SweetPro Cattle Video Testimonies

 “it’s absolutely terrific!”

Dennis Areias
Den-K Holsteins, Inc.

Fresh Start used in milk replacer to boost the health and maturation of calves in hutches.

May 2006 • At Den-K Holsteins in Los Banos, CA, Dennis Areias has been feeding SweetPro’s Fresh Start to his heifer calves in hutches.

Den-K is a 21 year old pure bred Holstein operation that has a herd milk average of 27,000 lbs. They have bred cows in the 38,000 to 53,000 lbs of milk class, hold a number of state and national records and also breed bulls in the top 100. Recently one of their heifer calves was sold (to be born) for $27,500. So they really work hard to give these valuable calves the best start possible.

Dennis uses Fresh Start in the calves milk replacer, both in bottles and in the pails. He says with the pails you stir it in by hand. In the bottles you shake it and the calf’s sucking action also helps break it up so there is no wastage. Fresh Start goes to work immediately delivering nutrients into the intestinal tract and any spill over into the rumen helps its development. The calves are growing and maturing faster than before and those born in March are eating 4 lbs of grain a day plus some hay by mid-May.

One slow calf in particular would not respond to anything Dennis tried (at 6 weeks), but when Fresh Start was introduced, he saw a difference in less than a week’s time! The calf had not been able to finish a gallon of milk, but on Fresh Start began to finish all her milk and water, and now takes everything she is given. Fully recovered, she’s caught up to the other heifers her own age. Dennis says, “it’s like giving them a shot of vitamin B – it perks them up”, “it’s absolutely terrific…”

Dennis Areias with heifer calf fully recovered on Fresh Start!
(15.79 mb video download)

Dennis also uses Sweetpro’s Dry Cow block supplement for his cows close to calving.

You can contact Dennis Areias at:

Den-K Holsteins Inc.
14415 S. Baker Road
Los Banos, CA 93635
209-826-6242

Holsteins on milking turnstile at Den-K

Fresh Start comes in 50 lb bags or 2,000 lb totes.

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