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Product Short Description: Formic acid use as a preservative antibacterial agent cleaning agent and coagulant in rubber industries.
Product Description:

Formic acid is sprayed on animal feed and fresh hay to slow decay and keep the feed nutritious longer. It can also be added to poultry feed to kill E. coli bacteria. It is employed to control pests and weeds in crops and to inhibit the growth of unwanted vegetation. Formic acid is the simplest carboxylic acid, containing a single carbon. Occurs naturally in various sources including the venom of bee and ant stings, and is a useful organic synthetic reagent. Principally used as a preservative and antibacterial agent in livestock feed.

Product Application:

Formic acid has a wide variety of agricultural and industrial uses. In agriculture, formic acid is used as a fumigant to kill the varroa mite (Varroa jacobsoni) and tracheal (Acarapis woodi) mite, two species that commonly attack beehives. 
The principal use of formic acid is as a preservative and antibacterial agent in livestock feed. When sprayed on fresh hay or other silage, it arrests certain decay processes and causes the feed to retain its nutritive value longer, and so it is widely used to preserve winter feed for cattle.

Product Dose:

Formic acid is applied to feed to kill Salmonella bacteria.

Product Note:
Formic acid can serve as an effective treatment for mite infestations because it harms mites but generally not bees. 
Formic acid also is used as an antibacterial agent and preservative for livestock feed.
Product Technical Specification:
Formic acid is sprayed on fresh hay ( grass that has been cut and dried for use as animal food )in order to delay or halt decay, thereby allowing the feed a longer survival period. This process is of particular importance in the preservation of winter cattle feed. In poultry farming,


In addition, the use of formic acid on hay feed may reduce the total milk fat when given to milk cows.
Remarks:
The many industrial uses of formic acid include the following:
 
 A reducing and decalcifying agent in dyeing and finishing of textiles
 An agent for plumping and dehairing hides in leather tanning
 A solution for electroplating;
 A rubber coagulating agent in the creation of latex rubber and in regenerating old rubber
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The gel-pack formulation of formic acid is expected to minimize the potential for dermal, eye, and  inhalation exposure for pesticide applicators. In humans, eye, skin, and mucosal irritation is possible due  to the corrosive nature of formic acid, so packaging formic acid in gel-packs prevents the majority of  human exposure during application of the product to the hive. Product labels direct beekeepers to use  personal protective equipment when handling fumigant products

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