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The effect of betaine supplementing on choline chloride and DL-methionine requirement of male broiler chicks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2017

Nima Eila*
Affiliation:
Islamic Azad University Karaj branch, Karaj, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
Nohammad Reza Salevati
Affiliation:
Islamic Azad University Karaj branch, Karaj, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
Mahmoud Shivazad
Affiliation:
Islamic Azad University Karaj branch, Karaj, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
Abolfazl Zarei
Affiliation:
Islamic Azad University Karaj branch, Karaj, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
Mohammad Motamedi Motlagh
Affiliation:
Islamic Azad University Karaj branch, Karaj, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
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Betain is trimethyl glycerine a methyl donor compound that can reduce other required methyl donors such as methionine and choline. Methionine is an essential amino acid with must not be used for methyl donor in metabolism. Also choline is an important precursor of acetyl choline which is necessary for nervous system and it is better to use choline for other function than methyl donor activity of it. Therefore, the object of this study was evaluation of reducing DL-methionine and choline chloride in broiler diets supplemented with betaine.

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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2008

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