Research article

DIETARY BETAINE'S IMPACT ON NUTRITIONAL PARAMETERS IN POSTPARTUM MURRAH BUFFALOES

JyotsanaShakkarpude*1, Aditya Mishra2, Deepika D. Caesar2, Anand Kumar Jain2, C.P.S. Solanki3, Sanju Mandal2, Danveer S. Yadav4, Archana Jain1, Aamrapali Bhimte1, Rajesh K.Vandre5, Shweta Rajoriya1, Kapil Sharma3,Shivank P. Singh3 and Akanksha Singh3

Online First: December 07, 2022


Loss of productivity during lactation period due to negative energy balance can be reduced by providing strategic feed supplement such as betaine. The betaine acts as a methyl donor in metabolism and allowing cells to acts as an organic osmolyte used to protect against osmotic stress and high temperature. In this study, a total of 18 postpartum Murrah buffaloes were randomly divided into three groups for the experiment. T1 group was kept as a control. The T2, T3 groups were supplemented with betaine at 50 g/animal/day and 100 g/animal/day, respectively. Betaine was supplemented from day 5 postpartum and was continued until 4 months postpartum. The overall mean of body weight was significantly (p<0.05) higher in T3 group followed by T2 group and lowest in T1 group. The mean values of dry matter intake and feed conversion ratio of buffaloes differed non-significantly between all the groups.Based on these results, it is concluded that supplementation of diets with betaine improved body weight in lactating animals.

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Loss of productivity during lactation period due to negative energy balance can be reduced by providing strategic feed supplement such as betaine. The betaine acts as a methyl donor in metabolism and allowing cells to acts as an organic osmolyte used to protect against osmotic stress and high temperature. In this study, a total of 18 postpartum Murrah buffaloes were randomly divided into three groups for the experiment. T1 group was kept as a control. The T2, T3 groups were supplemented with betaine at 50 g/animal/day and 100 g/animal/day, respectively. Betaine was supplemented from day 5 postpartum and was continued until 4 months postpartum. The overall mean of body weight was significantly (p<0.05) higher in T3 group followed by T2 group and lowest in T1 group. The mean values of dry matter intake and feed conversion ratio of buffaloes differed non-significantly between all the groups.Based on these results, it is concluded that supplementation of diets with betaine improved body weight in lactating animals.