What are the roles of baking soda in pig farming?

It can effectively improve pigs' digestion of feed, accelerate the utilization of nutrients and the excretion of harmful substances, and increase pigs' weight gain speed; it can keep pigs' resistance and immunity at their best at all times, improve pigs' anti-stress ability, and plays a positive role in preventing pig diseases and ensuring their healthy growth.

1. Promote pig growth

Baking soda can neutralize stomach acid, dissolve mucus, lower the viscosity of digestive juices, and promote intestinal contraction. It has the effects of strengthening the stomach, inhibiting acid and increasing appetite, thereby improving pigs' digestion of feed, accelerating the utilization of nutrients, and for pigs it increases appetite, strengthens digestion, and regulates the acid-base balance in the body.

2. Prevent diarrhea

Baking soda is also a major buffering substance in the blood and tissues. It can raise blood PH and alkaline reserve, and help the pig endocrine system resist stress responses. Adding baking soda to the feed around 1 week before farrowing and during the postpartum lactation period can prevent and treat diarrhea in sows.

3. Eliminate aflatoxin

First, fully immerse 100 kg of corn in 200 kg of a 1% sodium bicarbonate solution. After soaking for 10 hours, take it out, then rinse it clean with clean water. This method is both simple and money-saving, and is a good way to remove mold toxins from feed.