Description and Application of the Solidago Preventative Health Plan:
These can be applied « À La Carte », or with a Pact, where you will be given a calendar where it will be applied for your herd for the whole year, and revised according to the results noted.
The LABO SOLIDAGO health plan rests on four large pillars:
We all are very proud of the efforts, which were made to improve the genetics of our herds, milk production, stature, etc…. But this increase in production often involves an increase in processing of feedstuffs that can lead to an increase in toxins accumulated in the cow’s system that will subsequently need to be eliminated if the cow is to remain healthy.
Many cases of mastitis, for example, are due to a toxic load in the liver, kidneys, pancreas, etc.
That’s why we recommend detoxifying the cows on a regular basis. The majority of the protocols will be followed by a
, which will strongly accentuates the effectiveness of this treatment.
INTOXSOL once a day for 2 days
DRAINSOL once a day for 3 days
EDEMASOL once a day for 2 days
Dairy cattle, especially Holsteins, are designed for high output and have very low reserves as a rule. It is crucial to encourage the cow to assimilate minerals and to replenish a reserve to use for its own defences and survival. Increased mineral supplementation is not enough; it is necessary to support absorption of it. This is important in both the preventative program as well as in any protocols used for specific issues during a cow’s lactation.
MINSOL once a day for 3 days
Repeat once a month for general entretien
Recent research has proven that mammals have within their immune system a memory that recalls how to handle challenges that have been fought in the past and how to win those battles. Our product stimulates the immune system, often weakened by inappropriate use of vaccines and antibiotics. The cow herself will deal with the health challenge, not an outside source, further strengthening the immune system. Our clients have commented that their cows seem much stronger at handling things such as mastitis after a year on our program.
VIRALSOL
MYCOSOL
SEPTISOL
LUNGSOL
Parasitosis are responsible for respiratory and intestinal health problems. Balance between host and parasite is influenced by wet and cold weather, bad pasture rotation management, calving in winter.
Deworming at the beginning of gestation and during the month before dry off time.
To make sure the the future mother’s strength and vitality are not mined by parasites and that the calf grows well, we must get rid of parasites, whatever type.
Day 1-2 PARASITESOL
Day 3 INTOXSOL
Day 4 DRAINSOL
Day 5-6 PARASITESOL
Day 7 LUNGSOL
Day 8 SEPTISOL
Day 9-10 MINSOL
By flushing out toxins, re-mineralizing the body and strengthening the immune system, and deworming, your herd will enjoy an unparallel health that can only lead to much less problems and of course, increased profitability.
Protocol for Application of the Labo Solidago Health Plan:
Especially for big producers, to prevent problems at calving: MINSOL 3 days at the beginning of gestation, once a month for 3 days until the end of gestation.
This treatment should stave off milk fever caused by deficiencies in calcium or potassium, especially in cows older than 4 years.
MINSOL once aday for 3 days at the beginning of the gestation and 3 days a month until the end of gestation.
For the bigger production cows, for the genetic lines with higher risks, with 3 calvings and more, give MINSOL once a day for 5 days before calving.
This treatment will prevent milk fever, caused by a lack of assimilation of calcium and of potassium, especially for older cows and for bigger producers.
SEPTISOL two days in a row, 6 weeks and 3 weeks before calving. If there ‘s a history of metritis or other infections, give once a day for 5-7 days before SEPTISOL, and before a surgery or an invasive intervention.
at the beginning of gestation and during the month before dry off time.
To make sure the the future mother’s strength and vitality are not mined by parasites and that the calf grows well, we must get rid of parasites, whatever type.
Day 1-2 PARASITESOL
Day 3 INTOXSOL
Day 4 SOLIDRAIN
Day 5-6 SOLIPARASITE
Day 7 SOLIPULMO
Day 8 SOLISEP
Day 9-10 SOLICAR
To dry off, start 13 days before the complete stop of milking :
Day 1 to 5 STAPHSOL and SEPTISOL morning
MYCOSOL and EDEMASOL evening
Day 6 to 10 FLAMESOL and EDEMASOL evening
STAPHSOL and MINSOL evening
Day 11 to 13 DRYSOL once a day
3 weeks before calving, do again day 1 to 10 WITHOUT SOLITARI
- 3 WEEKS BEFORE, drain INTOXSOL 2 X, DRAINSOL 3 X, EDEMASOL 2 days) stimulates the appetite, augment the amount of dry matter consumed and relieve congestion in the udder, prevent swelling.
- 5 days before calving MINSOL once a day until calving.
- 2 days before calving: SEPTISOL one or two times
-HEIFER calving for the first time
Give EDEMASOL and STRESSOL once a day, one week before calving, to prevent the effects of a first time birthing, a swollen udder and other complications.
- AT CALVING: FLUSHSOL and SEPTISOL at the beginning to help start the work, only one time.
STRESSOL right after the birth to the mother and to the calf, one time only. METSOL and SEPTISOL to the mother, once, a few hours after.
This (FLUSHSOL) will help to evacuate the placenta and will help prevent infection like metritis.
This is the best moment to take care of drainage to the whole herd. In a water tank that will be adjusted to empty in a half day, or by injecting pump, 10 ml per head. Wait 1-2 days between two different products so that there’s sufficient rincing.
General Drainage
Day 1-2 INTOXSOL
Day 3-4-5 DRAINSOL
Day 6-7 EDEMASOL
Recall Drainage of Toxins.
When in presence of toxins, give once a week, in the drinking water, once a week :
Day 1 INTOXSOL
Day 2 DRAINSOL
Day 3 MINSOL
More or less depending on the toxins charge and on how the cows react.
For herds with a 9000 kg +, we suggest to drain 4 times a year, or when the udders turn yellow or brown ( the natural healthy color of udder is pink!)
Immunity boost
VIRALSOL In prevention of barn flu and other types of viral infections
2 days in a row at critical periods, especially during winter months.
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MYCOSOL prévention of respiratory symptoms, frequently complicated by mycoplasm 2 days in a row at critical periods.
SEPTISOL prévention bacterial infections while stimulating vitality.
2 days in a row
LUNGSOL will complete the prevention by targetting the respiratory system
N.B. Never forget the impact of parasites on the immune health.
In free stable, put the required amount, let’s say for instance 500 ml for 50 cows in one tank which will be emptied in a half day, then fill it. Make sure to dry the tank, or to rince abondantly before a change of product to avoid contact. If the quality of feed is low (cereals, hay, silage with toxins for example) :
Day 1 INTOXSOL Day 2 DRAINSOL Day 3 MINSOL
To re-boost the animal, and to prevent complications and relapse, after symptoms have dissappeared,
EDEMASOL morning
MINSOL evening, 3 to 5 days This is its convalescence.
If the animal has received antibiotics, give STAPHSOLduring 3 days before giving EDEMASOL and MINSOL
ANTIBIOTICS ON A COW THAT’S DIAGNOSED OR SUSPECT FOR STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS, WILL RENDER THIS BACTERIA EVEN MORE RESISTANT.
Avoid giving the milk coming from a a cow which received antibiotics to your calves, you’ll avoid thus the risks of transmission of resistant staph aureus to your first calving cows.
Any kind of physical trauma (fall, blow) or psychological (dead at birth calf, transport) can affect the cow and its production. Better to prevent!
STRESSOL and FLAMESOL (anti-inflammatory) once a day, for 2 to 5 days, depending on fewer symptoms.
before and after a change of place, before a hoof job, horning and clipping
STRESSOL morning and night, the day before, that day and the day after.
To prevent shipping fever, STRESSOL morning and night one day before, the same day and at arrival. Add SEPTISOL andVIRALSOL 3 à 5days.
Repeated and multiple vaccines modify the constitution (holding on toxins), overload the liver and weaken, right from the start, the immune system.
To prevent these effects, give
VIRALSOL once, the day before vaccination,
EDEMASOL once a day the next 3 days after
DRAINSOL 3 days to complete the protocol.
The cow is a ruminant, which means a being able to transform cellulosis into protein (milk). The ideal ruminal pH is 6,2+. To avoid acidosis, give 20 minutes to ½ hour the rest of the food, at least 2 kg of dry hay, cracking, fibrous with less than 14% protein, in the morning, on an empty rumen, et at night, 2 kg again with the same sequence. This mass will protect the rumen. By chewing these fibers 10-15 times before swallowing, the cow produces in its saliva up to 3,8 kg of sodium bicarbonate (soda) per day, this helps to maintain a stable rumen pH. ( to make this more palatable, there should not be food in front of the animals at night after 9 :30 and after 11 :30 in the morning, so that she can ‘break the fast’ with dry hay).
This way, the transit will be lengthened to 14-18 hours, which will permit a more complete digestion, you will stop seeing diarrhea, no more cows with dung laying down, no more fertility problems, much less undigested fibers and grains in the dung. A better digestion and a better assimimlation, thus, a better productivity.
Ideally, for the optimal profitability and health, the amount of grains served (including the protein supplements) should not go over 1 kg of concentrate and grains for 4 litres of milk, or 1 kg a day for 1000 kg a year. So, a cow with 30 litres of milk a day should not get more than 7,5 kg of grains and concentrate. Or with 8000 litres a year, 8 kg of grains and concentrate.
With the sequence of dry hay before the rest and the periods of chewing the cob respected (not interrupted by the passage of the robot), the cow will transform efficiently what she eats. A cow which eats too much grains, rather than transforming the into mil will transform it into illnesses, or will reject it in the dung.
So it’s a complete loss, a direct loss. With a transit too fast, by lack of fibers, minerals are not absorbed completly (de mineralization), grains end up in the dung.
In general,(to be adapted to the available feed on each farm :
→Do not go over 14% of protein for the ration.
→Avoid corn silage ( it does have often toxins, which will hit the liver, with consequences of inflamations, mastitis, metritis and placentar retention at calving.
→Do not go over 1 kg of rich hay silage per day the 3 weeks before calving
→Dry hay at will.
→Drainage 3 weeks before calving with INTOXSOL 2 X DRAINSOL 3 X et EDEMASOL 2 X. Continue the preparation for calving as described earlier in the text.
→Avoid giving milking cow’s mineral, there is most of the time too much salt and it causes oedema.
→The ration for first group cows are often too rich in protein, even in small amount. It’s better, also, after calving, to pass the new mother in the second group for a couple of weeks, then to transfer her into the first group.
The one-year plan puts into practice the contents of the workbook.
Acidosis, whether clinical, sub clinical, or chronic, reduces the ability of the cow’s metabolism to function properly. Bodily systems such as the immune, reproductive, elimination and production are thus compromised and their effectiveness greatly reduced. In order to correct this situation it is extremely important to stabilize the rumen. Therefore it is strongly recommended that before proceeding with the health plan that cows be fed 2kgs of dry coarse hay, 20 to 30 minutes before every meal, for at least a week in order to stimulate optimal rumination. This will help rebalance the rumen ph and allow us to assist the cow in regaining control.
All Labo Solidago products are in liquid form and can be given:
• Individually:
o In the mouth or in the vulva with a syringe (use different syringes for each)
o With a sprayer or a calibrated gun at (10 ml)
o In the water bowls for two tied cows (20 ml)
o By injection IM intramuscular or SC subcutaneously (5ml)
o By use of injection pump calibrated for 10 ml per cow/day
o In a unique drinking tank containing enough drinking water for a 4-hour period in which all cows will have drunk water.
1. Always pour product out of container instead of sucking it out with a syringe to avoid contamination.
2. Products must never come into contact with each other. Rinse thoroughly between applications.
3. In order to preserve a long shelf life, store Potentized Water® away (6 feet, 2 meters) from electrical and magnetic sources.
Protocol for Application of the Labo Solidago Health Plan:
This step will de-sensitize cows to antibiotics that were administered during lactation and at dry up. This will be done only once providing antibiotics are no longer used. By de-sensitizing the cows to antibiotics, we ensure that the rest of the Protocols will work. This may, on its own, lower somatic cell counts caused by Staphylococcus Aureus, yeasts or mycoplasmas. All mastitis may be treated by potentized water® without milk withdrawal.
EDEMASOL : 5 days x 10 ml/cow = 50 ml
This is a quarterly application designed to reduce the load on the cow’s vital organs (liver, kidneys, spleen, pancreas, skin) and allow them to function efficiently. This should lower the number of mastitis cases and create better vitality.
Signs to observe: Better feed conversion, higher production, reduction of inflammation and congestion. Udders should appear pink and not yellow, white or brown.
INTOXSOL : 2 days x 10 ml/cow x 4 times a year = 80 ml
DRAINSOL: 3 days x 10 ml/cow x 4 times a year = 120 ml.
EDEMASOL: 3 days x 10 ml/cow x 4 times a year = 120 ml.
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Dairy cattle, especially Holsteins, are designed for high output and have very low reserves as a rule. It is crucial to encourage the cow to assimilate minerals and to replenish a reserve to use for its own defences and survival. MINSOL balances the metabolism of dairy cow to insure that some reserves are kept for survival. These healthier cows will slowly re-establish fertility, and lower cell counts. Because this is a long process, there will be monthly reminders, one application, MINSOL.
MINSOL: 5 days x 10 ml and 3 days x 3 times a year + 10 ml x 5 months = 190 ml.
Once in the first quarter of each year we will apply SEPTISOL & VIRALSOL to reinforce the immune system. This will stimulate the immune system to be on the lookout for bacteria and viruses. Between applications Rinse, rinse, rinse.
SEPTISOL: 3 days x 10 ml and 2 days x 10 ml x 8 months = 190 ml.
VIRALSOL: 2 days x 10 ml = 20 ml.
Toxins are accumulated and created every day during a cow’s lactation. A regular flushing will permit the cow to concentrate on production and not be hindered by a toxin build-up. INTOXSOL will stimulate the cow to detoxify herself, ridding her organs of toxins. DRAINSOL revives the spleen thus the immune system. LYMPHSOL will drain the lymphatic system, where all toxins and garbage from any production go to.
INTOXSOL: 3 days x 10 ml and 2 days x 10ml x 4 times a year = 110 ml
DRAINSOL: 2 days x 10 ml and 2 days x 10ml x 4 times a year = 110 ml
LYMPHSOL : 3 days x 10 ml and 2 days x 10ml x 4 times a year = 110 ml
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To reduce the stress at dry off, give DRYSOL to cows producing 20-30 litres of milk during the last 10 morning milkings, and during 5 mornings for cows with less than 20 litres of milk. To help prevent future mastitis, give SEPTISOL during the last 3 evening milkings.
DRYSOL: 5 days x 10 ml = 50 ml.
SEPTISOL: 3 days x 10 ml = 30 ml.
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DRAINSOL at 3 weeks before calving to clean the filtering organs and assure that the cow increases dry matter intake. For cows at risk of milk fever, administer MINSOL every day after drainage to calving.
To prevent infection, SEPTISOL twice during the final week of gestation.
SEPTISOL: 2 x 10 ml = 20 ml.
DRAINSOL: 3 x 10 ml = 30 ml
Bonus
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To reduce the stress of giving birth and being born, administer STRESSOL once, to the cow, 10 ml and 5 ml to the calf. The cow and calf will rest and regain their strength much quicker. If the placenta does not drop out within the hour, administer FLUSHSOL, SEPTISOL every 30 minutes 3 times. In the following days, if there are signs of metritis (white pus), administer SEPTISOL, once per day for five days, and FLUSHSOL to get everything out within the week. .
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Consult the workbook for a complete description of Protocol procedures to be used with all types of mastitis without milk withdrawal.
When we’re faced with antibio-resistance, like after antibiotics at dry-off, or for returning mastitis, solutions are scarce, and in the case of the solution we propose, a little complex, but it works. One can, with the protocols below, weaken the bacteria during lactation, but rarely get rid of it, except during the dry period of dry-off.
First, avoid antibiotics for staph infected cows, most of the time, it’s useless and it could very well strenghten the resistance. Parasites weaken the animal and prepare the way for the bacteria, so deworming is applied, and a feed correction (more dry hay, less pretein and energy).
Finally, when the staph is defenseles, when the udder is dry, apply the protocol below 10 days on, 10 days off. So, 10 days after dry-off, the udder should be dry, give in the mouth, or on the vulva at a few minutes’ interval, :
Day 1 to 5 STAPHSOL and SEPTISOL in the morning
MYCOSOL and EDEMASOL at night
Day 6 to 10 FLAMESOL and EDEMASOL in the morning
STAPHSOL and MINSOL at night.
Do not give anything for 10 days, and give again for 10 days. The cow should then be about 3 weeks before calving, time for drainage*. If you want to be even more sure to be rid of the bug, dry-off the cow 3 weeks earlier, which will give you time for a extra 10 day treatment.
One week after calving, have an analysis done to make sure the the cow is clean.
*We recommand generally to administer a drainage (2 X INTOXSOL-3 X DRAINSOL -2X EDEMASOL in the drinking water) 3 weeks before calving, this will give more appetite. Finally, MINSOL will prevent milk fever for cows with 3 or more lactation, big producers, more at risk, this, 5-10 days, once a day, in the drinking water.
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For bronchitis use 10ml of each SEPTISOL & LUNGSOL and for pneumonia and influenza use 10ml of each VIRALSOL & LUNGSOL.
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It is important to remember that calves will eventually become dairy cows. We have to start early with them to improve the health and the profitability of a herd.
Dosage:
At calving: STRESSOL, 5 ml. Use SCARSOL (externally) to clean the navel.
Day 1: SEPTISOL, 5 ml.
Day 2: MINSOL, 5 ml.
Day 3: VIRALSOL, 5 ml.
Repeat every week during the first month.
Then every 15 days on the second and third months.
Then once a month for the next three months.
Briefly:
3 days a week, for 4 weeks.
3 days every 2 weeks for 2 months.
3 days a month for 3 months.
This practice will enhance the immune system and the growth, which means healthier animals and more bacterial and viral defences.
This plan can be applied with success to all kind of young stock.
Immuni-milk
To ensure a fast growth and a better health, keep the excess colostrum of a
(no mastitis, no antibiotics Protocol at dry-up, low somatic cells count, etc.) and put into a 5-gallon (20L) pail at room temperature.
After 3 days, the colostrum will be fermented, therefore digestible. As long as this culture smells good (cheese or butter odour), add 250ml (1cup) of this culture to the drinking milk of each calf and replace in the pail by the same volume of white milk. You will be amazed by the results!
N.B.: we strongly suggest not to feed discarded milk to your young calves. Residues of antibiotics, found in treated cows, may introduce resistant staphylococcus aureus bacteria into your heifers.
In order to develop large rumen capacity and the taste for dry hay, calves should have access to an excellent quality grass alfalfa mix from a young age. We suggest a forage mix containing at least 5 types of grasses. This allows for a variety of maturities and possibly even some flowers and heads. Contrary to popular dogma, we do not endorse much grain at an early age. It is also strongly suggested that calves do not receive any types of silage until at least one year of age. We do suggest feeding up to 8 litres of raw milk to the age of 4 months and possibly even 6 months. Milk should be lukewarm and served in a suckling bottle or bucket with teat. This method will support the development of a strong and wide mouth and jaw area. It will further support the development of a large capacity for future feed intake.
Our clients, who have opted to follow this method of raising calves, have commented that their heifers seem to be larger, taller by 4 inches, and stronger by the time they entered the milking string.