Calcium dibutanoate 5743-36-2

  Products and Applications 1. Application of Calcium Butyrate in the Preparation of Anti-diarrheal Feed Additives for Animals Calcium butyrate is used to treat diarrhea in livestock and poultry at all growth stages. Livestock includes pigs, cattle, sheep, horses, rabbits, dogs, cats, and donkeys at all growth stages, while poultry includes chickens, turkeys, guinea fowl, ducks, geese, pigeons, and quails at all growth stages. In the anti-diarrheal application to these animals, the dosage of calcium butyrate added to feed is 300-10000 ppm based on the ratio of calcium butyrate to feed weight. The optimal dosage range for livestock at all growth stages is 400-10000 ppm, while the dosage for poultry at all growth stages can be reduced to 300-10000 ppm. Studies have found that calcium butyrate has a preventive and control effect on various types of diarrhea, thus providing an anti-diarrheal feed additive for animal husbandry. Its application is simple and requires low dosage, offering an economical, safe, and environmentally friendly method for diarrhea control in animal husbandry. This will significantly reduce economic losses caused by diarrhea in animal husbandry and improve the overall health of animals. 2. Anabolic Nutritional Supplements: Research shows that calcium butyrate is a novel anabolic nutritional supplement that can reduce body fat, decrease muscle protein consumption, aid muscle recovery, and reduce muscle damage caused by overexertion, thereby improving exercise intensity and endurance. The latest and most important nutritional supplement research from the American College of Sports Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, shows that calcium butyrate is a powerful anti-muscle-burning agent. Researchers at the Department of Sports Science at the University of Portugal studied the effects of calcium butyrate on muscle immobilization. Immobilization increases intracellular catabolism, leading to muscle atrophy and muscle fiber damage. In an experiment using adult male rats, half served as a control group, while the other half received calcium butyrate daily for one week. The experimental animals' right hind limb was immobilized with a plastic splint, fixing the knee and ankle joints in a relaxed position. Results showed that after fixation, analysis of muscle tissue revealed significantly less muscle fiber damage in the calcium butyrate group compared to the control group, with significantly greater muscle volume and fiber area. Another study indicated that calcium butyrate can increase muscle strength and significantly reduce "bad cholesterol" levels in individuals with high cholesterol. In the current feed additive market, calcium butyrate is primarily marketed for its ability to increase animal muscle strength and enhance immunity, thereby improving livestock and poultry immunity, disease resistance, and production performance. It is also used in the pharmaceutical industry.