Designed by vets, scientists, engineers and nutritionists, ANIMAX Tracesure ruminant boluses are complex in their design but simple in how they deliver results on farm.
Watch the video: ANIMAX Tracesure diffusion technology explained
4 reasons to chose ANIMAX Tracesure ruminant boluses
In 1982, veterinarian Les Porter, had an idea to improve animal health and performance through bolusing. 30 years on, ANIMAX manufactures more than 3 million boluses annually, helping to bring balance to ruminant nutrition and the agricultural ecosystem. Now part of the Carrs Group, the bolus technologies are engineered to ensure every animal always has enough trace elements.
Patented diffusion technology® offers a PRECISE trace element release for up to 6 months, with superior rumen retention.
High in quality iodine, selenium, cobalt and copper (optional), selected for EFFECTIVE absorbability, and to offer both short and long term cover.
Compact in size, only a single bolus application is required, helping make life EASIER.
Non-copper boluses are approved by the Soil Association (UK) and Irish Organic Association (Ireland) for use on ORGANIC systems.
What’s inside Tracesure ruminant boluses?
ANIMAX Tracesure features trace elements specially selected for their absorbability (also known as bioavailability), and cover in the short and long term.
Cobalt
Cobalt is converted by rumen bacteria into vitamin B12 essential for energy cycles, metabolism, growth, and pregnancy. This trace element is only stored in the animal in small quantities, and so a continuous supply is needed. ANIMAX Tracesure® offers a form of cobalt that is available in the rumen where the bacteria can utilise it.
Iodine
This trace element is essential component of thyroid hormones responsible for regulating metabolism. ANIMAX Tracesure® contains two types of iodine to provide an immediate supply as well as a longer–term supply
Selenium
Selenium is an antioxidant essential for normal cell function and effective immune responses. As such it helps to protect cells from oxidative stress. ANIMAX Tracesure® with its specialist diffusion technology, contains high levels of selenium in a safe form.
Copper
Copper is essential to enzyme function and positive weight gain. It can either be deficient in the diet (primary deficiency) or ‘bound’ by ingested antagonists (secondary deficiency), or a combination of both. Soil, water and certain diets can all contain these antagonists which reduce the availability of the copper salt. Copper in the form of a metal or elemental is not available to the animal. Copper needs to be as a salt, for example copper oxide.
ANIMAX Tracesure® with copper includes a second bolus comprising of copper oxide needles manufactured in-house to both medicinal and nutritional standards to ensure the copper is available to the ruminant. This bolus can be given at the same time as the cobalt, iodine, and selenium bolus.
