Neonatal Diarrhoea
Rehydion Gel
Supports animals during scouring, as an effective oral rehydration therapy, for calves, lambs and goat kids
Available in:
- 320 ml
Rehydion Gel can also be used proactively to support calves and lambs that are potentially at risk of stress or infection e.g.
• if slow to suckle
• weaning or feed change
• from handling and transportation
• when in contact with other scouring animals
Find out more about the benefit of good oral rehydration when treating scour and the importance of making milk matter
Target species:
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Cattle
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Goat
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Sheep
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How to use with lambs
- 1ml per kg, per feed
- 1 x 2ml pump per 2kg lamb, per feed
- 1 bottle = up to 160 feeds
If mixed with water, mix 20ml with 1 litre
How to use with calves
- 2 feeds a day for 2 days
- 20ml per 1 litre of milk, per feed
- 4 x 10ml pumps per feed
- 1 bottle = 8 feeds
Why choose
Rehydion?
Sufficient essential electrolytes per dose
Rehydion is an oral rehydration therapy gel that provides sufficient essential electrolytes to correct acidosis
Can be given without removing milk feed
Allows continued milk feeding (when given at the recommended levels), as it does not disturb milk clot formation or delay abomasal emptying1
Easy to use
Rehydion can be mixed (and stays mixed) with milk or water, using the dosing cap, or it can be administered directly using a dosing pump/syringe
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References
1 Constable 2009. Comparative effects of two oral rehydration solutions on milk clotting, abomasal luminal pH and abomasal emptying rate in suckling calves. J. Dairy Sci 92:296-312.
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