How to make up for calcium deficiency in pigs? Teach you to use feed grade calcium formate to save money and be effective

 In pig production, calcium deficiency in sows and piglets is a common metabolic disease. In normal pigs, calcium accounts for about 1.5% to 2.2% of body weight. Among them, 99% of calcium exists in bones and teeth in the form of apatite, and the rest is distributed in body fluids and soft tissues in a dissolved state. So how to make up for calcium deficiency in pigs? Teach you to use feed grade calcium formate to save money and be effective.


1. Symptoms of calcium deficiency in pigs

Calcium deficiency in pigs used to be a common metabolic disease, and the body temperature of calcium-deficient pigs is generally not high. But it will cause the pigs to stand unsteadily, poor in spirit in the later stage, and become lethargic. Calcium deficiency can also cause hindquarters to be insensitive to painful stimuli, and reduce food intake and drinking.


However, since the advent of pig premix, the ratio of calcium to phosphorus has been prepared according to the growth stages of pigs, and the addition of vitamin D to promote calcium absorption is also sufficient. As long as it is formulated according to the recommended formula ratio, calcium deficiency caused by insufficient calcium content or unadjusted calcium-phosphorus ratio and calcium deficiency caused by lack of vitamin D will generally not occur in a large area.


2. the reasons for the lack of calcium in pigs

But the actual situation is: when the calcium content in the feed is sufficient, calcium deficiency still occurs from time to time. What's going on? Let us briefly understand the metabolism of calcium in pigs.


Calcium in pigs is generally provided by feed. Most of the calcium in the feed is compound calcium, which must be converted into free calcium ions before it can be absorbed by the intestines. When the pH value in the intestine is less than 6, it is beneficial to the release of calcium ions. The ratio of calcium to phosphorus in feed is generally 2.1:1. Excessive phosphorus content will reduce the intestinal tract's ability to absorb calcium.


Pigs suffering from kidney disease will have calcium deficiency due to excessive calcium loss. When there is a disease in the digestive tract, the pig will lack calcium due to the high pH of the digestive tract or the problem of the intestinal tract itself. When the calcium and phosphorus in the sow's diet are insufficient, the sow will use the calcium and phosphorus in the bone before and after the farrowing. Over time, it will lead to the lack of calcium and phosphorus in the sow. These conditions need to be treated separately.


3. Prevention of Calcium Deficiency in Pigs

To solve the problem of calcium deficiency in pigs, we must first understand what causes the calcium deficiency in pigs. If the low calcium content in the feed causes the pigs to lack calcium, try to increase the calcium content in the feed. If the calcium content in the feed is sufficient, consider whether the lack of calcium in pigs is due to the imbalance of the calcium and phosphorus ratio in the feed. If the pigs do not see the sun for a long time, they may be lack of vitamin D, so care should be taken to add vitamin D to the feed to avoid calcium deficiency in pigs.


The production method of feed-grade calcium formate, the main product of formic acid, as a raw material, has low impurity content and stable quality. The quality of calcium formate produced by synthesis with calcium carbonate is on a higher level.


Another key component of calcium formate used in feed is calcium content, and the general standard is ≥30%. Traditional animal calcium supplementation is to use stone powder, although it can also supplement calcium. However, long-term use of added stone powder will affect the digestion and absorption of nutrients by livestock and poultry, and even cause inflammation, resulting in a large amount of gastric acid in the intestines that will be neutralized, indirectly causing suckling piglets diarrhea, and serious stones.


As a new type of animal feed additive, feed grade calcium formate is different from the calcium source used in previous feeds. It does not require the participation of gastric acid in the process of dissolving in the animal body, and the absorption rate is better than the previous one. It can be used for young animals with imperfect gastrointestinal function. Generally, it can replace calcium formate and stone powder.


If feed calcium formate plays a good role in animals, it is still necessary to consider the key points in the production of raw materials. When using calcium formate, different uses will also focus on other factors. Feed grade calcium formate will more consider the heavy metal content, water solubility and other issues in it, so as to achieve a cost-saving and effective way of calcium supplementation.

评论

发表评论

此博客中的热门博文

What role will industrial grade sodium hexametaphosphate manufacturers play in the future coating industry?

图片
The keyword in 2019 is environmental protection and safety. In 2020, environmental protection and safety hurricanes will be more violent. In the manufacturing industry, whether it's packaging, printing, furniture, shipping industry or the phosphate raw material manufacturing enterprises like Chongqing Chuandong Chemical Group that produce  industrial grade sodium hexametaphosphate , it's a good choice to withstand the environmental storm and the obvious environmental protection conditions of the enterprise itself. Take the paint industry for example, the current paint market can be found that although the domestic paint industry has achieved rapid development and formed a certain industry scale, but in the domestic high-end paint market, the domestic paint brands or enterprises are indeed few, and the domestic high-end paint market is still occupied by most of the market share of imported brands. In fact, all industries need to use coatings, and environmental protection coating
阅读全文

What is the use of calcium formate industrial grade in construction? The manufacturer tells you

  With the development of the city's economy, the construction of highways, bridges, tunnels, and civil construction projects will require stricter use of early strength agents. Especially in winter, in order to improve the construction period, the cement mortar needs to be raised as soon as possible and put into use.   Calcium formate industrial grade   is a good early strength agent. Although both calcium formate and calcium chloride are calcium salts, relatively speaking, the performance of calcium formate is more stable. Because the formic acid in calcium formate is a weak acid. The solution will be weakly alkaline during the hydrolysis in the aqueous solution. It can be widely used in mortar. Calcium formate industrial grade is now a newly developed low temperature early strength accelerator in China, which has been widely used in various construction cement mortars. The earliest known and used chlorine salt early strength agent in construction, but the chloride salt early str
阅读全文

The effect of calcium supplement with feed grade calcium formate is good when crops are short of calcium

  Is it true that crops also need calcium supplements? it is true. Crops are plants, like humans and animals, that need rich trace elements to help them grow. When crops are calcium-deficient, plant growth is hindered, and the internodes are shorter, so they are generally shorter than normal plants and have soft tissues. Since calcium has such a big effect, is it good to use   feed grade calcium formate   to supplement calcium? The meristems such as the apical buds, lateral buds, and root tips of crops with calcium-deficient plants first appear nutrient deficiency, which is perishable, the young leaves are curled and deformed, and the leaf edges begin to turn yellow and become necrotic. For example, calcium deficiency can cause leaf scorch disease in cabbage, cabbage and lettuce; tomato, pepper, watermelon, etc. have heart rot; apples have bitter pox and water heart disease. No matter how much is useless, the crops are short of calcium. If we want to achieve the actual effect, what sho
阅读全文