Why is the call for potassium diformate as an alternative to antibiotics so high?

 In recent years, problems such as the abuse of antibiotics in feed have become prominent. my country officially banned the use of breeding antibiotics on July 1. The abuse and indiscriminate use of antibiotics in animal husbandry and animal medical treatment has been addressed squarely, and has also given birth to the market for some antibiotic substitutes. Potassium diformate has the effects of promoting growth, strengthening physical fitness, improving production performance and preventing and curing diseases of poultry and livestock. The call for alternative antibiotics is increasing.

Why is there such a high demand for potassium diformate as an alternative to antibiotics?

Potassium diformate is a non-antibiotic feed additive approved by the European Union in 2001 to replace antibiotic growth promoters. It is a good substitute for antibiotic growth promoters and has a good bactericidal effect against Escherichia coli and Salmonella. The European Union has completely banned the addition of antibiotics to feeds on January 1, 2006, and our country now also adopts legislation to ban antibiotics.

Antibiotics are used in animal husbandry to improve feeding efficiency and to treat or prevent diarrhea. Both of these goals can be achieved by using potassium diformate.

First, the use of potassium diformate can improve digestion and absorption and improve diarrhea by regulating the intestinal environment and inhibiting the growth of pathogenic bacteria.

Potassium diformate has a strong killing effect on pathogenic bacteria in the intestine. Its unique antimicrobial function is based on the comprehensive action of formic acid and formate. It has been ingested in the form of complete potassium diformate and passed through the acidic stomach. When it reaches the neutral and alkaline back intestine, it is automatically decomposed into formic acid and formate. The non-dissociated formic acid passes through the cell wall of the bacteria to reduce the pH in the cell, and the intracellular pH is close to 7. The organic acid enters the cell for one generation, destroys the enzyme action in the cell and also the nutrient delivery system. Antibacterial and sterilization function. The formate anion decomposes bacterial cell wall proteins outside the cell wall to play a bactericidal and antibacterial effect.

Then, the use of potassium diformate can prevent diarrhea. It is released slowly in the digestive tract and has a high buffering capacity. It can avoid excessive fluctuations in the acidity of the animal's gastrointestinal tract, improve the production performance of poultry and livestock, and improve feed efficiency.

The application of potassium diformate in feed additives is increasingly widespread. While meeting people's food safety needs, it will enhance the market competitiveness of our country's livestock products, solve the problem of antibiotic residues, develop green animal husbandry, and increase productivity.