Vivergo Syrup

Need	Feature	Benefit
Lower protein costs	The high quality protein in the Vivergo Syrup is competitively priced compared to traditional liquid protein feeds, e.g. high protein liquids	Reduced feed cost
Feeding flexibility	Vivergo Syrup can be fed to all ruminant livestock	Reduces number of feeds required
Increase intake	Vivergo Syrup is very palatable and complements dry feeds allowing intakes to be maximised	Lifts intakes of all nutrients
Dust suppression	Reduces dust in home mixed and top dressed rations by binding smaller feed particles	Increase dry matter intakes as animals find less dusty feed more appealing
Reduce sorting	The sticky nature of Vivergo Syrup reduces sorting of favourable ingredients from TMR mixes, especially rapidly fermentable concentrates which can increase the incidence of acidosis	Consistent intake and performance
Improve rumen efficiency	The high proportion of yeast in distillery products, like Vivergo Syrup, has been shown to stimulate rumen activity, increase fibre digestion and microbial protein production	Improved performance
Consistent high quality nutrition	A readily available and reliable British feed source, delivering consistent high quality for all year round feeding	Better feeding consistency
Easy traceability	Vivergo Syrup is produced in the UK and from UK wheat resulting in a shorter and more local supply chain	Peace of mind
Non-GM feeds	Vivergo Syrup is made from non-GM UK wheat	Produce livestock products for non-GM fed markets'

Feeds Vivergo Syrup can replace

• Rapeseed meal - Plus provides extra energy compared to rapeseed meal
• High protein liquids - Plus rich in yeast fragments
• Forage - Proviso that total ration structure is maintained using straw, preferably wheat

Capitalising on Vivergo Syrup will usually increase the amount of low protein energy feeds and forages to balance the protein. Visit the livestock specific pages for details on how this varies for dairy, beef, sheep, young-stock, or pigs.

Feeding rates

Dairy	Milking cows	up to 10kg/cow/day
	Dry cows	up to 4kg/cow/day
Beef	Grower & finisher	up to 20% of total dry matter intake
	Stores	up to 20% of total dry matter intake
	Suckler cow	up to 5kg/cow/day
Youngstock	Heifer	up to 4kg/head/day
	Calf	up to 1.5kg/head/day
Sheep	Pregnant ewes	up to 2.0kg/ewe/day
	Lactating ewes	up to 2.5kg/ewe/day
	Growing lambs	up to 1.5kg/lamb/day
	Store lamb finishers	up to 2.5kg/lamb/day

Feeding systems

Vivergo Syrup offers a versatile feeding solution and can be used in all types of systems.

• Simple:
  • Trough feeding
  • Top dressed onto forage mix
• Mixed rations (mixer wagon or forage box):
  • Full TMR (total mixed rations) and partial TMR
  • Buffer feeding

Typical rations

• Rations for dairy cows
• Rations for beef cattle
• Rations for youngstock & calves
• Rations for sheep & lambs

Complementary feeds

• Provides a good balance to high-starch feeds - Cereals, maize meals, confectionary and bakery products
• Complements low-protein forages - Maize & whole crop silages
• Supplements low-protein feeds - Cereals, Sugar Beet Feed
• Rumen-bypass proteins - SoyPass, Prototec.

Storage & handling

Tanks should be built to hold and dispatch bulk liquids and care should be taken to ensure they are cleaned out regularly to ensure no build up of sediment. The use of 4-inch diameter pipe work, or the metric equivalent, is adequate to handle Vivergo Syrup.

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Nutritional and Technical Information   Back to top

Dry matter	%	23
Oil A	%	?
Oil B	%	5.00
Protein	%	29.00
Fibre	%	5.00
Ash	%	5.00
Acid insoluble ash	%	0.0?
Salt	%	0.55
Calcium	%	0.13
Phosphorus	%	1.25
Available phosphorus	%	??
Sodium	%	0.45
Potassium	%	0.25
Magnesium	%	??
Zinc	mg/Kg	?
Copper	mg/Kg	?
Manganese	mg/Kg	?
Selenium	mg/Kg	?
ME Ruminant	MJ/Kg	14.0
NDF	%	?
STARCH	%	?
SUGARS	%	?
DUP Digestibility	%	?
DUP_FIM	%	?
Lysine % of protein		3.1
Methionine % of protein		1.45

Vivergo Syrup feed Composition   Back to top

Vivergo Syrup is predominantly a mix of the non-starch low fibre fraction of wheat, e.g. wheat proteins, post fermentation, plus a significant proportion of dead yeast that grew in the fermentor.

Energy

By reference to Pot Ale Syrup which in principle is similar to Vivergo Syrup, but derived from barley not wheat as is the case with Vivergo Syrup, the energy content is estimated to be greater than 14ME (MJ/kg dry matter). Vivergo Syrup is rich in yeast fragments that are known to stimulate rumen fermentation and lead to higher digestibility and therefore greater energy extraction and hence ME. Many farmers recognise that distillery products ‘feed’ better than their analysis would suggest.

Protein

It is difficult to measure in protein degradability in distillers’ feeds, as the conventional techniques rely on measuring the rate protein is lost from a fine mesh bag and assuming this represents the rumen degradable element. Clearly adding a liquid compromised of small particles (soup) to a bag will result in the majority being readily lost from the bag, but it is recognised that not all these fractions are highly degradable and probably leave the rumen undegraded only to be digested in the small intestine making a significant contribution to rumen by-pass protein (DUP).

Feeding experiences from a practical and research perspective would suggest that Vivergo Syrup will feed ‘above’ its analysis as demonstrated for Spey Syrup (Pot Ale) in research studies and practice.

Oil

Oil in Vivergo Syrup is predominantly unsaturated fat in the same way as that found in grass, grass and maize silages, etc. However, feeding 5kg to dairy cows would only add ~ 60g to a typical daily intake of 1100g.

Minerals

Vivergo Syrup is rich in phosphorus, approximately 1.25% of dry matter that is vital to the rumen microbes and animals for key functions, e.g. energy metabolism and bone formation.