Klinofeed: a benefit for animals and the environment

Klinofeed is prepared from a natural silicon silicate (clinoptilolite of sedimentary origin).  This active mineral, with its unique structure and composition, has the ability to bind selectively and irreversibly ammonia and other toxic pollutants within the digestive tract.

Pollutants and ammonia – a problem?

Contaminants such as mycotoxins are poisons produced from the secondary metabolic processes which occur naturally in a variety of molds that grow on food crops.

The amount and type of mycotoxin produced varies depending on the type of mold predominating and on environmental conditions such as temperature and humidity.  Levels of mold growth and mycotoxin production in already affected crops may be exacerbated by stresses imposed on the crop by insects, weeds or adverse climatic conditions. Furthermore the harvesting process and storage conditions can promote the production of storage mycotoxins, thus silage, hay and straw are often heavily contaminated.

The effect of mycotoxins on animals varies from acute disease at one extreme to simple metabolic problems that reduce productivity at the other.  Mycotoxins can reduce feed consumption and digestion, reduce resistance to disease, increase reproductive problems and generally reduce production and performance.

Ammonia, created in the digestive tract, is highly toxic to livestock even in low concentrations.

In order to limit the damage caused by these contaminants various known measures are employed, one of which is to add silicates to the feed.

Klinofeed is such a silicate. It has a selective and irreversible binding capacity, enabling it to specifically bind ammonia without adsorbing vitamins, trace elements and amino acids. This ability to selectively bind ammonia is unique to Klinofeed.

In the production of animal feed low inclusion rates and cost are very important.  Klinofeed meets these and all other legislative requirements for pollutant binders, being approved in the EU Register of Feed Additives (1g568), by EU Organic Farming standards and by the FiBL.

The Function of Klinofeed

Klinofeed is a crystalline silicate and is therefore very porous

Approximately 50% of the silicate consists of pores, each pore having a diameter of exactly 4 Angstroms.

Due to its special production process (conceived by Prof. WM Meier ETHZ) the silicate is active and the pores selectively bind toxins, ammonium and ‘free’ water molecules.

For this reason Klinofeed is frequently used as a selective mycotoxin binder and as a flow improver. Its fine composition gives Klinofeed a very large active surface area of about 500 m² per gram. Klinofeed can also be used as a low-cost pelleting aid.

Safety

Klinofeed is a high quality silicon silicate and free from harmful impurities such as heavy metals, dioxins etc. The manufacturing process is carried out according to a rigorous quality assurance (QA).

The manufacturing process requires a temperature of about 400 degrees Celsius which renders the  Klinofeed sterile.

Each production lot is tested and analyzed at the laboratory and each delivery can be traced  according to the  strict QS.

Use of  Klinofeed

Dairy cows:
50 grams per cow per day

Calves: 20-40 kg:
15 grams per calf per day

Newborn calves:
from the 1st day onwards  20 grams  Kalbosan (Klinofeed with PSB yeast extract)

Pigs:
Piglets:                 5 kg per ton feed
Sows:                   5 kg per ton feed
Porkers:           4 – 6 kg per ton feed

Poultry:
1 – 2 kg per ton feed as prevention and low contamination mycotoxin and ammonia binder
3 – 5 kg per ton feed to control mycotoxins and as ammonia binder (also as technical additive and pellet binder)

Fish:
2 – 4 kg per ton feed as to control mycotoxin and ammonia. Further Klinofeed improoves the quality of the pellets.

Klinofeed can be used in all animal feed
• Klinofeed does not bind nutrients such as vitamins, trace elements, amino acids, etc.
• Klinofeed  has no affect on  raw materials within the feed or in the animal.
• Klinofeed does not bind pharmaceutical products

Major differences of Klinofeed with other products

Klinofeed is approved in the EU feed additive regulation E 568

The crystalline structure of the mineral composition

Specificationen Klinofeed

Klinofeed^® 

Mineral Analysis

Particle Size

General data Klinofeed

The solution: Klinofeed

What can you expect from Klinofeed?

For the animals:

Klinofeed binds the ammonium in the indestine tracts and therefore helps the animal in the whole metabolism.

In the stable:

• less odour
• dryer faeces and bedding
• improved environment
• lowered environmental impact

Klinofeed®

1. Binding Mycotoxins

Binding-capacity of Klinofeed at dosage of 4kg/t
Laborory: Biocontrol, Leipzig, Frau Dr. Lindner

2. Studie Klinofeed – Bindung von Mykotoxine

Bindung von Mykotoxinen im Futter Versuche, Klinofeed als ein natürliches Bindemittel für Pilze und deren Mykotoxine, die sich im Futter befinden einzusetzen, haben in mehreren Testreihen Resultate gebracht:

Versuchsreihe im Labor, April 2000

Binding-capacity of Klinofeed at dosage of 4kg/t

Labor: Biocontrol, Leipzig, Frau Dr. Lindner

Analyse: ELISA Test

3. Blood value chlinical Chemistry

Before– and after using of Klinofeed: (14 days)

Kann durch den Einsatz von Klinofeed die Belastung der Mykotoxine im Blut reduziert werden?

In einem Betrieb in Deutschland mit ca. 2000 Muttersauen wurde das Futter auf Mykotoxine untersucht. Die Resultate waren positiv.

An 20 Sauen des Bestandes wurden Blutproben entnommen und auf die wichtigsten Parameter untersucht. Im Vordergrund standen die Werte der Leber-Enzymausschüttungen.

Nach 14 Tagen Einsatz von 8kg/t Futter Klinofeed wurden den Tieren erneut Blut entnommen und analysiert. Die Leberenzymwerte zeigen den Einfluss von Klinofeed deutlich auf.

Labor: Biocontrol, Leipzig, Frau Dr. Lindner

Tierarzt: W. Jost, Ossingen/Zürich

Ossingen, Werner Grossmann

4. Studie – Supplementation on Performance