- Ensures birth of a healthy calf
- Provides nutrients for maximum foetal growth
- Build up energy for parturition
- Increases and maintains high milk yield after birth/stimulates development of
alveoli
- Promotes good health of the cow / mother
- Accustoms the cow to concentrate feeding
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