Diarrest Sachet Singles 250gm

Description

Each 250 gm sachet gives 2 litre dose

DESCRIPTION: An off-white powder containing the active ingredients per 2 litre dose: (as energy sources) 40 g DEXTROSE, 50 g LACTOSE,70 g RICE FLOUR and 60 g PREGEL STARCH; (amino acid) 2 g ALANINE; and (electrolytes) 4.6 g POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, 8.4 g SODIUM CHLORIDE, 3.0 g SODIUM BICARBONATE, 2.0 g TRISODIUM CITRATE, 5.0 g SODIUM ACETATE, and 3.5 g SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE.

Scours in calves and foals: Scours or diarrhoea is most commonly triggered by nutritional upset (e.g. starvation/overfeeding episodes) and/or by stress, which impair gastrointestinal function, particularly the rate at which the stomach and small intestine can digest and assimilate food. Bacterial and/or viral infection may be the initial cause or an opportunist secondary factor once gut function is already compromised. Many diarrhoeic animals have a decreased or nil food intake, decreased net absorption function and increased metabolic rate associated with fever. Any combination of these three events readily results in negative energy balance and hypoglycaemia. Through faecal loss, severely diarrhoeic animals can lose up to 6 – 12% of their body fluid, mainly from the extracellular fluid and plasma, but intracellular losses are also important in severe or prolonged diarrhoea. Major whole-body losses of sodium, potassium, chloride and bicarbonate ions occur, limiting cellular function and debilitating the animal. Hyponatraemia and hypokalaemia lead to defective heart function and nervous depression, although commonly the calf may appear hyperkalemic – due to the efflux of potassium from the intracellular fluid into the plasma. Acidosis develops primarily through loss of bicarbonate from extra cellular fluid in the diarrhoeic fluid. Also, depressed respiratory and circulatory function and decreased energy substrates will promote anaerobic metabolism, thus increased bicarbonate demand will exacerbate the deficit. Untreated, the derangements occurring in diarrhoea may worsen and lead to death. On the other hand, Oral Replacement Therapy (ORT) with Diarrest® has been shown to be effective and lifesaving as sole treatment, for any of the above causal factors.

FEATURES: – Supplies immediate energy (160 kcal per dose) from glucose; plus sustained energy (230kcal per dose from lactose1 , & 430 kcal from rice flour and starch, – sources of energy which can be utilised even during diarrhoea (as demonstrated by Virbac research in NZ). This available energy exceeds the optimum level 566 kcal/day to promote rapid absorption of electrolytes and water. Two doses daily potentially provide a total of 1640 kcal, toward the estimated energy requirement of the calf of 1300 to500 kcal/day. Blood glucose level