MALAVIT FOR CALVES IN CASE OF DIGESTIVE DISORDERS AND DURING INTENSIVE GROWTH
The paper presents the data on testing Malavit for digestive disorders in calves on the farm of the SPK “Ordena Lenina kolkhoz imeni I.Ya. Shumakova” and during intense growth period from the age of 10 days to 1.5 months on the Experimental Farm “Prigorodnoye”, the City of Barnaul, the Altai Region. At the age period from 2 to 12 days, the calves were treated according to the procedure common for the farm, and received orally 5 mL of Malavit once a day with milk or colostrum. The reduction of the duration and severity of digestive system pathology in calves was revealed. The administration of Malavit to healthy calves in a dose of 10 mL per one animal from the age of 10 days to 1.5 months increased weight gain and increased the total content of protein, calcium, vitamin E and iron in blood. Hematological and biochemical indices of blood serum of the calves with dyspepsia and healthy calves that received Malavit with colostrum or milk showed no adverse effects of the preparation on the health of the animals under study.