Can piglets be fed with potassium diformate to promote growth?

 Under modern high-density and large-scale breeding methods, in order to make the breeding pigs ready for slaughter as soon as possible and reduce illness and death, heavy metals, hormones, antibiotics additives and various drugs are often exceeded in the piglet breeding process. Such substances remain in the piglets and enter the environment with the excrement of breeding, which seriously affect human health. It is said that potassium diformate can replace the feed additive that has the effect of antibiotics. So, can potassium diformate be added to promote growth in piglet feeding?

Let's understand the effect of potassium diformate on piglet performance:

1. Lower the pH of the intestine

Potassium diformate is relatively stable in an acidic environment, and easily decomposes formic acid in a neutral or alkaline environment. Therefore, it is easy to decompose in the weakly alkaline environment of the pig intestine, and its product can significantly reduce the pH value of the pig's duodenal chyme, and also promote the activation of pepsin.

2. Regulate intestinal microbes

Adding potassium diformate to the piglet's diet can produce low levels of E. coli and Salmonella in the intestine of piglets, and high levels and diversity of Lactobacillus. At the same time, studies have shown that the salmonella in the feces of piglets fed with potassium diformate diets is also significantly reduced.

3. Improve digestion and utilization

Adding potassium diformate to the diet can promote the secretion of pepsin, thereby promoting the digestion and absorption of nutrients in the diet by animals.

With people's concern about food safety and human health, the requirements for meat products have changed, and they are eager to market green, safe and nutritious products. Therefore, it is necessary to use safe, efficient, and green functional food ingredients such as potassium diformate to develop feed additives to replace the application of antibiotics in piglet breeding. Not only can there be no residues of heavy metals, hormones, and antibiotics, but also improve disease resistance, promote intestinal development and perfect intestinal function, and truly achieve no antibiotics.