Rub On Calf Powder

Rub On Calf Powder LIVESTOCK Beef 16-6-34 Our rub-on licorice-flavored calf powder encourages reluctant mothers to lick their young, getting the process started right after birth to protect the life of the newborn. "Calf Claim" powder can also be used to get cows to accept orphaned calves. I got the "secret" formula from my veterinarian uncle who came up with the recipe nearly 20 years ago to solve the problem for his clients. It worked so well when I started my own vet practice, that I decided to make it available commercially. Now I and my partner John Peters, make and bottle Calf Claim in off hours with the help of our wives. We use a cement mixerto combine the raw ingredients, which we buy from a local co-op. Then we bottle the product in 6-oz. bottles and sell it to vets and cattlemen across the country for about $10 a bottle. One bottle is good for about 7 applications. One application is usually enough to get a reluctant mother to accept her calf. Calf Claim has also been used on horse foals and lambs, but has had most of its success with beef and dairy calves born to first-time mothers. It's applied immediately after birth. It helps to dampen the calf's back first to make the powder stick. (Calf Claim, Mount Ayr Veterinary Clinic, Box 153, Mount Ayr, Iowa 50854 ph 515 464-2202)

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