Protease production at the intestinal level adapts to changes in the calf’s diet when it modifies from only milk to a complete diet of vegetable protein. The pancreas and intestines have to get used to a new diet and slowly adapt protease production to the offered proteins.
Enzyme adaptation is stimulated by the aging of the calf, but also by offering small amounts of vegetable proteins in the milk feeding. This accelerates and optimizes protease adaptation and increases the digestibility of the offered proteins.
DuoPrep+ is a new innovative concept to be used in calf milk replacers and is produced with the unique Schils Co-spray technique at Eurolat GmbH. Even before consuming any solid feed, DuoPrep+ helps to prepare the digestive tract of the young calf for weaning by offering a small amount of vegetable protein through CMR.