What is the effect of potassium dicarboxylate as a feed additive?

1. Inhibit bacteria, improve meat yield and meat quality. The antibacterial and growth-promoting mechanism of potassium dicarboxylate is similar to that of formic acid, which is mainly achieved by regulating the pH value of the digestive tract. After potassium dicarboxylate enters the gastrointestinal tract of animals with feed, it is easy to decompose in weakly alkaline environment, and the released H2 promotes the decrease of gastrointestinal pH value. Undissociated potassium dicarboxylate can freely cross the microbial plasma membrane and diffuse into the cytoplasm. Once inside the cell, at pH close to 7, organic acids dissociate from H, reducing the pH of the cytoplasm, thus destroying the living environment of harmful bacteria and making it difficult for them to reproduce.

2. Improve the digestion and utilization of nutrients by animals

Potassium dicarboxylate stimulates animal feeding, production of endogenous secretions, and absorption of nutrients, and acts by altering gastrointestinal pH, increasing gastric emptying time, and increasing pepsin activity. Potassium dicarboxylate is released slowly in the digestive tract and has a high buffering capacity, which can inhibit the increase and reproduction of undesirable microorganisms in the diet and gastrointestinal tract, play a physiological protective role in the gastrointestinal mucosa, and facilitate the effective utilization of nutrients in the diet. Use it to improve its digestion, absorption and retention rate, which is conducive to the deposition of nutrients. In addition, potassium dicarboxylate can effectively prevent the stress caused by diarrhea, and plays a very important role in maintaining and stabilizing the ion balance and function of the animal intestine.

3. It has the effect of anti-payment and improving immunity

Betaine has a significant sedative effect, enhancing the hypnotic effect of barbiturates and anti-nociceptive stimulation and antipyretic effect. Chickens are very susceptible to coccidiosis, which affects intestinal ion balance. While anticoccidian drugs can alter the ion concentration of parasite cells to kill the parasite, they also affect host cells, especially intestinal ion concentrations, which can affect the gut. Normal function. Betaine provides methyl as a cell osmoprotector, which can maintain the normal osmotic pressure of animal cells, prevent dehydration caused by cell water loss, stabilize intestinal ion balance, and thus improve the resistance of chicken body.