ArticleAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2020
Maternal Supplementation with Dietary Betaine during Gestation to Improve Twin Lamb Survival.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.
- Betaine Dietary Supplementation: Healthy Aspects in Human and Animal Nutrition.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Maternal Supplementation with Dietary Betaine during Late Gestation Increased Ewe Plasma Creatine and Lamb Thermoregulation under Field Conditions.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Negative dietary cation and anion difference supplementation of twin-bearing Merino ewes grazing pasture in late gestation did not affect lamb growth or survival.Journal of animal science · 2024Article
- Effects of negative dietary cation-anion difference and calcidiol supplementation in transition diets fed to sows on piglet survival, piglet weight, and sow metabolism.Journal of animal science · 2024Article
- Effects of feeding a negative dietary cation and anion difference diet to twin-bearing Merino ewes in late gestation on parturition outcomes.Journal of animal science · 2024Article
- Supplementary Tryptophan Fed to Sows Prior to and after Farrowing to Improve Piglet Growth and Survival.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021Article
- Beneficial Effects of Betaine: A Comprehensive Review.Biology · 2021Review
- Melatonin Regulates Differentiation of Sheep Brown Adipocyte Precursor CellsFrontiers in veterinary science · 2021Article
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Abstract
Betaine increases the synthesis of creatine, an energy-rich amino acid that increases adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and has neuroprotective properties which may improve post-natal lamb survival. This study determined whether maternal betaine supplementation during gestation would improve body weight, thermoregulation, time to stand and suck, colostrum intake and survival to weaning of twin lambs. Twin-bearing Merino ewes received dietary betaine at either 0 g/day (Control, CTL), 2 g/day from ram introduction to parturition (Early betaine, EB) or 4 g/day from Day 80 of gestation to parturition (Late betaine, LB). Ewes were housed individually during parturition and measures were collected at 4, 24 and 72 h and Day 7 post-partum, and at marking (53.2 ± 0.2 days of age) and weaning (99.3 ± 0.2 days of age). The EB treatment resulted in heavier lambs at weaning compared with CTL and LB lambs (
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