The effect of a continuous supply of betaine on the degradation of betaine in the rumen of dairy cows.

Tomokazu Nakai, Tadashi Sato, Makoto Teramura, Hiroo Sadoya, Masayuki Ohtani, Toshiyoshi Takahashi, Katsuya Kida, Satoshi Hidaka

Research Center, Nippon Beet Sugar Manufacturing Company, Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan. nakai@nitten.co.jp

Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry 2013

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We investigated the degradation of betaine in the rumen by a continuous supply of betaine to dairy cows. After 24 h of betaine incubation using rumen fluid from dairy cows, more than 80% of the betaine remained undegraded. Furthermore, the continuous supply of betaine for about 70 d did not influence the in vitro degradation of betaine.

Citation

Tomokazu Nakai, Tadashi Sato, Makoto Teramura, Hiroo Sadoya, Masayuki Ohtani, Toshiyoshi Takahashi, Katsuya Kida, Satoshi Hidaka. The effect of a continuous supply of betaine on the degradation of betaine in the rumen of dairy cows. Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry. 2013;77(3):666-9