GLUCALPHOS - My Farm

GLUCALPHOS
Active Constituents
Calcium borogluconate, dextrose & magnesium hypophosphite.
Pack Sizes
500mL PVC bomaflex bag with draw-off tube; 500mL HDPE metabolic bottle,
and 100mL Flexipack.
General Use Claim
For the treatment of milk fever in cattle and sheep, and milk fever
complicated by acetonaemia and grass staggers in cattle.
Features And Benefits
Effective treatment for Milk Fever, Grass Staggers and/or acetonaemia/ketosis.
Available in both 500mL bottles and 500mL Bomaflex bags.
Clearly branded and colour coded.
Bomac Glucalphos in Bomaflex bags has the following added benefits:
* Superior draw off apparatus to aid flowability.
* Sterile 14g x 2'' needle packed with every bag.
* Strong outer pouch.
* Clearly marked graduations on a collapsible IV bag.
Why should I use Glucalphos?
Once administered Bomac Glucalphos (Bomac's 4 in 1) raises blood levels of calcium,
magnesium and dextrose/sugar, so is indicated for the treatment of milk fever
(hypocalcaemia) complicated with grass staggers (hypomagnesaemia) and
acetonaemia/ketosis in cattle.
When treating any metabolic disease, promptness of treatment is recommended.
Bomac Glucalphos can be administered either under the skin (subcutaneously) or
directly into the vein (intravenously). Care should be taken when administering Bomac
Glucalphos directly into the vein.
The use of oral forms of calcium, with or without injectable calcium solutions, can be
used for either prevention or treatment for milk fever also (see Emulsi-Cal or Oral Cal).
When should I use Glucalphos?
Bomac Glucalmax (Bomac's 3 in1) should be used when cattle are showing signs of
Milk Fever complicated with Grass Staggers and/or Acetonaemia/Ketosis.
Milk fever is usually seen within the three days either side of calving (most commonly
just after calving). Clinical Signs of milk fever (in the order of appearance) include:
Tremors, hypothermia, constipation, staggery movements, lying down with head and
neck kinked back, eventually cast with circulatory collapse leading to death from
respiratory failure
Grass Staggers is caused by a sudden drop in blood magnesium and occurs mainly in
the springtime due to increased requirements of Magnesium from lactation and spring
grasses often not containing enough available Magnesium. Also an animal that is
stressed e.g. cold stressed, feed stressed or on reduced dietary intake will rapidly lose
blood Magnesium within 24 hours. Grass Staggers is not restricted to the first few days

of lactation and occasionally occurs in Autumn (not to be confused with Ryegrass
Staggers caused by certain fungal infections of grasses).
Early cases of grass staggers sometimes show a spasm of the eyelid muscles resulting
in a characteristic "flutter". Later hyper-irritability, muscular incoordination,
convulsions and death occur. Less obvious effects of sub-clinical hypomagnesaemia are
reduced growth in young animals and a reduction in milk production in lactating cows.
Ketosis/Acetonaemia occurs most commonly in "relatively" underfed, early calving,
high producing dairy cows about two to six weeks after calving. Ketosis is caused by a
drop in blood glucose and an excessive production of ketone bodies particularly
acetone, when alternate sources of energy, such as body fat, have to be used by the
animal. Therefore cows calving before grass production can provide them with an
adequate source of calories are very prone to succumbing to ketosis.
Clinical signs of ketosis/acetonaemia range from wasting, loss of appetite, drop in milk
production, sweet acetone smell in breath, urine and milk. In some cases these may
also proceed to nervous system signs with tremors, blindness and aggression. Ketosis
maybe associated with other diseases such as mastitis, retained foetal membranes,
pneumonia etc.
Where can I purchase Glucalphos?
Glucalphos is available through veterinary clinics and farm merchant stores.