Pro-Stabil: Mold Inhibitor for Feed Preservation

Feed and Water Quality · Preservation

Protect the feed you have already made

Pro-Stabil BSL inhibits mold and yeast growth in compound feed, moist cereals and TMR, preventing nutrient losses and the conditions under which storage mycotoxins form.

Species

All species

Application

Compound feed, moist cereals, TMR

Active principle

Propionic and formic acids and salts

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Storage is where finished feed loses its value

Feed does not go straight from the mixer to the animal. It sits in bins, trucks, and farm silos, and it sits there long enough for molds to establish. Every day of that storage is an opportunity for heating and condensation, creating optimal conditions for fungal growth that precedes nutrient loss and storage mycotoxin formation. Pro-Stabil BSL is the preservative applied to stop that happening.

Finished feed is often exposed to mold growth while sitting in between production and usage. Moist cereals and TMR are more exposed still, because the water activity that makes them useful is the same water activity that makes them a substrate. What is lost is critical: energy, palatability and shelf life go first, and heating and caking follow.

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How mold inhibition works

0 Undissociated acid enters the fungal cell.

Propionic acid and its salts inhibit fungal growth in feed and moist cereals, removing the source of storage mycotoxins production.

0 Free acid and salt together.

Combining propionic and formic acids enforces mold inhibition, and the association with their ammonium salts holds inhibitory activity across the storage period rather than releasing it all at the moment of application.

0 Surfactant-assisted distribution.

The formulation includes a surfactant component, so the applied liquid wets and distributes through the feed for homogeneous mold control.

0 Prevention, not remediation.

Inhibiting mold growth prevents the formation of storage mycotoxins. It has no effect on mycotoxins already present in incoming raw materials, which is the job of a toxin risk management program.

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Pro-Stabil BSL

Mold inhibitor that preserves feed value

A liquid mold inhibitor for the preservation and stabilization of compound feed and raw feed materials. It inhibits mold and yeast growth, which prevents nutrient losses and storage mycotoxin production, and extends the usable shelf life of feed.

Form

Clear light-yellow liquid

Target species

All species

Active principle

Propionic and formic acid, ammonium formate and propionate

Application

Compound feed, moist cereals, TMR

Packaging

200 kg drum, 1000 kg IBC, bulk

Shelf life

24 months

Availability

Varies (check with your local representative)

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Technical notes

Mold inhibition and mycotoxins.

Inhibiting mold and yeast growth prevents the formation of storage mycotoxins. It does not work on mycotoxins already present in incoming raw material, which is the job of a toxin risk management program.

Inclusion rate.

Inclusion is set against moisture content and intended storage period rather than at a single standard rate. Moist cereals and TMR have a higher requirement than dry compound feed.

Equipment.

As an acid-based liquid, the product is dosed through equipment specified for acid service. Confirm dosing line, pump and storage tank compatibility before installation.

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What the trials show

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Where it fits

Mold inhibitors act on anything that will be stored. In practice, a mill runs a preservation product continuously, across compound feed destined for farm silos and across moist cereals and TMR where water activity is high. Inclusion follows from moisture content and the expected time between production and consumption. Where the problem is an existing microbial load rather than future growth, the answer is a sanitizer; where it is mycotoxins already present in the raw material, the answer is a toxin binder.

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Set inclusion from moisture and storage time

Tell us your moisture figures and how long the feed sits before it is eaten, and our specialists will set the rate.