A foundation built on nutrition.
A successful weaning program starts with quality nutrition to allow for the value of sound animal health protocols and management practices to later be realized on sale day.
Backed by industry leaders.
The Purina® Plus program brings together the most innovative leaders in animal health to help deliver reduced risk, high-value calves to market, aimed to help maximize value for both cow-calf producers and cattle buyers.
Wean and market calves with flexibility.
Use Purina® Plus resources to tailor a weaning and marketing strategy that works for your farm or ranch. Choose from proven vaccination and deworming protocols and high-quality nutrition programs to drive individual success.
Performance built on research-proven nutrition.
Weaning with quality nutrition helps set the stage for lifetime performance. Purina® starter feeds include proprietary RX3® Immune Support Technology, which primes calf immune systems to support overall calf health, help reduce treatment costs and help set calves up for a healthy future. A sound foundation built on high-quality nutrition along with sound health protocols combine to help equip calves for optimized growth and performance.
Uniting the top brands in animal health.
Purina paved the way with leaders in animal health, like Boehringer Ingelheim, Elanco, Merck, Zinpro and Zoetis, to establish the requirements for Purina® Plus. As an added benefit, Purina® Plus calves can qualify for additional VAC 45 value-added programs to increase the calf marketing edge for producers.
What Our Allies Say
A program built around your needs and goals.
A one-size-fits-all approach doesn’t work for weaning and marketing calves. That’s why Purina® Plus provides a framework for selecting nutrition, vaccination and deworming options that best fit your management program and complement practices you may already be doing.
"THERE'S NO COMPARISON"
– DAVEY KARL, KARL FARMS, ST. GENEVIEVE, MO
"It’s amazing to think how much better we’ve done with Purina. By participating in the Purina® Plus program, our calf marketing has gone beyond good to excellent."
Connect with a Purina® Plus specialist– DAVEY KARL, KARL FARMS, ST. GENEVIEVE, MO
"It’s amazing to think how much better we’ve done with Purina. By participating in the Purina® Plus program, our calf marketing has gone beyond good to excellent."
3 STEPS TO MAXIMIZE THE PROFIT POTENTIAL OF YOUR CALVES
Participation in Purina® Plus takes three easy management steps
Requirements to join the program
Feed Purina® starters with RX3® Immune Support Technology
for 21 days post-weaning, then transition to a nutritionist-recommended diet for a minimum of 45 days prior to sale. Work with your local Purina® dealer to determine the best weaning nutrition to meet your performance goals.
Vaccinate and boost with*:
- 2 doses of Clostridium chauvoei, septicum, novyi, sordellii, perfringens (Types C & D)
- 2 doses of IBR, PI3, BRSV, and BVD Type 1 and 2
-Both must be administered as a modified live vaccine
- 1 dose of Mannheimia haemolytica/Pasteurella multocida
-May be administered with a combination viral or clostridial vaccination
Deworm for internal and external parasites
Oral or Injectable internal parasite control
Topical external parasite control
CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION
Connect with your local Purina® dealer or talk to our Beef Cattle Technical Solutions team to get started.
Learn More about Purina® Plus Find Your Local DealerPURINA® STARTER FEED LINEUP
Purina® starter feeds are balanced for nutrients essential to support growth and performance, including protein, energy, fat, minerals and vitamins.
Purina® Accuration® Starter
Purina® Precon® Complete
Purina® Stress Care® 5 Supplement
Weaning and Preconditioning Resources
Get more information to incorporate into your weaning and preconditioning plans.
1 Summary of Purina studies CG131, CG153, CG165 CG171 and PMI studies at University of Minnesota and North Dakota State University.
*In collaboration with and with support from your local veterinarian