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Animal Nutrition & Health

Increase Reproductive Efficiency in Your Beef Herd with KemTRACE® Chromium

Reproductive efficiency is the foundation for success in your herd. Poor reproductive performance is costly to the cow and your bottom line. Providing your herd with the tools necessary to achieve reproductive success is pivotal to the profitability of your operation. Reproduction takes large amounts of energy from the cow to do its job, so making sure your cows can access the most energy possible is key to improving your reproductive performance including metrics like AI success rate, estrus expression, follicle size, and more. 

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 Insulin acts as a “key” that unlocks the cell “door,” allowing blood glucose to enter and be used for energy. Chromium improves insulin function and results in a more efficient clearance of glucose from the blood to the cell, leading to more cellular energy where your cattle need it.

What can your cow do with more energy? Energy in the cow is partitioned according to her biological hierarchy of needs (Figure 1). Biologically, the cow will conserve energy for maintenance, growth, and lactation before reproduction. In healthy animals, the mode of action of chromium allows the cow to more efficiently utilize energy for all production functions, increasing energy availability for reproduction.1

Chromium for Reproduction Hierarchy

In recent studies2,3, KemTRACE Chromium has been show to:

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AI PREGNANCY RATE BY 10.6%

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ESTRUS EXPRESSION

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DOMINANT FOLICLE SIZE

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CORPUS LUTEUM (CL) VOLUME

KemTRACE Chromium facilitated more efficient clearance of glucose from bloodstream into the cell and as a result improved reproductive metrics such as artificial insemination pregnancy rate, estrus expression, dominant follicle size and corpus luteum volume. Chromium supplementation to the breeding herd is essential for reproductive success.

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Tyler Leonhard

Tyler Leonhard
Key Account Manager
tyler.leonhard@kemin.com

Landon Canterbury

Landon Canterbury
Key Account Manager
landon.canterbury@kemin.com

References

1Mertz, W. (1992). Chromium: History and nutritional importance. Biological Trace Element Research. 32:3-8.
2Vidlund, T., C. Mitchell, H. Craun, J. L. Stewart, S. Clark, B. Wolpert, T. Redifer, and V. R. G. Mercadante. 2024. Investigating the effects of Chromium Propionate supplementation on productive and reproductive performance of beef cows. Page 68 in Proc. 2024 American Society of Animal Science Annual Meeting, Calgary, AB, Canada.
3Vidlund, T., J. Currin, S. Clark, J. L. Stewart, H. Craun, C. Mitchell, B. Wolpert, T. Redifer, V. R. G. Mercadante. 2024. Ovarian follicle diameter and corpus luteum volume of beef cows enrolled in fixed-time artificial insemination while receiving chromium propionate supplementation. Page 86 in Proc. 2024 American Society of Animal Science Meeting, Calgary, AB, Canada. 

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