ArticleVeterinary sciences2025
Effects of Rumen-Protected Methionine, Choline, and Betaine Supplementation on Ewes' Pregnancy and Reproductive Outcomes.
Article in Veterinary sciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
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- Association of Maternal and Cord Blood Choline and Betaine Concentrations with Birthweight: A Prospective Mother-Infant Cohort Study.Nutrients · 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
- Choline-Mediated Regulation of Follicular Growth: Interplay Between Steroid Synthesis, Epigenetics, and Oocyte Development.Biology · 2025Review
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Abstract
This study evaluated the effects of maternal supplementation with rumen-protected methionine (RPM), alone or combined with rumen-protected choline (RPC) and betaine (RPB), during the periconceptional and prepartum periods on reproductive outcomes and offspring performance in Chios ewes. One hundred synchronized ewes were assigned to three groups-control (no supplementation), M (5.50 g RPM/day), and MCB (3.50 g RPM, 1.60 g RPC, 0.49 g RPB/day)-from day -14 to +14 relative to mating. Blood was collected on days -14, 0, and +14 for ABTS (2,2'-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzthiazoline-6-sulfonic acid), ferric-reducing ability (FRAP), and malondialdehyde (MDA), on days 18 and 21 for progesterone, and on day 26 for pregnancy-associated glycoprotein (PAG) detection. Thirty days before and up to lambing, the ewes were further divided into C-C, C-M, C-MCB, M-M, M-C, MCB-MCB, and MCB-C subgroups. Embryonic loss did not differ between groups. FRAP was higher (
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