Hydrogen Peroxide for Meaties

[Neil Grassbaugh]

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30PPM OF 35% is a pretty stout cocktail. Think about it, do the math.

In an open water system in commercial turkeys we want 6PPM (max) delivered to the last waterer on the line.

 

[Mac in Wisco]

You might look into acidifying the water with organic acids. That is quite popular among growers to improve FCR. I think it thins the gut of the bird for better digestion. We use citric acid to cut mineral buildup on our layer hens' drinking lines. They seem to like the tangy taste of the water. It seems that they all head to the watering lines after I turn on the injector, but I've never watched the water meter to see if they are drinking more with the acid, and I don't use it often enough to notice any other benefits.

 

[Mac in Wisco]

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30PPM OF 35% is a pretty stout cocktail. Think about it, do the math.

In an open water system in commercial turkeys we want 6PPM (max) delivered to the last waterer on the line.

That depends upon whether that was stated correctly or not. 30 parts of 35% H2O2 per million parts of water is different than 30 ppm H2O2. The way it was stated you get about 10 ppm H2O2 into the water.

 

[bigredfeather]

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So 6mg/1L is 6PPM, correct?

 

[srsmith69]

Not positive on my metrics, but think it would be 6 mg to 1 kiloliter

 

[Egghead_Jr]

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So what are we talking here? Isn't 30 parts per million something like adding a teaspoon of 35% peroxide to 44 gallons of water? It's infinitesimal but still 8 times the allowable of chlorine in town drinking water. My wonder is if it's toxicity is that much less yet cost that much more why not simply chlorinate your water for less cost with same result of purification?

 

[Mac in Wisco]

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Yes, milligrams per liter is the same as parts per million

 

[Mac in Wisco]

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That's my train of thought. I use chlorine as a sanitizer because it's cheap. I use a vinegar/peroxide solution (peracetic acid) to clean biofilm and minerals from the lines between flocks.

 

[bigredfeather]

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That's my train of thought. I use chlorine as a sanitizer because it's cheap. I use a vinegar/peroxide solution (peracetic acid) to clean biofilm and minerals from the lines between flocks.

I'm sure there is a good reason for not using chlorine or they would be using it instead of peroxide. I can't remember which nutrient it is, but I'm thinking chlorine is a nutrient blocker for something.

 

[Mac in Wisco]

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Yes, milligrams per liter is the same as parts per million

Look at this way, 35% is 350,000 ppm out of the bottle. To get to 10 ppm you need to dilute it by 35,000. There are 768 teaspoons in a gallon so it would be 1 teaspoon to 45.5 gallons of water.

We use an inline medicator. It injects 1 oz of stock solution into every gallon of water used. We would have to mix 1/2 ounce of 35% peroxide into a gallon of water to create the stock solution and then inject that at a rate of 1 oz per gallon of water to get to 10 ppm.