Sotera™ Supports Gut Barrier Defense for Dairy Cows
Stop the Hidden Costs of Gut Barrier Dysfunction
Every stress event in the dairy production cycle, such as heat, transition, pen moves, diet changes, and overcrowding, is an attack on the gut barrier. The gut barrier is the wall that keeps toxins and pathogens out of the bloodstream and lets nutrients through. When stress breaks it down, the consequences don’t announce themselves. They drain productivity quietly, below the surface, before any visible symptom appears.
Think of it like an iceberg. Reduced milk production is the 10% above the waterline that producers notice. But the other 90% — higher disease incidence, reproduction and fertility losses, increased involuntary culling — sits below, invisible and ongoing. That hidden 90% costs producers $0.36 to $1.20 per cow per day.
Introducing Sotera
Sotera™ is a patent-pending, dual-action DFM and phytogenic supplement designed to support intestinal integrity during the stress events dairy cows face every day. Fed from the close-up period through lactation at 3 g/cow/day, Sotera works before and during stress, not after damage is already done.
Stress breaks down the tight junction proteins that hold the gut wall together, making the intestine permeable to toxins and pathogens. Once those harmful substances enter the bloodstream, they trigger systemic inflammation that suppresses feed intake, milk production, and immune function. Sotera supports those tight junction proteins, maintaining the gut barrier’s integrity so toxins stay out and nutrients get through. The result is a cow that stays healthy, produces more milk, and recovers faster from stress.
Sotera was validated across multiple biological models — in vitro screening of hundreds of compounds, in vivo challenge model studies, and two large-scale commercial dairy trials — before reaching the market. That development rigor is reflected in the data.
To see our data and learn if Sotera is right for your herd, start a conversation with your dairy nutritionist.
References: Kvidera et al., JDS, 2017a,b; Piantoni et al., JDS 2023; Edelhoff et al., JDS 2020; Bruinje and LeBlanc, Animals 2025; Dubuc and Denis-Robichaud, JDS 2017
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