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ArticleFrontiers in veterinary science2024

Benzoic acid supplementation improves the growth performance, nutrient digestibility and nitrogen metabolism of weaned lambs.

Wenjie Zhang, Shuo Sun, Yaqian Zhang, Yanan Zhang, Jianguo Wang, Zhiqiang Liu, Kailun Yang

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Article in Frontiers in veterinary science, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Wenjie ZhangXinjiang Key Laboratory of Meat and Milk Production Herbivore Nutrition, College of Animal Science and Technology, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Ürümqi, China.
Shuo SunXinjiang Key Laboratory of Meat and Milk Production Herbivore Nutrition, College of Animal Science and Technology, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Ürümqi, China.
Yaqian ZhangXinjiang Key Laboratory of Meat and Milk Production Herbivore Nutrition, College of Animal Science and Technology, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Ürümqi, China.
Yanan ZhangXinjiang Key Laboratory of Meat and Milk Production Herbivore Nutrition, College of Animal Science and Technology, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Ürümqi, China.
Jianguo WangXinjiang Shangpin Meiyang Technology Co., Ltd., Changji, China.
Zhiqiang LiuXinjiang Shangpin Meiyang Technology Co., Ltd., Changji, China.
Kailun YangXinjiang Key Laboratory of Meat and Milk Production Herbivore Nutrition, College of Animal Science and Technology, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Ürümqi, China.
Xinjiang Agricultural University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nitrogen is one of the essential components of proteins and nucleic acids and plays a crucial role in the growth and development of ruminants. However, the nitrogen utilization rate of ruminants is lower than that of monogastric animals, which not only reduces protein conversion and utilization, but also increases manure nitrogen discharge as well as causing environmental pollution. The lamb stage is an important period in the life of sheep, which can affect the production performance and meat quality of fattening sheep. The purpose of this experiment was to explore effects of benzoic acid supplementation on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, nitrogen metabolism and plasma parameters of weaned lambs. A total of 40 weaned male Hu sheep lambs with similar body weight were randomly divided into 4 groups: control with no benzoic acid (0 BA) and the lambs in other 3 groups were fed 0.5, 1, and 1.5% benzoic acid on the basis of experimental diet (0.5, 1, and 1.5 BA, respectively). The experiment lasted for 60 days. Results showed that the average daily gain of 1 BA group was significantly increased (

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benzoic acidgrowth performancehippuric acidnitrogen metabolismweaned lambs

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