Njengoba kuvimbela ukusetjenziswa kwamagciwane amancane kanye nokukhiqizwa kwama-mycotoxin, ama-antimildew agents anganciphisa ukusabela kwamakhemikhali kanye nokulahlekelwa izakhamzimba okubangelwa yizizathu ezahlukahlukene njengokushisa okuphezulu kanye nomswakama ophezulu ngesikhathi sokugcina ukudla.I-calcium propionate, njengesithiyo sokufuya isikhunta, ingakhuthaza ukukhiqizwa kabusha kwamagciwane awusizo futhi ivimbele ukukhiqizwa kabusha kwamagciwane ayingozi kanye nesikhunta. Uma ingezwa ku-silage, ingavimbela ngempumelelo ukukhula kwesikhunta, ithuthukise ikhwalithi ye-silage futhi ifeze injongo yokugcina okusha.

I-calcium propionateiyi-antifungal ephephile nethembekile yokudla kanye nokudla okuvunyelwe yi-World Health Organization (WHO) kanye ne-Food and Agriculture Organization yeZizwe Ezihlangene (FAO). I-calcium propionate ingamuncwa ngabantu kanye nezilwane ngokusebenzisa i-metabolism, futhi inikeze i-calcium edingekayo kubantu nasezilwaneni. Ibhekwa njenge-GRAS.

I-calcium propionateikhuthaza ukumuncwa kwezakhamzimba kokudla futhi ithuthukise inani lokudla okunempilo, ilungisa inani le-pH lomgudu wokugaya wezilwane nezinkukhu, ikhuthaza ukukhula kwamagciwane anenzuzo njengebhaktheriya ye-lactic acid, ithuthukise umsebenzi wama-enzyme okugaya ukudla njenge-pepsin futhi ikhuthaze ukugaya nokumuncwa kwezakhamzimba.

I-calcium propionatekungavimbela ukudla okuluhlaza okuvela esikhumbeni ngesikhathi sokugcina, kuthuthukise ukunambitha kwemfuyo ekudleni futhi kuthuthukise izinga lokusetshenziswa kwamaprotheni ekudleni. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, i-silage yobisi ephathwe nge-calcium propionate ikhuthaza ukwakheka kwama-fatty acids amafushane ebisini futhi kuthuthukise izinga lamafutha obisi ebisini; Ngakolunye uhlangothi, ikhuthaza ukukhula, ukugaya kanye nokugaya izakhamzimba e-rumen kanye nokwanda kokukhiqizwa kobisi lwezinkomo zobisi. Ukuhlolwa kokondla izinkomo zobisi ngotshani lommbila we-silage oluvikelwe yii-calcium propionatekukhombisa ukuthi ukudla akuboli kangako, ukuthungwa okuthambile, ukunambitheka okuhle, futhi izinkomo zobisi zithanda ukudla, okungathuthukisa isivuno sobisi kanye nezinga lamafutha obisi ezinkomeni zobisi.