Bloat Guard Type A Medicated Article must be thoroughly and evenly distributed into feedstuffs. A mixture of Bloat Guard and 1 common feed ingredient should be made before final mixing when less than 25 lb of Bloat Guard is to be blended into a ton of feed.
Possible Mixing Ratios
Each lb of Bloat Guard contains 240 g of poloxalene, the active drug ingredient. The following table illustrates various amounts of Bloat Guard which may be added to feeds. The resulting concentration of poloxalene is also shown.
lb of Bloat Guard per ton of Type C Medicated Feed
g of poloxalene per lb of Type C Medicated Feed
% w/w of poloxalene in Type C Medicated Feed
8.3 lb
16.6 lb
33.2 lb
50.0 lb
83.3 lb
100.0 lb
208.3 lb
416.6 lb
625.0 lb
833.3 lb
1
2
4
6
10
12
25
50
75
100
0.22
0.44
0.88
1.32
2.20
2.64
5.50
11.00
16.50
22.00
For example: 50 lb of Bloat Guard, when added to 1 ton of feed, results in a final concentration of 6 g poloxalene per lb of Type C Medicated Feed (1.32% by weight).
Feeding Directions
The dosage of Bloat Guard is proportional to body weight and also depends upon the severity of the bloat-producing conditions. The normal dosage of Bloat Guard (1 g of poloxalene per 100 lb of body weight) is recommended for cattle under moderate bloat-producing conditions. For cattle under severe bloat-producing conditions, the normal dosage should be doubled (2 g of poloxalene per 100 lb of body weight).
Repeat the feeding of Bloat Guard when animals are exposed to bloat-producing conditions more than 12 hours from the last feeding of Bloat Guard, but do not exceed the double dosage of Bloat Guard in any 24-hour period. Animals should be fed the recommended amounts of Bloat Guard starting 2 or 3 days before they are exposed to bloat-producing conditions.
Caution: It is essential that each animal consumes the total recommended dosage of Bloat Guard daily for adequate protection.
