Rumen protected choline supplementation in beef cattle: effect on growth performance
The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of rumen-protected choline administration on growth performance in beef cattle. Thirty-two newly received Charolais steers (420 kg ± 8 kg initial BW), were assigned randomly to one of the two experimental groups: control (CTR), no cholin...
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| author | Vittorio Dell’Orto Paolo Cavassini Anna Campagnoli Claudia Paltanin Luciano Pinotti |
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| description | The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of rumen-protected choline administration on growth performance in beef cattle. Thirty-two newly received Charolais steers (420 kg ± 8 kg initial BW), were assigned randomly to one of the two experimental groups: control (CTR), no choline supplementation; choline (RPC), supplemented with 5 g/day choline chloride in rumenprotected form. Experimental period was 122 d long. DMI at different times did not differ between treatments. Supplementation of 5 g of choline increased body weight, and average daily gain on day 89 of the experiment,but not later on. Feed conversion rate and killing out percentage were not affected by the treatment. Therefore ruminally protected choline can improve growth performance of newly received beef cattle, and its inclusion in receiving diet can be useful. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-65ab4133ce924230a8d74d1080044fc02022-12-22T00:14:13ZengTaylor & Francis GroupItalian Journal of Animal Science1594-40771828-051X2010-01-0182s32232410.4081/ijas.2009.s2.322Rumen protected choline supplementation in beef cattle: effect on growth performanceVittorio Dell’OrtoPaolo CavassiniAnna CampagnoliClaudia PaltaninLuciano PinottiThe aim of this study was to investigate the effect of rumen-protected choline administration on growth performance in beef cattle. Thirty-two newly received Charolais steers (420 kg ± 8 kg initial BW), were assigned randomly to one of the two experimental groups: control (CTR), no choline supplementation; choline (RPC), supplemented with 5 g/day choline chloride in rumenprotected form. Experimental period was 122 d long. DMI at different times did not differ between treatments. Supplementation of 5 g of choline increased body weight, and average daily gain on day 89 of the experiment,but not later on. Feed conversion rate and killing out percentage were not affected by the treatment. Therefore ruminally protected choline can improve growth performance of newly received beef cattle, and its inclusion in receiving diet can be useful.http://www.aspajournal.it/index.php/ijas/article/view/445Beef cattle, Choline, Growth performance |
| spellingShingle | Vittorio Dell’Orto Paolo Cavassini Anna Campagnoli Claudia Paltanin Luciano Pinotti Rumen protected choline supplementation in beef cattle: effect on growth performance Italian Journal of Animal Science Beef cattle, Choline, Growth performance |
| title | Rumen protected choline supplementation in beef cattle: effect on growth performance |
| title_full | Rumen protected choline supplementation in beef cattle: effect on growth performance |
| title_fullStr | Rumen protected choline supplementation in beef cattle: effect on growth performance |
| title_full_unstemmed | Rumen protected choline supplementation in beef cattle: effect on growth performance |
| title_short | Rumen protected choline supplementation in beef cattle: effect on growth performance |
| title_sort | rumen protected choline supplementation in beef cattle effect on growth performance |
| topic | Beef cattle, Choline, Growth performance |
| url | http://www.aspajournal.it/index.php/ijas/article/view/445 |
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