Dietary betaine may reduce carcass fat in growing pigs. We explored the effects of betaine
on short-term growth and in vivo and in vitro fatty acid oxidation. Pigs were housed in …

Background Betaine affects fat metabolism in animals, but the specific mechanism is still not
clear. The purpose of this study was to investigate possible mechanisms of betaine in …

Corresponding author: krzysztof. lipinski@ uwm. edu. pl abstract one of the well known
biological functions of betaine is that of a methyl donor. therefore, betaine may partly replace …

The present review summarises the potential nutritional and physiological functions of
betaine as a feed additive in relation to performance criteria in livestock production. Betaine …

This study evaluates the effects of betaine supplementation (1 g kg− 1 for 20 weeks) on the
regulation of genes involved in lipid and cholesterol metabolism of Longissimus lumborum …

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of dietary betaine over a range of
concentrations (between 0 and 0.5%) on growth and body composition in young feed …

This study was undertaken to investigate the effects of long term betaine intake on the
cholesterol and lipid profile of Alentejano (AL) pigs. At˜ 36 kg body weight (BW), castrated …

Two experiments were conducted to evaluate the effect of betaine supplementation of
finishing diets on growth performance and carcass characteristics of swine. Experiment 1 …

An experiment was conducted to determine the efficacy of dietary betaine, CLA, or both as
growth promotants and carcass modifiers in growing Iberian pigs. Twenty gilts (20 kg of BW) …

An experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of dietary betaine supplementation on
growth performance, carcass characteristics, lipogenic enzyme activities in subcutaneous …