Calcium formate for pigs allows you to understand the nutritional characteristics and feed requirements of pigs

 The current market for pig prices is declining, and there is still enough profit margin for farmers alone, reducing the incidence of pig diseases, and also reducing the increase in pig raising costs. When it comes to the control of breeding costs, the use of high-quality feed additives such as calcium formate will give you a better understanding of the nutritional characteristics and feed requirements of pigs, which is also the key to reducing costs.

1. Nutrients needed for growth and development of pigs

The nutrients that pigs need are crude protein, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, minerals (including macro and trace elements) and water. Under stocking conditions, pigs can obtain a small amount of minerals and vitamins by eating green fodder and mud, but in large-scale cement captivity, these nutrients must be obtained through feed except water. Usually use corn, soybean meal, bran and other "large materials", in the compound feed additive calcium formate as an acidifier, mixing calcium formate into the additive premix will not cause loss of vitamins, and can separate free under the action of gastric acid Formic acid reduces the pH of the stomach and improves the immunity of animals.

2. Principles of pig feed preparation

(1) Meet the nutritional needs of pigs and ensure nutritional balance: Pigs need to obtain heat, protein, minerals, vitamins and other ingredients from the feed. In recent years, the pig feed formula design has used theories of "available amino acid balance", "mineral balance", and "acid-base balance" to make the nutrition more reasonable and the formula more economical.

(2) Safety: First, it means that no moldy, degraded, or contaminated raw materials are used. For example, corn is easy to breed Aspergillus flavus and produce aflatoxin. The fluorine content of calcium hydrogen phosphate cannot exceed the standard. Cotton meal cannot be used in boar feed. The second is to not use drugs and additives that are easy to remain and are harmful to the human body, such as "Clenbuterol".

(3) Palatability: Good palatability is a problem that should be fully considered when preparing feed. In addition to ensuring the freshness of the feed ingredients, flavoring and flavoring agents can be added to the feed for suckling pigs and piglets.

(4) Economical: The most nutritious formula is not necessarily the most economical formula. The full price compound feed produced should be considered economical whether it is sold or used for personal use.

In summary, the feed additive calcium formate is very suitable for use as an acidifier, antifungal agent, and antibacterial agent in pig feed. It can replace citric acid, fumaric acid, etc. as a feed acidifier. Calcium formate can also reduce and adjust the gastrointestinal PH value, promote digestion and absorption of nutrients, and has the functions of disease prevention and health care.

The purpose of raising pigs is profit, and the cost of feed accounts for about 70% of the total cost of raising pigs. Therefore, adding calcium formate allows you to better understand the nutritional characteristics and feed requirements of pigs, and the configuration of cost-effective compound feed is also an important way to improve the efficiency of pig raising.