Does PWT help bird performance?
Yes. By acidifying the crop, PWT helps the bird in digestion and the maintenance of healthy gut microflora.

How does crop acidification work?
Many have experienced success with water acidification programs that are properly designed to deliver the right pH at the right times.. But given that water acidification doesn’t seem to change the pH in the intestines, how does it work? The answer seems to lie in the difference between the original pattern of gut movement and digestion in birds and the altered pattern on modern commercial diets. There are several areas in a bird’s gut where movement is actually a two-way street. When a bird was eating whole grain and bugs, the meal would go from the proventriculus to the gizzard for grinding. Then the gizzard would send the meal backwards to the proventriculus for another acid bath. This might happen 5 or 6 times until the meal was ground finely enough to move on to the intestines. In a commercial mash or pelleted diet, this back and forth movement between the gizzard and the proventriculus is dramatically reduced so there is very little acid contact time of the meal in the proventriculus. With a diet that includes whole grains this back and forth movement is frequently repeated before the meal is allowed to enter the intestine increasing acid contact time many fold. The most plausible explanation for the efficacy of acidifying water below a pH of 4.0 in improving performance and in impacting Salmonella and necrotic enteritis is that by acidifying the ingesta in the crop, that low-pH contact time lost to impaired gizzard reflux is being compensated for.

Will PWT clog my drinker lines?
No. It is the debris being dislodged from the dirty drinker system that could possible clog the lines if it isn’t flushed out promptly and thoroughly.

How long should I leave PWT in the lines when I clean between flocks?
The first time you use PWT in a house for cleaning, it should only be left in the lines about 8 hours due to the large amounts of debris that is removed during the cleaning process. This will facilitate the removal of this gelatinous material from the drinker system. After PWT has been used to clean the drinker system, then it can be left in the lines as long as 24 hours prior to flushing.

How often should I clean my drinkers?
At the end of every flock and after running any type of water additive such as electrolytes or vitamins.

Should PWT be run after I use electrolytes or vitamins?
Yes. This will remove any residual material from the water additives that can be a food source for bacteria.

Is PWT approved for animal consumption?
Yes. PWT is approved by the FDA as an animal feed additive.