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The Need for Vitamin B-complex

B-complex vitamins must be supplemented on a regular basis.

  1. They offer livestock better immune response to diseases.
  2. They are needed in energy metabolism.
  3. Vitamin B-complex is essential in times of stress such as vaccinations, moving from location to location, deworming and in times of diseases challenge.

Better yet, some products of vitamin B-complex contains minerals such as Selenium.

Importance of Selenium in Cattle, Sheep and Goats

  1. Normal growth and fertility
  2. Helps prevent mastitis and calf scours
  3. Important in metabolism

Deficiency in selenium may cause:

  1. Suboptimal milk production
  2. Suboptimal fertility in cattle
  3. Premature, weak calves, prenatal death and abortions.

Go ahead grab a bottle of Vitamin B-complex supplement for your animals.

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