Can baking soda be added to water to feed pigs? What are the benefits of using baking soda for pigs?

Baking soda is widely used in people's daily life because of its many functions. Some people even add a little when feeding pigs. So can baking soda be added to water to feed pigs? What are the benefits of using baking soda for pigs? The following editor will explain them one by one, hoping to help you.

Can baking soda be added to water to feed pigs?

Baking soda can neutralize acid and alkali in food, which can prevent the invasion of bacteria, eliminate symptoms and increase disease resistance. On the other hand, it can neutralize acid and alkali after pigs eat, which will increase the amount of food they eat. The main reason is that baking soda has a calming effect, but pigs sleep more and exercise less after eating, which will cause the weight of pigs to increase rapidly.

What are the benefits of using baking soda for pigs?

1. In the hot summer, adding 1kg/ton of baking soda to drinking water can effectively relieve the heat stress of pigs.

2. Adding baking soda {at 2% of the daily diet} to the sow 15 days before farrowing until the end of lactation can effectively reduce sow anorexia and milk production decline, strengthen the sow's physique, reduce the occurrence of yellow and white diarrhea in piglets, and improve the survival rate of piglets.

3. Adding 0.5% baking soda to the daily diet of piglets and fattening pigs can increase the pigs' feed intake, digestibility, daily weight gain, and reduce feed-to-meat ratio. Experimental data show that it can increase the daily weight gain of piglets by 10%.

4. The addition of baking soda can also promote the excretion of mycotoxins in the body

5. Baking soda has a certain effect in relieving gastric ulcers and bloating in pigs. When pigs have acute bloating, you can choose baking soda + metronidazole infusion combined with intramuscular injection of antibiotics.

Should I add baking soda to pig feed in winter?

Baking soda is OK in summer but not in winter. Baking soda can lower body temperature. If it is added to fattening pigs in summer, it is OK to add 100 mg per meal. Adding baking soda can supplement lysine. Piglets grow fast. Only 20 mg can be added per meal for piglets. 50 mg of baking soda can be added to sows before delivery to enhance their physique and prevent yellow and white diarrhea. The survival rate of piglets is improved. In the wet season of winter or spring, try not to feed piglets.