Horslyx Smallholder Block All Ruminant Animal Supplement 5kg

The Smallholder Block offers exceptional value by providing essential vitamins, minerals, and trace elements to grazing livestock while also supplying additional energy and protein. Designed to be licked, this concentrated block lasts a long time, making it cost-effective for smallholder operations.

Smallholder Block is suitable for all classes of grazing livestock and is ideal for smallholder settings where mixed species grazing is common. It can be offered all year round on a free access basis, allowing animals to consume it "little and often" throughout the day.

In ruminants, the feeding process differs from that of equines. Nutrients are first exposed to the rumen, where billions of microorganisms facilitate the breakdown of fibrous forages and the production of energy metabolites. Smallholder Block supports the efficiency of these rumen microorganisms, maximizing the feed value obtained from forages.

By providing a trickle feeding system, Smallholder Block aligns with the natural grazing behavior of ruminants such as cattle, sheep, goats, camelids, and deer. It ensures a continuous supply of essential nutrients over a 24-hour period, complementing the diet primarily consisting of forages from grazing, hay, haylage, or silage commonly found in smallholder operations.