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Research Progress on Physiological Function of Betaine and its Application in Livestock Production

LAI Yu-jiao,LUO Hai-ling,WANG Zhen-zhen,CHEN Yong,GAO Wei-min   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition,College of Animal Science and Technology,China Agricultural University,Beijing 100193,China)
  • Online:2014-01-20 Published:2014-02-27

Abstract: Betaine and its hydrochlorides was played an important role in the methyl metabolism as a high efficient methyl donors,which could adjusted the osmotic stress,promoted both fat and amino acid metabolism,enhanced protein synthesis and improved meat quality,so it was widely used in feed industry and livestock production as a novel and safe nutritional additive.The objective of this paper was to review the recent reports about physiological function of betaine at the moment,and its application in ruminants and single-stomached animal production.

Key words: betaine; physiological function; livestock production; application