Calcium formate

What is Calcium formate?
Calcium formate is an organic acid salt for use in pig and poultry diets. It acts as a preservative in the feed and also has an acidifying effect in the gastro-intestinal tract, promoting good gut health.

Why use Calcium Formate?
The efficiency of pig and poultry digestion is dependant on the indigenous micro-organism population of the gastro-intestinal tract. With the approaching ban on the use of prophylactic antibiotics in animal feed to control disease and promote growth, alternatives are needed to control the proliferation of pathogenic bacteria in the gut which can impair feed utilisation and manifest itself as enteric diseases such as E. Coli and Salmonella. Acidifiers such as calcium formate preserve the feed before consumption and then act to lower pH in the gastro-intestinal tract which creates unfavourable conditions for these bacteria to grow.

Usage guidelines

• For use in pig and poultry diets.
• Available at 96% and 98% purity.