Health Benefits for Stock

Mela Cider Vinegar for Stock Health

Mela Cider Vinegar is pure vinegar, it does not contain preservatives and is not pasteurised or filtered which retains its nutritional quality. Mela Cider Vinegar can be given to Dairy Cows, Calves, Horses, Sheep, Lambs, Pigs, Goats and Poultry to improve general wellbeing and as a preventative treatment.

Decrease mastitis

Decrease somatic cell count

Many dairy farmers throughout New Zealand use Cider Vinegar as a preventative treatment for dairy cow ailments. They find that dosing with Cider Vinegar aids in the lowering of somatic cell counts and reducing the incidence of mastitis.

Local dairy farmers who feed Mela Cider Vinegar to their cattle in their water or dosage systems tell us that it lowers the Somatic Cell count by up to 100000.

Mela Cider Vinegar is made from pure apple juice pressed at the Mela Juice Factory in Greytown and is rich in a variety of minerals.

Dr D.C. Jarvis in his book “Folk Medicine” believes Cider Vinegar maintains the balance of acid and alkali in body chemistry. Cider Vinegar is usually taken as a general health-improving tonic. It has been shown to help relieve mastitis in cows caused by bacterial infection and is given to farm animals as it acidifies their gut, provides trace elements, and kills gut parasites.

Because Mela Cider Vinegar is not filtered it contains natural sediment called the “mother of vinegar”. This can be dispersed by shaking the container.

Do not drench concentrated Mela Cider Vinegar.

Always dilute it 50/50 with water.

Mastitis prevention: 50ml/cow per day for one week before calving & two weeks after calving.

Decrease somatic cell count: To help decrease somatic cell count use 25 to 50ml/cow per day for 7 days and then 10ml per day until count is acceptable.

Administered by, Dosatron, manually drench, blending with the animals feed or pouring in troughs on a regular basis.

Dairy Cows - Cell Count problems.

APPLE CIDER VINEGAR is a natural product rich in health giving bacterial enzymes, acid and minerals (including selenium, a mineral lacking in New Zealand soils and deficient in stock).

GARLIC has a variety of actions which will strengthen and support the animals physiological systems thereby encouraging the animal to "heal itself". Garlic contains 33 sulphur compounds, 17 amino acids, germanium, calcium, copper, iron, potassium, magnesium, selenium, zinc and vitamins A, B1 and C. It also supports development of natural bacterial floras, vital to a good digestive system.

MANUKA HONEY has a unique hydrogen peroxide antibacterial activity.

Seaweed provides a whole range of vitamins from A through to M (Folic Acid), so essential for the efficient digestion and metabolism of the diet.

Seaweed also contains up to 20 minerals.

Folk Medicine         

by D C Jarvis

Dr. D.C. Jarvis, who was born in 1891, wrote this charming and informative book to preserve the unique folk wisdom he learned as a young doctor in the rural South. In FOLK MEDICINE, Dr. Jarvis discusses the varied uses of natural substances such as honey, kelp, and apple cider vinegar for a variety of healing purposes.

Unlike commercial vinegars, our Apple Cider Vinegars are unpasteurised and unfiltered in order to preserve nutritional value. Natural sediment is the true sign of raw, unfiltered vinegar. (The sediment can be broken up by shaking the bottle).

Apple Cider Vinegar contains pectin, trace minerals, potassium, beneficial bacteria and enzymes. Commercial apple cider vinegar is filtered and pasteurised which destroys any enzymes present.

BENEFITS

Apple Cider Vinegar is rich in enzymes and potassium. Its acidic content is the reason it acts as a germ fighter and is used in many foods as a natural preservative against spoilage.

People with upset stomachs benefit from the extra help Apple Cider Vinegar gives in digesting food. Whether this is because of the extra acidity or help from enzymes is uncertain.

If poor digestion is occurring, your body has to call on other processes and thus diverts energy from other activities. This is why some people feel tired after a meal. Their bodies are having great difficulty digesting what they have eaten and energy is being diverted.

If digestion is incomplete, the body becomes sluggish, leading the way to an overweight condition, and lack of physical and mental energy.

INCOMPLETE DIGESTION

In order to break down fats, protein and carbohydrates, the body is required to produce bile salts, enzymes and acids. If these processes are inhibited, incomplete digestion occurs.

If symptoms of incomplete digestion occur, try the following strategy:

Before meals, sip a mixture of 2 teaspoons of Melrose Apple Cider Vinegar in 1/4 glass of water.

There also seems to be a relationship between undigested food and arthritis so in an unusual way Apple Cider Vinegar may help arthritic sufferers.

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