What are the advantages of Potassium Diformate?

Breeding cannot only feed to promote growth. Feeding feed alone can not meet the nutrients required by the growing livestock, but also cause a waste of resources. In order to keep animals with balanced nutrition and good immunity, the process from improving the intestinal environment to digestion and absorption is from the inside out. The main reason for adding potassium dicarboxylate to animal feed instead of antibiotics is that it can meet the two rigid requirements of “antibacterial” and “promoting growth” on the premise of safety.

After the prohibition of feed resistance, as the first non antibiotic feed additive approved by the EU – potassium dicarboxylate, what are its advantages?

1. Antibacterial properties. The action mechanism of potassium diformate is mainly the action of small molecular organic acid formic acid and potassium ion. Formate anion decomposes bacterial cell wall proteins outside the cell wall, plays a bactericidal and bacteriostatic role, can reduce the colonization of pathogenic microorganisms in the animal intestine, reduce the fermentation process and the production of toxic metabolites, and promote the growth of beneficial bacteria in the intestine. It can reduce the pathogenic bacteria of animal gastrointestinal tract and improve the internal environment of digestive tract.

2. Buffer capacity. 85% potassium dicarboxylate is ingested in a complete form and passes through the acidic stomach to reach the neutral and alkaline back-end intestine. It is dissociated into formic acid and formate for sterilization, and is slowly released in the digestive tract. It has high buffer capacity, which can avoid excessive fluctuations in the acidity of animal gastrointestinal tract, and the acidification effect is better than that of ordinary Acidifiers.

3. Security. Potassium dicarboxylate is a derivative of simple organic acid formic acid, which will not produce bacterial resistance. The final metabolite of potassium dicarboxylate (oxidative metabolism in the liver) is decomposed into carbon dioxide and water, which can be completely biodegradable and reduce the excretion of nitrogen and phosphorus from pathogenic bacteria and animals.

4. Growth promoting. Potassium diformate can reduce the content of amine and ammonium in the intestine, reduce the utilization of protein, sugar and starch by intestinal microorganisms, save nutrition and reduce cost. Potassium dicarboxylate can also promote the secretion of pepsin and trypsin, thus promoting the digestion and absorption of nutrients in the diet. Improve the digestion and absorption of protein and energy; It can also improve the digestion and absorption of various trace components such as nitrogen and phosphorus, improve the daily gain and feed conversion rate of pigs, and promote the growth performance of animals.

5. Improve carcass quality. Adding potassium dicarboxylate to the diet of growing finishing pigs can reduce the fat content in pork carcass and increase the lean meat content in thigh, flank, waist, neck and waist.