MINEROL SUPPLEMENTATION BY PETA TROUGH DISPENSER

Peta trough dispensers are a simple effective way to supply minerals to sheep or cattle.

The Peta Multi-Purpose Trough Dispenser can also be used to treat the water with highly concentrated sodium, magnesium, calcium, and phosphorous salts, other trace elements or vitamins may be added to the salt concentrates.

Once the Peta floating trough dispenser is placed in the water trough, the solution of active material, either a dissolved salt or liquid minerol material, is dispersed from the outflow nozzle at a controlled rate, while water enters the container through the inlet hole to replace the more dense solution. This process continues in a controlled pattern over the drinking period, until 90-95% of the solution has been replaced by water in the dispenser.

The device was designed to dispense the active material in the water trough throughout a 24-hour drinking period.

Because the dispenser floats in the trough head-down, it continues to function normally, irrespective of the water level in the trough. Furthermore, the floating device is protected from damage by stock. A rigidly mounted device in contrast is unable to compensate easily for changes in water level and is very vulnerable to stock damage by rubbing and scratching etc.

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a) Dose Rate

It is worth noting that the average dose rate per cow is determined exactly by the dispenser system.

Each day the dispenser is refilled with a new “dose” of addictive based on the required supplementation rate per cow. The water is thus treated on a “per cow” basis and not a “per litre” basis, so that changed in average water intake do not result in changes in average dose rate.

It is important to realize that everything put into the drinking trough eventually is ingested by the stock, so that the average intake over a period is known precisely.

b) Effect of Variations in Water Intake on Average Dose Rate

With the dispenser placed in the trough just before the start of high level drinking, the dispenser curve is a reasonable fit to the average drinking pattern. On high drinking days the drinking tends to start earlier, so that very little addictive ha run into the trough at that point. On low drinking days, the drinking starts later, and a portion of the additive will already lie on the bottom of the trough to be picked up readily as fresh water enters from the ball-cock, thus lifting the concentration quickly.

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MINEROL DOSAGE RATE FOR SHEEP USING PETA FLOATING TROUGH DISPENSER

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MINEROL Vita-Min-Phosphorus Application Through Peta Dispenser in non-drought situation

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