ArticleAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2024
A Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Dietary Betaine on Milk Production, Growth Performance, and Carcass Traits of Ruminants.
Article in Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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5 citing papers in PubMed.
- Effects of an electrolyte, energy, and osmolyte compound and heat stress on productivity in early-lactation Holstein cows.JDS communications · 2026Article
- Effects of Dietary Betaine on Growth Performance, Serum Metabolites, and Meat Quality of Pigs: A Meta-Analysis.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Review
- Exploring the Multifunctional Roles of Betaine: Traditional Applications, Emerging Technologies, and Green Chemistry Innovations.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Impact of betaine supplementation on growth performance, antioxidant status, and meat quality of goats under heat stress conditions.Tropical animal health and production · 2025Article
- Betaine Dietary Supplementation: Healthy Aspects in Human and Animal Nutrition.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
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Abstract
Betaine improves growth performance and health in monogastric animals under both thermoneutral and heat stress conditions, but results in ruminants have been more equivocal. This meta-analysis investigated the effects of betaine supplementation on productive performance, milk production and composition, and carcass traits of ruminants due to betaine supplementation. A comprehensive search for published studies investigating the effect of betaine was performed using Google Scholar, ScienceDirect, PubMed, and Scopus databases. Effect size analysis, random effects models, I
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