What is BYPASS 2000?
Answer. BYPASS 2000 is a bypass protein feed supplement that
provides high performance ruminant animals the additional balance of
essential amino acids, chelated minerals, and antioxidants its system
requires to grow. BYPASS 2000 is the first product to focus on providing
a bypass protein package to a ruminant animal. You see other protein feed
supplements that are fed to all types of animals. Premier Nutrition
focused on the specific needs of ruminant animals and developed BYPASS
2000 for the specific purpose of giving the feeder an additional
nutritional tool to ensure their ruminant animals express their maximum
genetic potential.
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What does the term bypass
protein mean?
Answer. Bypass protein is also called rumen escape or undegradable
protein. It is the portion of the protein from a feedstuff (corn, soybean
meal, blood meal, etc.) that escapes from being broken down or digested in
the rumen by microbes (bacteria, protozoa, etc.). This portion of the
protein is then digested in the small intestine much like in single
stomach animals such as swine or poultry
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Why is it important to avoid letting this protein be broken down in the
rumen stomach?
Answer. What these little microbes do is take different protein
feedstuffs, break them down, and make their own proteins. Thus, many of
the high quality proteins fed are broken down in the rumen and repackaged
by these little microbes. This isnt all bad, but it is very inefficient.
Anything we can do to provide the animals with a source of protein that
escapes from being digested by this microbial population in the rumen and
actually make it to the small intestine where it is broken down, is very
beneficial for all ruminant animals. This is the reason many companies
have invested millions of dollars to come up with different ways to coat
proteins so they will escape from being digested in the rumen stomach.
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What are the main
benefits of bypass protein?
Answer. The main benefit of bypass protein is essential amino acids
are metabolized in the small intestine instead of the rumen, thereby
providing a source of essential amino acids for production, in the case of
show animals, muscle synthesis. Anything you can do to get natural
proteins past the rumen into the small intestine is very beneficial to the
animal. Once the protein makes it to the small intestine, then it can be
better utilized for protein synthesis.
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When is feeding bypass
protein desirable.
Answer. It has been documented that bypass proteins are only
beneficial when the animal's requirement for protein (amino acids) is not
being met. Research suggests that at least three situations exist where
bypass proteins could have an impact on the performance of a ruminant
animal.
Situation One. The first situation where feeding bypass protein
has been shown to be beneficial is to young, growing, ruminant animals
during the growing phase of the feeding period. With rapid growth, young
animals must deposit a large portion of the protein they eat to support
lean muscle tissue accretion or development. A young, growing, ruminant
animal will have a daily lean body growth very similar to that of a
finishing ruminant animal (on full feed), yet only consume half the amount
of feed. Obviously, the protein requirement per unit of feed is higher for
the young growing animal. Also, the higher the growth rate relative to
body size and feed intake, the higher the protein requirement. Thus,
research has clearly demonstrated the benefits of feeding bypass protein
to young growing animals to improve animal performance and muscle
development. If you are pushing your animals early to make them bigger
framed so you can compete with the bigger animals later, then bypass
proteins could be beneficial.
Situation Two. The second situation where bypass proteins have
been shown to have a benefit is when they are fed to stressed animals
(shipping stress, hauling out every week, extreme fluctuations in
weather). Supplementing BYPASS 2000 to a complete ration should supply
increased percentages of energy, minerals and vitamins, as well as
protein, in view of the reduced intakes normally observed in stressed
animals.
Situation Three. The last situation is during the holding phase
when animals are being offered a restricted diet in an attempt to limit
growth late in the feeding cycle. The bypass proteins contained in BYPASS
2000 should help provide the protein the animal needs to maintain muscle
shape and development by helping to reduce muscle protein breakdown.
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What is in BYPASS
2000 that makes it unique?
Answer. BYPASS 2000 contains a balance of highly digestible rumen
by-pass protein sources that supply the animal a proper ratio of by-pass
amino acids to help assure maximal muscle expression is achieved. BYPASS
2000 is fortified with the most scientifically balanced anti-oxidant
package currently available in a product of this kind. Clearly, an
essential component of any supplement formulated for high-performance
animals.
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How should BYPASS 2000 be fed and will it complement a complete diet?
Answer. BYPASS 2000 should be fed as a top dress to animals
already being fed a complete diet. In terms of what type of complete diet
to use will depend upon the complete feed offered by your local feed
dealers.
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You mentioned BYPASS 2000 uses a unique blend of protein sources. What
are these?
Answer. BYPASS 2000 contains a unique blend of 4 bypass proteins.
It contains both fishmeal and spray dried bloodmeal which have a very high
quality protein because they are high in lysine, methionine, and some of
the other essential amino acids. It also contains Brewers dried grains,
and processed soybean meal. This provides for a unique blend of bypass
proteins that supply the correct ratio of amino acids to the small
intestine. You must remember that lean tissue requires a different profile
of essential and nonessential amino acids than other proteins. When animal
proteins are used (high bypass proteins) a larger supply of the correct
essential amino acids is delivered to the site of metabolism, thus
allowing for optimal protein synthesis and muscle growth.
BYPASS 2000 does not contain any low quality bypass proteins such as meat
and bone meal or feathermeal.
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I have some friends that use BYPASS 2000 when their lambs go off feed.
Why?
Answer. This is one of the most common comments we hear about the
product. BYPASS 2000 has a palatability-enhancing ingredient contained for
just this purpose. Based upon feed back from our customers, regardless of
whether it is a show lamb, calve, goat or breeding animal, ruminant
animals love the taste of BYPASS 2000!
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What are typical results you can expect to see by using BYPASS 2000?
Answer. Research data supports that ingredients in BYPASS 2000
help promote*:
- better muscle development
- better feed conversion (requires less
feed to produce a pound of weight gain)
- better bloom by improving muscle
development
- better digestion
- better feed intakes
- better immune function (improves the
overall health of an animal when hauling frequently to jackpot shows)
- reduces muscle breakdown (maintains
muscle mass and shape when holding or limit feeding animals)
- better growth during growing phase of
feeding cycle.
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Can you use
BYPASS 2000 when HOLDING your animal?
Answer. BYPASS 2000 is very beneficial for animals being
restricted on intake and thus, need additional nutrients. The high
nutrient fortification in BYPASS 2000 allows for proper nutrient intake
when a complete feed diet is fed on a restricted basis. The unique blend
of protein sources, minerals, and antioxidants utilized in BYPASS 2000
helps to aid in maintaining existing muscle shape and development.
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Is BYPASS 2000 natural and safe and is there a withdrawal period?
Answer. BYPASS 2000 is an all natural product that is perfectly
safe to feed to all classes of animals. It contains NO drugs and there is
NO withdrawal period prior to slaughter.
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What is
the cost to feed BYPASS 2000 per head per day?
Answer. $0.35/day based upon ½ ounce serving per head per day.
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Is there a BYPASS
2000 distributor near me?
Answer. Please click on the distributor link below.
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Recommended feeding allowances:
- Growing lambs 1/2 ounce per day
- Holding lambs 1 ounce per day
- Growing calves 1 ounce per day
- Holding calves 2 ounce per day
- Growing goats ½ ounce per day
- Holding goats one ounce per day
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