What are the benefits of adding allicin to feed?

Allicin is a relatively commonly used feed additive in recent years. Because it is safe, inexpensive, green, non-toxic and leaves no residue, it is deeply favored by the vast number of breeding owners. Adding an appropriate amount of allicin to the diet has an immeasurable effect on the growth of piglets.

Allicin contains natural garlic oil and has a strong garlic odor. Allicin oil is mainly composed of diallyl disulfide and diallyl trisulfide, with a total content of greater than or equal to 80%, and has strong antibacterial power. It has a significant effect on diarrhea and loose stools caused by Shigella dysenteriae, Salmonella typhi, etc., and on pneumonia and bronchitis caused by Pasteurella. Allicin has a pure, natural, strong aroma and can replace other flavoring agents in feed. Adding 50ppm to 150ppm of allicin to feed can improve the off-flavor of the feed, stimulate a strong feeding attraction effect in piglets, greatly increase their appetite, and increase feed intake accordingly, thereby increasing net weight.

The physicochemical properties of allicin mainly depend on garlic oil. It is a light yellow to brownish-red liquid and can deteriorate when exposed to strong acids, strong oxidants and ultraviolet light.

Adding allicin to piglet feed can improve the aroma and quality of the meat, making the aroma stronger. The method of adding allicin to feed is simple and easy: just soak the garlic, peel it, slice it, dry it (or sun-dry it), and then crush it. The volatile sulfur-containing compounds in allicin can drive away mosquitoes and flies from sucking on feed and manure. Under the action of enzymes in the pig's body, allicin is converted into allicin (garlicin), and after being excreted with urine and entering the manure pit, it can prevent mosquitoes and flies from breeding in manure and urine and from the growth of larvae, reduce the harassment of animals by mosquitoes and flies, reduce the spread of disease, and improve the surrounding environment.

Adding allicin can keep the original feed at a basically fixed flavor. Although it releases a special odor, a large number of test results show that piglets relatively like the smell of garlic. In the diet of 20-day-old healthy and disease-free Duroc x Landrace x Yorkshire two-way cross weaned piglets, 200 grams of 25% allicin was added per ton, and the control group was supplemented with antibiotics. The results showed that, compared with the control group, the average daily gain of the allicin-added group increased by 16.5%, the feed-to-weight ratio decreased by 13%, and there was no significant difference in feed intake, indicating that allicin has a growth-promoting effect on piglets. Allicin can significantly increase weight gain and improve feed conversion.

Allicin can also be used to prevent and treat many pig diseases, such as pinworm disease, roundworm disease, paratyphoid, gastroenteritis, rheumatism and tetanus, etc.