Our Products & Services
AVA Group, Inc. helps dairy beef calf and dairy replacement calf raisers eliminate inefficiencies and identify healthier solutions. Through our educational resources, consulting services, and recommended products, we are committed to helping you optimize your calf program!
Products for Calf Producers
We work with calves, every single day. We know what works… and unfortunately, we’ve also learned the hard way what does not work. We are partnered with a select group of trusted brands to help you get the best possible products onto your facility, without wasting your time or money.
Surveillance Calf supports Neonatal gut health. Calf diarrhea and lung disease are the most common causes of death in young calves.
Sync Powder provides optimal ingredient combinations and potency when overwhelming numbers of pathogens in maternal colostrum threaten Calf health and survival.
Tomahawk supports Neonatal gut health. Calf diarrhea and lung disease are the most common causes of death in young calves.
Sync Paste provides optimal ingredient combinations and potency when overwhelming numbers of pathogens in maternal colostrum threaten Calf health and survival.
DK-II-CR Freshness Preservative
Using a combination of the proprietary solution (Ike-Joe) and hydrogen peroxide, SCGS has created a non-toxic, non-hazardous formula that provides many uses for the animal care industry. We recommend this product to help you:
Preserve the freshness of the feeding process
Preserve water freshness in animal tanks
Cleaning and rinsing of animal feeding equipment
Barn wash
Navel Guard / Newborn Calf Navel Dip
Navel Guard is a new, iodine-free, ready-to-use navel dip for newborn animals. This product uses a combination of Ike-Joe (proprietary formula) and green acid technology, along with isopropyl alcohol to aid with drying the navel. The peer-reviewed study demonstrates that the calves that were dipped with Navel Guard had 36% fewer infections than 7% tinctured iodine.
Services for Calf Raisers
What small investments could you make, today, that will improve your calf raising for years to come? We will advise you on the best solutions! With our range of consulting program options, we will help you invest in yourself and the long-term success of your facility, one practical improvement at a time.
Calf Programs
Can be completed in-person or virtually!
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-Help you raise healthier calves to be more productive members of your future herd
-Uncover ways to cut costs without reducing quality
-Offer assistance with employee management decisions
-Provide greater confidence and training
-Fix challenges as they arise
-Agile to your custom needs
-Supportive options that aren’t -dependent on specific product purchases
-Educate, train, and provide tools to succeed in raising healthy calves
-Empower staff and owners to make confident decisions
-Share our lifetime of versatile experience
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-Initial Visit Questionnaire
-Monthly Farm Visits (virtual option includes quarterly visits, instead)
-Sanitation Audit (not included in virtual option)
-Taking blood samples (not included in virtual option)
-Spot checking colostrum management (not included in virtual option)
-Goal review
Maternity Pen:
-Create protocols and train employees:
-Written, printed, laminated, and posted protocols
-Training provided through video, 1-1, and quarterly meetings-Colostrum Management:
-Monthly plate counts
-Monthly quality checks
-4 Q’s analysis and plan-Cleaning and Sanitation
-Cost Analysis
-Organization and Management of Records
-Organization of Equipment and Tools
-Pen flow and size analysis
Calf Barn:
-Create protocols and train employees:
-Written, printed, laminated, and posted protocols-Training provided through video and quarterly meetings
-Serum Total Proteins (12/month)
-Milk Program:
-Solids
-Plate Count
-Quality-Grain Program:
-Quality
-Ration
-Management
-Records-Cleaning and Sanitation
-Disease ID & working with Vet to create treatment plans
-Ventilation
-Pen Rotations/Management
-Efficiency Analysis
-Cost Analysis
-Troubleshooting/On Call
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Contact us to receive a quote for a customized package that fits your needs!
Other Consulting Services
We provide à la carte consulting services for any individual parts of the above-listed programs. You will save money by investing in one of the listed programs - but we understand that your needs may just be within a specific area, such as maternity pen, calf barn, cost analysis, efficiency analysis, staff training, etc.