Life-Aid Xtra
Life-Aid Xtra is a dietetic complementary feed to be administered for the particular nutritional purposes of stabilizing water and electrolyte balance in calves. It is intended for use in case of risk of, during periods of, or recovery from digestive disturbance (diarrhoea). Life aid Xtra is supplied in 48 sachet tubs. This is not a veterinary medicine.
Target Species: Beef cattle, dairy cattle
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Active Ingredient
Composition % w/w Sodium Citrate Dihydrate 4.681 Sodium Acetate Trihydrate 3.917 Sodium Propionate 2.293 Sodium Chloride 5.589 Potassium Chloride 3.559 Potassium Dihydrogen Phosphate 1.624 Glucose (anhydrous) 75.237 Sunset Yellow 0.1 Silica Colloidal Anhydrous 3.0 On reconstitution in 2 litres of water the available concentrations are as follows: Sodium 90 mmol/1 Potassium 25 mmol/1 Chloride 60 mmol/1 Phosphate 5 mmol/1 Propionate 10 mmol/1 Acetate 20 mmol/1 Citrate 6.67 mmol/1 Dextrose 175 mmol/1 The propionate, acetate and citrate ions together yield 50mmol/l bicarbonate.
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Pharmaceutical Form
A water soluble powder contained in a single 83.74g sachet which forms an orange solution on mixing with water for oral administration.
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Indications
Life-Aid Xtra, a powder for oral solution, is an oral rehydration product indicated for the reversal of the processes of dehydration, electrolyte loss and acidosis associated with scour in calves, whether due to nutritional, bacterial, viral or cryptosporidial causes. Life-Aid Xtra is specifically formulated to provide both high levels of sodium (90 mmol/1) to enable rapid water absorption and also to provide increased bicarbonate precursor for the correction of acidosis. The increased glucose level provides more energy for the calf without interfering with rehydration.
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Dosage
Dosage: A solution, which is administered orally, is prepared as follows: dissolve the contents of one sachet in 2 litres (3.5 pints) of warm milk, milk replacer or water. Administration: Two litres of the solution, freshly prepared as directed, is given twice daily for 2 days. If the diarrhoea is severe the 2 litres of solution should be fed 3 or 4 times daily. The solution provides an adequate source of nutrients and electrolytes which are readily absorbed and may be administered on its own for a maximum of 4 days. Thereafter normal diet is resumed. A fine deposit of insoluble carrier may remain after dissolving the contents of the sachet- this does not affect the efficacy of the product.
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