1. Micro Nutrition Role in delivering profitable outcomes for dairy farmers
Peter Robson DSM Ruminant Team APAC

2. Agenda Introduction Micro Nutrition Role in ruminant metabolism
Dairy cows increasing requirement for micro nutrition
DSM 5 core competencies
What are 5 core competencies
Why the 5 core competencies
HyD Skeletal Health and cow longevity
DSM partners with dairy producers
Conclusion

3. Energy Protein Minerals (Macro & Trace) Vitamins (Fat Soluble)
Nutrition – The 5 Basics
Energy Protein Minerals (Macro & Trace) Vitamins (Fat Soluble)
Fiber
Cannot be synthesized by the animals and must be fed
In summary 100% of the metabolic function of the All body enzyme systems and metabolism functions require vitamins and trace minerals
All body enzyme systems and metabolism functions require vitamins and trace minerals
Vitamins are complex organic compounds that are part of enzyme systems essential for the transformation of energy and body metabolism. This impacts on growth, production, reproduction and/or health
Trace minerals comprise less than 0.01% of a cow. Trace minerals play a role as co factors in enzymes, maintain protein and nucleic acid structure, participate in ionic interactions affecting cell permeability and as catalysts for metabolic reactions.

4. Temperature /Humidity
Factors influencing Micro Nutrition requirements
Genetics/ Breed
Micro Nutrition
Demand
Temperature /Humidity
Life Stage
Infectious Pressure
Feed Composition
Stress
Housing Conditions
Performance

5. Micro Nutrition requirements increasing over time
12 000
Feed conservation technology Corn silage Concentrate feeding Feed additives, minerals, vitamins
10 000
8000
Milk production (kg/cow/year)
6000
Breeding programs AL, ET, Sire evaluation
4000
Milk performance testing Breeders association Health services
2000
Winter feeding
1800
1900
2000
Year

6. Vitamin and trace mineral Deficiencies?
Challenges on dairy cows under intensive production conditions
Vitamin and trace mineral Deficiencies?

7. Environmental Management Raised without Antibiotics
5 Core Competences
Local market solutions draw on DSM’s expertise in five key areas – antioxidants, skeletal development, nutrient utilisation, environmental management and antibiotic-free production.
Based on individual market situation the solutions are tailored to the individual market requirements
Market Solutions
Antioxidants
Skeletal Development
Nutrient Utilisation
Environmental Management
Raised without Antibiotics

8. What are the 5 core competencies?
Antioxidants
Antioxidants are the foundation of immunity and health. They allow ruminants to channel nutrients to production and not to overcoming preventable health challenges.
Raised without Antibiotics
Skeletal Development
More and more markets are demanding milk and meat that are from animals raised without Antibiotics
The skeleton is the framework for a long productive life and carrying rapid body weight gain.
Environmental Management
Nutrient Utilisation
Without compromising production aims, better nutrient utilisation equals less nutrient loss equals reduced impact of production system on the environment.
Nutrient utilisation in a healthy animal determines the productive capacity of a system. Improvements in utilisation reduce the unit cost of production.

9. Why the 5 Core Competencies?
The 5 core competencies enable farmers to match their animals’ nutrition requirements with whatever feed is available to meet production objectives.
Animal nutrition requirements
Available feeds
Desired product objective
5 core
competencies + =

10. Skeletal health – the driver of health and profit in dairies Core competency development
Milk Fever
The right ratio of vitamins and minerals improve health
HyD most efficient process for D status
Less clinical and sub clinical milk fever
Stronger cows = more profit
Incidence of Milk Fever (Reinhardt et al.)
Hy-D® improves health and production at calving (Martinez et al)
-ve
DCAD
-ve DCAD
+ Hy-D®
Milk Yield (kg/d)
33.79
36.31
RFM (%)
30.8
2.5
Metritis (%)
42.2
23.1
Hy-D® increases the retention of Ca (grey) and P (black) in cattle (McGrath et al.)

11. DSM Dairy Customer Partnerships, How do they work?
DSM and our partners together develop specific solutions for challenges in the dairy production chain. These solutions need to be easily incorporated into existing farm production systems. Over time the solutions evolve to match changes in the farm production system.

12. Conclusion
Vitamins and trace mineral requirements of cows can not be synthesized by dairy cows and must be fed
Dairy cows micro nutrition requirements are increasing
DSM 5 Core Competencies allow dairy producers to increase profitability
To maximize benefits of the 5 core competencies, DSM in conjunction with our partners will develop solutions that are easily incorporated in existing production systems