Feed fortifier and enhancer for preruminant calves and method of using same

A feed fortifier and enhancer for a preruminant calf comprising:

• about 50-75% by weight protein ingredient;
• about 10-50% by weight animal plasma;
• about 2.5-10% by weight micronutrients, selected from the group consisting of cobalt, copper, iodine, iron, magnesium, manganese, selenium, zinc, choline chloride, vitamin C, niacin, d-pantothenic acid, riboflavin, thiamine, menadione dimethylpyrimidinol bisulfite, pyridoxine, folic acid, vitamin E, vitamin A, vitamin D.sub.3, vitamin B.sub.12, biotin, biocompatible salts thereof and mixtures thereof;
• electrolytes at less than about 2.5% by weight electrolytes selected from the group consisting of salts of sodium, magnesium, potassium, calcium and combinations thereof, with the electrolytes being in a biocompatible form;
• about 0.8-3.4% by weight of a vitamin E ingredient,, when the vitamin E concentration in the vitamin E ingredient is approximately 60,000 IU/lb of the ingredient;
• about 0.3-1.4% by weight a vitamin A ingredient, when the vitamin A concentration in the vitamin A ingredient is approximately 7,562,000 IU/lb of the ingredient;
• about 0.1-0.4% by weight of a vitamin D.sub.3 ingredient, when the vitamin D.sub.3 concentration in the vitamin D.sub.3 ingredient is approximately 15,000,000 IU/lb of the ingredient;
• allicin, at less than about 2.0% by weight;
• fructooligosaccharides, at less than about 2.0% by weight;
• and
• direct fed microbials, at less than about 1.0% by weight, which are selected from the group consisting of Bacillus coagulans, Bacillus licheniformis, Bacillus subtilis, Bifidobacterium bifidum, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus casei, Lactobacillus lactis, Streptococcus diacetylactis;
• and mixtures thereof.