GreenDigest Ruminants is a safe, natural additive for ruminants that improves digestive efficiency, binds aflatoxins and heavy metals, and supports liver and rumen health. It reduces acidosis risk, enhances immunity, and contributes to cleaner, more efficient production. 

GreenDigest Ruminants is for calves, lambs and kids in their early stages of life. In rearing young ruminants, challenges include neonatal diarrhea, difficult weaning and maximizing early growth. GreenDigest Ruminants assists with these challenges by adding high purity clinoptilolite to the feed (starter feed, replacement milk or chopped forage). Its goal: to achieve stronger, healthier and more productive offspring from the start, while reducing the environmental impact of the farm.

Key characteristics in ruminants:

• Stabilizes the rumen and intestine: In lactating calves and young ruminants, GreenDigest helps regulate rumen and intestinal pH, preventing episodes of subclinical acidosis when they start consuming concentrate. It also absorbs excess water in case of diarrhea, reducing its severity and duration. A more stable intestinal environment means less digestive disturbances at weaning and a smoother start to full rumination.

• Stronger early immunity: Fine clinoptilolite particles can interact with intestinal lymphoid tissue (Peyer's patches), stimulating a local immune response that protects the young animal. Lymphocyte response and increased IgA production has been observed in the presence of these minerals, acting almost as a natural immunomodulator. For the farmer, this means calves and lambs that are more resistant to disease at that critical pre-weaning stage. In fact, studies cite positive effects on liver health and regeneration after episodes of severe diarrhea when micronized clinoptilolite is used.

• More pounds and survival: By improving the digestion of colostrum, milk or starter feed, animals gain weight faster. GreenDigest Ruminants increases feed efficiency: nutrients in the starter feed are better absorbed, which improves average daily gain. Field data indicate ~10% increases in growth rate of supplemented calves and reduced mortality in intensive rearing due to less scours and better general condition. Improvements in subsequent production have also been seen: calves that received GreenDigest as young calves produce more milk in their first lactation, having had optimal development.

• Less emissions in excreta: Similar to the case of swine, in ruminants GreenDigest helps capture nitrogen and reduce harmful gases in manure. Trials report 25-30% lower ammonia emissions in calves on treated diets, which benefits the barn atmosphere and the producer's environmental footprint. Also, the resulting manure is richer in retained ammonia nitrogen (NH₄⁺), improving its fertilizer value.

Key benefits for cattle/goat farmers:

• Stumble-free starts: Decreases neonatal diarrhea and digestive disorders in the first few months of life, leading to more surviving and vigorous offspring.

• Increases early conversion: Calves make better use of colostrum and feed, resulting in heavier weaning weights. Up to 1-2 days less to reach weaning weight than non-additive groups have been documented.

• Natural immune support: By reducing the pathogen load and stimulating local defenses, the incidence of diseases (pneumonia, coccidiosis, etc.) is reduced, avoiding costly treatments.

• Positive economic impact: More weight at weaning + lower mortality = more potential income (either by selling heavier calves or by better internal replacement). In addition, there are savings in preventive or curative drugs. According to technical data sheets, up to +10% milk/meat production is expected in the productive life of animals raised with GreenDigest and 15-20% lower feed costs due to the efficiency achieved.

Sustainable livestock farming: Product allowed in organic livestock farming, with no residues in milk or meat. Helps to comply with welfare (less diseases) and environmental (less emissions) regulations.