Lhoist limestone and hydrated lime products are widely used in animal sanitation applications as breeders and consumers increasingly turn to all-natural, environmentally friendly solutions. They are also included in some formulations of litter for domestic pets.
Calcinating limestone and/or dolomite refines calcium/magnesium to produce calcium/magnesium oxide, making it an extremely natural product, available as a fine powder, in granular form or mixed with water as milk of lime/lime slurry and protects livestock health in a number of ways.
Specific selected limestone particles are an ingredient in some formulations of pet litter as a pH adjustment component to neutralize odours. Lime, also known as quicklime, is one of the basic raw materials used in the production of synthetic pet litters, which are mainly composed of calcium hydro silicates.