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ArticleAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2025

Effects of Rumen-Protected β-Alanine on Growth Performance, Rumen Microbiome, and Serum Metabolome of Beef Cattle.

Daci Fu, Kang Mao, Yihao Zang, Mingren Qu, Qinghua Qiu, Xianghui Zhao, Kehui Ouyang, Yanjiao Li

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Article in Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Daci FuJiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Animal Nutrition and Feed Safety Innovation Team, College of Animal Science and Technology, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China.
Kang MaoJiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Animal Nutrition and Feed Safety Innovation Team, College of Animal Science and Technology, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China.
Yihao ZangJiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Animal Nutrition and Feed Safety Innovation Team, College of Animal Science and Technology, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China.
Mingren QuJiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Animal Nutrition and Feed Safety Innovation Team, College of Animal Science and Technology, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China.
Qinghua QiuJiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Animal Nutrition and Feed Safety Innovation Team, College of Animal Science and Technology, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9921-2094
Xianghui ZhaoJiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Animal Nutrition and Feed Safety Innovation Team, College of Animal Science and Technology, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China.
Kehui OuyangJiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Animal Nutrition and Feed Safety Innovation Team, College of Animal Science and Technology, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China.
Yanjiao LiJiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Animal Nutrition and Feed Safety Innovation Team, College of Animal Science and Technology, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China.

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China No. 3230810the China Agriculture Research System of MOF and MARA CARS-37the Young Talents Training Program for Academic and Technical Leaders of Major Disciplines in Jiangxi Province 20232BCJ23016
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

β-alanine has been shown to significantly improve nitrogen utilization efficiency in beef cattle, but its impact on growth performance remains unclear. This study involved 36 healthy 18-month-old Simmental crossbred bulls with similar weights (627 ± 41 kg). The cattle were divided into two groups, with each group comprising six replicates of three animals. While the control group received the basal diet, the treatment group was administered an additional 96 g/d/cattle rumen-protected β-alanine (RP-β-Ala). The study was conducted over a 35-day period, which included an initial 7 days for adaptation. At the end of the trial, body weight was recorded, and samples were collected. Results show that RP-β-Ala enhanced average daily gain (

Indexed as

beef cattlegrowth performancerumen fermentationrumen metabolomicsrumen-protected β-alanine

Identifiers

PMID41514731
PMCPMC12785137

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