How to use sodium bicarbonate skillfully in layer breeding?
Baking soda is the common name of sodium bicarbonate, the chemical formula NaHCO3, white crystalline powder, odorless, salty taste, soluble in water and weakly alkaline. After years of practice, it has been proved that the use of sodium bicarbonate as a feed additive for poultry can effectively improve the digestibility, utilization rate and energy conversion rate of feed for poultry, accelerate the absorption and utilization of nutrients and the excretion of harmful substances, The body's ability to resist stress and promote growth, increase egg production, and improve eggshell quality have significant effects.
1. Animal health
1. Improve the ability to resist heat stress
During the high temperature in summer, poultry is often affected by external high-temperature stress due to its poor heat dissipation function. When the ambient temperature rises above 35 ° C, the poultry's hot pant exacerbates, exhales a large amount of CO2, and the alkali content in the blood decreases. Adding 0.1% to 0.5% sodium bicarbonate to the feed can effectively increase the PH value in the blood and increase alkali Sex, thereby contributing to the normal work of the endocrine system under stress and alleviating heat stress.
2. Mediate the body's acid-base balance
Sodium bicarbonate is one of the most common body acid-base regulators. Adding sodium bicarbonate to the diet helps strengthen the body's buffering power. Normally, poultry feed uses corn as the main raw material, accounting for about 60% of the diet, so it is inevitable to produce acidic substances during the metabolic process. Sodium bicarbonate can neutralize gastric acid, dissolve mucus, reduce the viscosity of digestive juice, and strengthen the absorption of the gastrointestinal tract, which plays a role in strengthening stomach, suppressing acid and increasing appetite. At the same time, when sodium bicarbonate is absorbed into the blood by the stomach and intestines, it can neutralize the acidic substances in the blood, thereby reducing the acidity of the blood and maintaining the acid-base balance of various body fluids.
3. Prevent diseases and reduce the toxic and side effects of drugs
Adding 0.1% to 0.5% sodium bicarbonate to the feed can significantly reduce the mortality of broilers and the incidence of gastrointestinal tracts such as ascites, pleurisy, and gastroenteritis in broilers. When sodium bicarbonate and sulfonamides are used together, they can reduce the adverse effects of these drugs on the kidneys of poultry and reduce the toxic and side effects of the drugs on the poultry body.
