{"product_id":"provico-profestart-electrolyte-powder","title":"ProviCo ProfeSTART Electrolyte Powder","description":"\u003cp\u003eProfeSTART Electrolyte Powder is ProviCo's oral rehydration product for young stock — mixed with water and given to calves and other young animals losing fluid and salts through scours.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAvailable in \u003cstrong\u003e2kg\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003e4kg\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003e10kg\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003e20kg\u003c\/strong\u003e. The 2kg is a shed pack for occasional use; the larger sizes are for rearing sheds going through a calving season. Buy for the season you will actually use it in — an opened bag of electrolyte powder does not improve sitting through a humid summer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eElectrolytes support a scouring calf. They do not diagnose one.\u003c\/strong\u003e Scours has nutritional, bacterial, viral and parasitic causes and these are managed differently. A calf that is dull, will not stand, has sunken eyes, or is not improving within about a day needs a vet. Scours running through a mob is a herd health problem.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor sheds set up to meter into water, the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/provico-profestart-electrolyte-liquid-concentrate\"\u003eliquid concentrate\u003c\/a\u003e saves weighing powder for every feed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMixing rate and whether to feed with or between milk feeds are printed on the bag — that detail varies by product and is worth getting right.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrowse \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/provico\"\u003eProviCo\u003c\/a\u003e or \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/farm-animals\"\u003efarm animal supplies\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.provicorural.com.au\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eProviCo Rural official website\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ProviCo","offers":[{"title":"2kg","offer_id":56141628244290,"sku":"PROVICO018","price":45.3,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"4kg","offer_id":56141628277058,"sku":"PROVICO019","price":73.07,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"10kg","offer_id":56141628309826,"sku":"PROVICO020","price":148.39,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"20kg","offer_id":56141628342594,"sku":"PROVICO021","price":268.81,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/6676\/0120\/files\/default_e58d01ee-9f78-4214-b4c3-9ba0bf88da4a.jpg?v=1788996754","url":"https:\/\/www.peekapaw.com.au\/products\/provico-profestart-electrolyte-powder","provider":"PeekAPaw Pet Supplies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}