ArticlePloS one2022
Effects of dietary guanidinoacetic acid on growth performance, guanidinoacetic acid absorption and creatine metabolism of lambs.
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- Guanidinoacetic acid enhances Tibetan sheep-meat quality through the gut-muscle axis: insights from metabolome-microbiome integration.Food chemistry. Molecular sciences · 2026Article
- Guanidinoacetic Acid and Cysteamine Hydrochloride Improve Beef Cattle Growth and Antioxidant Capacity via Fecal Microbiome and Serum Metabolome.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
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- Influences of dietary guanidinoacetic acid supplementation on performance and proteins involved in milk fat and protein synthesis in dairy cows.Animal nutrition (Zhongguo xu mu shou yi xue hui) · 2026Article
- Low-Dosage Rumen Unprotected Creatine Precursor During the Transition Period in Single-Bearing Ewes Impacts Dynamic Changes in Muscle and Adipose Mass, Uterine Involution, and Fetal Programming Outcomes.Veterinary sciences · 2026Article
- Rumen-protected guanidinoacetic acid is associated with improved growth performance and altered portal nutrient and hepatic IGF-1 indices in Hu sheep.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2026Article
- Integrated transcriptomic and phenotypic analysis reveals tissue-specific regulatory effects of guanidinoacetic acid in cattle.BMC genomics · 2025Article
- In vitro screening of nutrients regulating sheep intramuscular angiogenesis, adipogenesis, and lipid deposition using an organoid model.Journal of animal science and biotechnology · 2025Article
- Effect of Guanidinoacetic Acid and Zilpaterol Hydrochloride Feed Additions on Lambs' Productive Performance, Carcass Characteristics, and Blood Chemistry.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Short Supply of High Levels of Guanidine Acetic Acid, Alters Ovarian Artery Flow and Improves Intraovarian Blood Perfusion Area Associated with Follicular Growth in Sheep.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Effects of guanidinoacetic acid on gene expression in adipose tissue of broiler chickens: a differential expression analysis based on small RNA sequencing.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Article
- Development and Evaluation of Non-Antibiotic Growth Promoters for Food Animals.Veterinary sciences · 2024Article
- Effect of Guanidinoacetic Acid Supplementation on the Performance of Calves Fed Milk Replacer.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Effect of Guanidinoacetic Acid on Production Performance, Serum Biochemistry, Meat Quality and Rumen Fermentation in Hu Sheep.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Biomarkers for ideal protein: rabbit diet metabolomics varying key amino acids.Communications biology · 2024Article
- Evaluation of guanidinoacetic acid supplementation on finishing beef steer growth performance, skeletal muscle cellular response, and carcass characteristics.Journal of animal science · 2024Article
- Effects of guanidinoacetic acid supplementation on liver and breast muscle fat deposition, lipid levels, and lipid metabolism-related gene expression in ducks.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2024Article
- Dietary Guanidine Acetic Acid Improves Ruminal Antioxidant Capacity and Alters Rumen Fermentation and Microflora in Rapid-Growing Lambs.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Guanidine acetic acid exhibited greater growth performance in younger (13-30 kg) than in older (30-50 kg) lambs under high-concentrate feedlotting pattern.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2022Article
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Abstract
Guanidinoacetic acid (GAA) is the only precursor for the creatine synthesis of vertebrates. Creatine (Cr) and phosphocreatine (PCr) are able to provide energy for the rapid growth and development of the muscle tissue. This study evaluated the effects of dietary different levels GAA on growth performance, GAA absorption and creatine metabolism of lambs. Twenty-four 3-month-old healthy Kazakh male lambs (body weight = 27.35± 0.58 kg) were randomly divided into four groups with 6 lambs in each group. The lambs were fed with the basal diets supplemented with 0 (0 mg/kg group), 500 (500 mg/kg group), 1000 (1000 mg/kg group) and 1500 mg (1500 mg/kg group) GAA per kg diet (DM basis), respectively. The results showed that, as the GAA content of the diet increased, there was a quadratic change in DMI, with the lowest in the 500 mg/kg group and the highest in the 0 mg/kg group. The CK enzyme activity and ATP content in quadriceps muscle increased linearly with increasing levels of diary GAA in the diet. PCr levels and ADP levels in the longest dorsal muscle increased linearly with increasing levels of GAA in the diet. The relative expression of SLC6A6 and SLC6A8 mRNA in the jejunum and ileum mucosa showed a quadratic change as the dietary GAA level increased, with the lowest relative expression in both the 1500 mg/kg group. With the increase of dietary GAA level, both Cr concentration in hepatic vein plasma and the portal plasma GAA concentration shows a quadratic change, with the highest concentration in the 500 mg/kg group and the lowest concentration in the 0 mg/kg group. Therefore, dietary supplementation with 500~1000 mg/kg DM GAA is recommended for lambs.
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