Feed every challenge – Must-know about dairy proteins

🐮 Not all dairy proteins behave the same way in the calf digestive system.

In young calves, milk bypasses the rumen through the oesophageal groove and reaches the abomasum directly. There, enzymes and low pH trigger a natural coagulation process.

Milk replacers can be based on whey or skimmed-milk. The latter contains high levels of caseins, which form a curd that remains in the abomasum and allows a progressive release of nutrients. Whey contains soluble proteins, which pass through the digestive tract more rapidly.

Understanding how dairy proteins behave during digestion is essential when formulating milk replacers, designed to support calf nutrition, digestive comfort and growth performance.

With skimmed milk-based milk replacers you ensure :
✅ Curd formation
✅ Slow digestion
✅ Progressive nutrient release

🔍 At Elvor, understanding the importance of dairy protein quality has been at the heart of our milk replacer formulations for over 60 years.