How to improve hoof health by nutritional solutions

Main topics

• Nutritional approaches to minimize lameness in dairy cattle

• The rumen balancing act
• Nutritional considerations
• Nutritional variables  affecting rumen pH
• Role of the Digital Cushion

• Sub-acute Ruminal Acidosis-SARA and the effect on lameness
• Effect of trace elements on hoof stability
• Metabolism of trace elements in ruminants
• Difference between available trace element sources

Speaker

Jan Storgaard

• Technical support Stalosan, Vilofoss A/S
• Jan has been working with Stalosan since 2003. Before this, he was a technical manager in the pharmaceutical company Pfizer.
• Jan holds a Master degree in Biochemistry and Neuroscience.
• His main focus is hygiene, hoof health, disinfection and chemical imbalances in the barn environment.

Speaker

Hristo Dimitrov

• Technical sales representative of Vilofoss
• Hristo has been working in the Vilofoss group since 2019.
• Hristo has been working in the dairy cattle industry for more than 10 years in countries such as Denmark, Germany, and Bulgaria. 
• His main focused is on cattle nutrition, control of hoof health, improve cattle health, economical losses, and the benefit of controlling lameness.
• Hristo holds a Degree in Animal Science. 

Speaker

Stefanie Briede

• Stefanie Briede has been with the technical department at VILOFOSS Germany for the past three years.
• Her fields of responsibility are product development, product management and calculation of feed rations.
• She completed a MSc in Agricultural Science. During her studies, she worked at different farms.