Tracesure® Advanced Sheep Boluses
The future of sheep supplementation is almost here with the next generation in trace element boluses for sheep.
Tracesure® Advanced Sheep boluses are designed to deliver essential trace elements safely and consistently for up to six months, supporting flock health and productivity year-round.
Suitable For:
Ewes, rams and weaned lambs weighing over 40kg.
When to use Tracesure® Advanced Sheep Boluses
Pre-tupping | Pre-lambing | Scanning | Grazing
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Aids digestion helping to maximise returns from grass and forage
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Supports good immunity to help guard against disease challenges
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Contributes to fertility, lamb development, milk and colostrum production
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Promotes daily liveweight gain
(with copper)
Suitable for year-round use. Ideally applied before tupping and lambing, or at scanning.
Signs of a Trace Element Deficiency
Not all trace element deficiencies are obvious, but all deficiencies can have a major impact on animal health, livestock performance and farm profitability.
Look out for the trace element deficiency in sheep symptoms:
Clinical Signs
- Swayback (enzootic ataxia) in lambs
- Pine in lambs
- Goitre
- Stillbirths and weak lambs
- Poor thermoregulation
- Ill-thrift
- Poor / steely wool
- Anaemia
- Diarrhoea
- White muscle disease
- Retained placenta
- Increased mortality in ewes
Subclinical Signs
- Reduced fertility and lambing percentage
- Lower wool yield and tensile strength
- Decreased immune response
- Poor growth and weight gain
- Smaller lambs
What’s Inside?
Cobalt is converted by rumen bacteria into vitamin B12, essential for energy metabolism, and therefore optimum growth. A constant supply of cobalt is needed.
lodine is an essential component of the thyroid hormones, responsible for regulating metabolism and body processes.
Selenium is essential for normal cell function and maintaining immunity levels. Selenium helps to neutralise harmful free radicals and protect cells from oxidative stress. Selenium is also important in supporting good fertility.
Copper (optional) is vital for enzyme function and healthy weight gain. Deficiency can be due to low dietary levels (primary) or interference from antagonists in soil, water, or feed (secondary), which limit copper availability.
Also contains levels of manganese and zinc to support immunity, reproductive health, growth, and metabolism.
Application Guidelines
Suitable for sheep weighing 40kg+
- Each bolus should be given at intervals exceeding six months, unless otherwise authorised by a vet.
- If supplying copper, the copper status of the flock should be known and no other form of copper supplement should be given immediately prior or for 6 months from application.
- Simultaneous supplementation of additives with a maximum content from other sources to those incorporated in a bolus should be avoided.
Frequently Asked Questions
Selecting the best trace element bolus for sheep depends on your flock`s specific needs. It Is critical to consider the levels of trace elements in the bolus, how gradually and consistently the bolus releases trace elements, how well the trace elements are absorbed, and the retention reliability of the bolus within the rumen. Tracesure® Advanced Sheep ticks all these boxes, with detailed product research to back its efficacy and performance on farm.
Boosting fertility in sheep with trace elements focuses on correcting deficiencies that directly impact reproductive performance. Selenium is essential for healthy ovarian function, embryo survival, and reducing stillbirths. Copper supports the estrous cycle, ovulation, and sperm production in rams. Cobalt supports overall condition for breeding. Iodine is critical for thyroid hormones, and a deficiency can cause infertility, abortions, or weak lambs. Boluses ensure a continuous supply of all these trace elements, avoiding common fluctuations in intakes in the lead up to lambing. A bolus should be applied 4–6 weeks before tupping to optimise ewe body condition and ovulation rate, and again before lambing to promote colostrum production and lamb vitality.
Cobalt deficiency (pine) leads to poor growth, anaemia, and ill thrift. Prevention is preferable to treatment, so cobalt should be continuously available in the diet to support vitamin B₁₂ production. A trace element bolus containing bioavailable cobalt provides a controlled release for up to six months, independent of variable feed intake.
