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ArticleAnimal nutrition (Zhongguo xu mu shou yi xue hui)2024

Impact of dietary supplementation with β-alanine on the rumen microbial crude protein supply, nutrient digestibility and nitrogen retention in beef steers elucidated through sequencing the rumen bacterial community.

Jinming Hu, Shuo Zhang, Mengmeng Li, Guangyong Zhao

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Article in Animal nutrition (Zhongguo xu mu shou yi xue hui), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Jinming HuState Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, 100193 Beijing, China.
Shuo ZhangState Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, 100193 Beijing, China.
Mengmeng LiState Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, 100193 Beijing, China.
Guangyong ZhaoState Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, 100193 Beijing, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study investigated the effects of β-alanine (β-Ala) on rumen fermentation, nutrient digestibility, nitrogen (N) metabolism, plasma biochemical parameters, and rumen bacterial communities in beef steers. Six steers with initial liveweight of 252.8 ± 5.2 kg and 3 treatments of supplementing with 0, 30, or 60 g β-Ala per day to basal diet were allocated in a replicated 3 × 3 Latin square design. Each experimental period was 20 d, of which the first 15 d were for adaptation and the subsequent 5 d were for sampling. The results showed that β-Ala linearly increased the ruminal concentration of microbial crude protein (MCP) (

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CattleNitrogen metabolismRumen bacterial communityRumen fermentationβ-Alanine

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PMID38808018
PMCPMC11130998

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