that safe, quality feed is delivered to the animals which make up part of the food supply chain.

GMP+ SoyChlor's QS certification is mutually recognized by GMP+. GMP+ has determined that the QS requirements are comparable to GMP+ requirements so they recognize our QS certification.

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