1. What is the difference between ProZen and ColoZen?
2. Why does ColoZen need to be used within 48 Hours?
3. Why is ColoZen better than mothers’ milk?
4. When should I use ProZen?
5. If using ProZen should I continue with normal feeds?
6. Should I stop using whole milk when treating scouring animals?
7. Where are your products available from?

1. What is the difference between ProZen and ColoZen?

ColoZen is a colostrum supplement for new-born animals who are less than 48 hours old. It is essential to get ColoZen into the animal as soon as possible. Normally one dose is sufficient to boost the animal's immune system and get them onto their feet, but if the animal is weak with no or very little colostrum supplied by the mother, up the three doses may be applied at two hour intervals.
ProZen is a probiotic used to aid in the maximising of the intestinal mucose system. This then helps to restrict the onset of scours and other problems arising from stress on a deficient or reduced immune system. ProZen is administered daily for up to three weeks, while the new-born is exposed to change in diet, environment and transportation activities.

2. Why does ColoZen need to be used within 48 Hours?

Most new born animals have an "open" gut lining when born. This allows for easy movement of nutrients and other beneficial components found in colostrum. This facility starts to close as the body starts to maintain itself, and "Gut Closure" occurs around 48 hours after birth. At this time the larger antibodies will not gain access into the body system through the gut.

3. Why is ColoZen better than mothers’ milk?

ColoZen is made using a large pool of antibodies found in the colostrum collected over New Zealand farms. This increases the antigen exposure and thus the antibodies found. ColoZen also guarantees a minimun quantity of these components where mothers’ milk may not have these and the quality of the milk may not be ideal.

4.When should I use ProZen?

ProZen should be used to boost the intestinal gut lining health, by providing the surface with hign levels of naturally occurring bacteria, thus reducing places for incidence of attack. ProZen should be used on all animals from four (4) days after birth, who are likely to be exposed to infectious scouring agents such as : Rotavirus, Coronavirus, Escherichia coli, E.coli 0157:H7 or Salmonella Brandenburg, moved between farms, or changed from a milk replacer diet onto "solid" feed.

5. If using ProZen should I continue with normal feeds?

Yes, ProZen is not a milk replacer, so the use of milk or milk replacers are vital in maintaining the animal's normal dietary requirements. Should scouring occur, ProZen may be continued and will assist in the recovery of the animal. The use of a separate electrolyte solution is essential as ProZen does not contain a full electrolyte replacer solution.

6. Should I stop using whole milk when treating scouring animals?

No, research has shown that maintaining a feeding of whole milk actually aided in the weight gain and recovery of the animals with scours.
For more information on the use of milk with scouring animals see: Garthwaite et al (Whole milk and oral rehydration solutions for calves with diarrhoea of spontaneous origin, Journal of Dairy Science; Mar 1994, Vol77, pp 835-843) who demonstrated that scouring calves fed whole milk plus a commercial oral rehydration solution, recovered faster and gained more body weight than the controls fed water and the oral rehydration solution.

7. Where are your products available from?

In New Zealand: Animal remedies are available from all leading vet & farm suppliers.