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Purina® Lamb Starter

Purina® Lamb Starter is designed to help your lambs get off to a great start. This complete lamb feed is formulated with the right balance of grain, roughage, protein, vitamins and minerals to provide essential nutrients when feed intake is typically low in stressed lambs. Purina® Lamb Starter feed contains 16%-protein, 1.5%-fat and high levels of trace minerals and vitamins that help support the immune system, health and optimizes performance of lambs.

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    NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION

    When it comes to nourishing and nurturing your animals, quality matters. That’s why Purina’s high-quality, research-proven products are formulated for optimal nutrition with the best ingredients that meet our stringent quality and nutritional standards.

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    • Guaranteed Analysis
      Nutrient Min/Max Amount
      Crude Protein MIN 16.00 %
      Non Protein Nitrogen (NPN) MIN 1.60 %
      CrudeFat MIN 1.50 %
      Crude Fiber MAX 20.00 %
      Acid Detergent Fiber (ADF) MAX 24.00 %
      Calcium (Ca) MIN 1.00 %
      Calcium (Ca) MAX 1.50 %
      Phosphorus (P) MIN 0.35 %
      Salt (NaCl) MIN 0.50 %
      Salt (NaCl) MAX 1.00 %
      Selenium (Se) MIN 0.30 PPM
      Vitamin A MIN 5000 IU/LB
    • Feeding Directions

      Description

      Follow these management practices:

      1. Lambs should be adjusted gradually to this product (over a period of 5 to 7 days) to reduce the risk of overeating and other digestive disturbances.
      2. This ration can be self-fed to lambs if they are properly adjusted to the ration.
      3. Do not allow starved lambs access to this feed.
      4. Vaccinate all lambs to prevent enterotoxemia (overeating disease) with both C and D toxoid.
      5. Keep a constant supply of complete feed available to lambs. Do not allow fine material to accumulate in feeders.
      6. Provide adequate bunk space for each animal. Bunks should be well protected and well managed to prevent feed from becoming wet and moldy.
      7. When fed from a self-feeder, adjust feeder to minimize quantity of feed accumulating in the trough.
      8. Provide free choice salt at all times.
      9. Fresh, clean water should be available at all times.
      In groups of lambs there are certain animals who experience chronic bloat, or other digestive disturbances, and consequently, are poor performers. In addition, excess feed consumption, severe weather changes resulting in erratic feed consumption, and poorly managed feeding practices can increase the incidence of bloat in all lambs. If bloating does occur, the above management practices should be reviewed.

      Best Results

      Nursing, Orphan and Early Weaned Lambs: Feed to suckling lambs and lambs on milk replacer in creep area as soon as they will eat, usually by one week of age. 

      Receiving Lambs: Feed hay only on the first day lambs are received. Lambs can then be adapted to full feed over the next 5 to 7 days depending on the stress level imposed on the lambs during shipping.

      Keep feed fresh and clean by feeding once or twice daily. Feed until lambs are weaned or until 6 weeks of age. Then gradually switch lambs to their appropriate grow/finish diet.

      Lambs can be offered 10% (of their total feed) good quality grass hay in addition to this diet.

      Caution

      Store in a dry, well-ventilated area protected from rodents and insects. Do not feed moldy or insect-infested feed to animals as it may cause illness, performance loss or death.

  • CONTINUOUSLY INNOVATING ANIMAL NUTRITION

    Purina is relentlessly seeking the next innovation in animal nutrition and targets relevant issues facing animal owners to help enhance their animal raising experience.

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    CONTINUOUSLY INNOVATING ANIMAL NUTRITION 

    Purina is relentlessly seeking the next innovation in animal nutrition and targets relevant issues facing animal owners to help enhance their animal raising experience. We’ve conducted over 24,000 animal nutrition studies and counting to find impactful, accessible solutions for animals and their owners.
     
    Our research is performed in fields across the country and on our 1,200-acre working farm in Gray Summit, MO, the Purina Animal Nutrition Center, where we care first-hand for over 3,000 animals, every single day, ensuring our outputs of research, knowledge, and product innovation work properly for the real-life needs of animals.

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Love this!

Love this for starting our show lambs on feed! they eat it up quickly and start picking through it at a much younger age

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dzie3

Lambs love it !!!!

Lambs like it and do good on it . Like the crumbles better than the pellets and I think lambs do too

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Terry B

Great 1st feed!

I bought this as a 1st feed when my bottle baby was ready to advance from the bottle. He loved it and we had no transition problems.

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Swolf

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& Our Love of Animals

Purina understands and cares about the unique needs of your animals and the importance of bettering their well-being, performance and health. For more than 125 years, we have been tackling the biggest nutrition challenges using science, and our love of animals pushes us until we get it right. Our team is made up of more than 500 Masters of Sciences, Ph.Ds., veterinarians, nutritionists, microbiologists, geneticists, and immunologists, all who share a passion for providing animals with the best nutrition for the best results.

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Purina understands and cares about the unique needs of your animals and the importance of bettering their well-being, performance and health. For more than 125 years, we have been tackling the biggest nutrition challenges using science, and our love of animals pushes us until we get it right. Our team is made up of more than 500 Masters of Sciences, Ph.Ds., veterinarians, nutritionists, microbiologists, geneticists, and immunologists, all who share a passion for providing animals with the best nutrition for the best results.

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