Dietary supplementation of di- and trimethylglycine to attenuate the effects of pulmonary hypertension syndrome (ascites) in broilers

Both N, N-dimethylglycine (DMG) and trimethylglycine (Betaine; TMG) are intermediary metabolites in the pathway of choline-to-glycine metabolism. DMG possess non-enzymatic anti-oxidant properties and have been implicated in enhanced oxygen utilisation while TMG posses osmolytic, methyl-donating, lip...

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Main Author: Nortjé, Bonita
Other Authors: Jansen van Rensburg, Christine
Language:en
Published: University of Pretoria 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2263/57275
Nortjé, B 2015, Dietary supplementation of di- and trimethylglycine to attenuate the effects of pulmonary hypertension syndrome (ascites) in broilers, MSc Agric Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/57275>