INJECTION ENSURES WHAT INGESTION ALONE CAN’T.
EVERY ANIMAL. EVERY TIME.
Multimin® 90 (zinc, copper, manganese, and selenium injection) delivers essential trace minerals to cattle. Adding it to your oral nutrition program helps prepare your herd when it matters most.
Why aren’t oral trace minerals enough?
An effective oral nutrition program is critical for cattle health, but oral supplements have four limitations:
- In beef cattle, free-choice mineral intake is highly variable. In some production situations, free-choice supplementation is not even possible. Depending on forage conditions and quality, seasonal variations can occur.
- Weaning, transportation, and adaptation to feed can limit intake in calves.
- Feed intake in dairy cows drops by 90% the week before calving.
- Trace minerals bind with antagonists in the rumen, limiting or preventing intestinal absorption. Sulfur, phosphorus, iron, molybdenum and calcium are common antagonists in feed and/or water.
- Drought conditions may concentrate sulfur levels in grass and water, increasing antagonisms.
- Dairy dry cow DCAD rations typically utilize minerals that are antagonistic to many essential trace minerals.
- Inorganic trace mineral absorption and availability to the animal is low and will range: zinc (10%–20%), copper (1%–5%), manganese (0.2%–1.2%) and selenium (30%).1
- Excessive supplemental trace mineral amounts can suppress absorption rates in the intestines.2
- Due to poor absorption, a high percentage of orally consumed trace minerals are excreted into the environment through feces.
How does Multimin 90 work?
Multimin 90 is a subcutaneous injection that supplements every animal treated. The injection bypasses rumen antagonists and delivers these four trace minerals to support tissue structure and function, immune systems, and reproductive processes.
The four trace minerals in Multimin 90 are absorbed directly into the bloodstream and reach peak blood levels within 8–10 hours post-injection,3 unlike oral trace minerals, which may take four weeks or more to achieve similar trace mineral status.4
Because Multimin 90 is a highly absorbed injectable, the body is able to deliver the trace minerals when and where they are needed in synchrony with other production practices. The trace minerals in Multimin 90 not utilized from the bloodstream travel to the liver for storage. Increased trace minerals levels are seen in the liver within 24 hours.3
Watch the video below to see how Multimin 90 works.
What are the benefits?
Research results indicate that strategic trace mineral supplementation with Multimin 90 compliments a well-balanced oral mineral program. Sufficient trace mineral levels may provide the following benefits:
Beef
Successful breeding
Improves trace mineral status5 in breeding stock for more calves in fewer days6
Healthy calving
Third trimester supplementation of trace minerals supports cow-to-calf trace mineral transfer7 and colostrum quality when used with a scours vaccine8
Immunity
Enhances cattle vaccine protection9 and immune response when used as part of a vaccination protocol10
Dairy
Transition Cows
Trace mineral supplementation to prepare for times of peak demand11
Milk Quality
Supports udder health12 and aids in the management of somatic cell count13
Immunity
Supports both natural immunity and vaccine response10
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Prescribing Information
Safety Sheet
IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION FOR MULTIMIN® 90: Not for use in humans, keep out of reach of children. Multimin 90 has a preslaughter withdrawal time of 14 days after injection. Do not use during the first trimester of pregnancy or in pre-ruminant calves as safety has not been established. Selenium and copper are toxic if administered in excess and may lead to sudden death, depression, weakness, ataxia, salivation, and drooling. Do not use concurrently with other selenium or copper injections or boluses. Maximum volume per injection site is 7 mL. Allow a minimum of 30 days before considering repeat dosing. See prescribing information.
References
1Nutrient Requirements of Beef Cattle: Eighth Revised Edition. 2016. The National Academies Press, Washington, DC.
2Goff, J.P. 2018. J Dairy Sci 101, no. 4: 2763-2813
3Pogge, D.J., et al. J. Anim. Sci. 90(8): 2692–2698
4Hartman S., et al. 2018. J. Anim. Sci. 96(6): 2505-2515.
5Daugherty, S., et al. 2002. Texas A&M University publication. 39-43.
6Mundell, L.R., et. al. 2012. Prof. Anim. Sci. 28(1): 82-883.
7Hurlbert, J.L., et al. 2024. J. Anim. Sci. (120)1-20
8Palomares, R.A., et al. 2021. 102nd Conference of Research Workings in Animal Diseases. Chicago, IL. 433 Pp.
9Hoyo-Jaramillo, A. et al. 2022. Res Vet Sci. 152:582-595.
10Palomares, R.A., et al. 2016. Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology. 178(1):88-98.
11Nutrient Requirements of Dairy Cattle: Eighth Revised Edition. 2021. The National Academies Press, Washington, DC.
12Guadagnini, M., et al. 2023. Congreso Internacional Anembe de Medicina Bovina Proceedings. Pg. 211-212.
13Machado, V.S., et al. 2013. The Veterinary Journal. 197(2): 451-456.
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