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Willingham BD, Rentería LI, Ragland TJ, Ormsbee MJ. The effects of betaine supplementation on fluid balance and heat tolerance during passive heat stress in men. Physiol Rep 2023; 11:e15792. [PMID: 37604644 PMCID: PMC10442523 DOI: 10.14814/phy2.15792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2023] [Revised: 08/01/2023] [Accepted: 08/01/2023] [Indexed: 08/23/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION Consuming intracellular osmolytes, like betaine (BET), may attenuate symptoms of heat stress. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of BET supplementation on fluid balance and heat tolerance after a 7-day loading period and during passive heat exposure. METHODS A double-blind, placebo controlled, crossover study compared BET or placebo consumption (50 mg·kg-1 , twice daily) for 7 days in young, recreationally active men (N = 11). RESULTS During the loading period, no significant interactions were found for any marker of fluid balance between or within conditions. During heat exposure, significant time effects but no condition x time interactions, were found for plasma characteristics (i.e., volume, osmolality, sodium, albumin, and total protein). Plasma volume was significantly increased by min 30 in both conditions (PLA: +6.9. ± 5.0%, BET: +10.2 ± 7.4%) and remained elevated for the remainder of the experimental trial, but was not significantly different between conditions. After 60 min of passive heat exposure, both conditions experienced a similar increase in core temperature (PLA: +0.32 ± 0.22°C, BET: +0.31 ± 0.21°C; p = 0.912). CONCLUSIONS Supplemental BET did not improve markers of fluid balance or heat tolerance during 7 days of loading or during passive heat exposure.
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- Brandon D. Willingham
- Department of KinesiologyCoastal Carolina UniversityConwaySouth CarolinaUSA
- Institute of Sports Sciences & Medicine, Nutrition, and Integrative PhysiologyFlorida State UniversityFloridaUSA
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- Institute of Sports Sciences & Medicine, Nutrition, and Integrative PhysiologyFlorida State UniversityFloridaUSA
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- Institute of Sports Sciences & Medicine, Nutrition, and Integrative PhysiologyFlorida State UniversityFloridaUSA
- Department of Kinesiology and HealthRutgers UniversityNew BrunswickNew JerseyUSA
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- Institute of Sports Sciences & Medicine, Nutrition, and Integrative PhysiologyFlorida State UniversityFloridaUSA
- Discipline of Biokinetics, Exercise, and Leisure SciencesUniversity of KwaZulu‐NatalDurbanSouth Africa
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Effects of dietary electrolyte balance on performance, energy balance, and expression of genes related to acid-basic balance, absorption, and transport of nutrients in broilers. Trop Anim Health Prod 2022; 54:165. [DOI: 10.1007/s11250-022-03165-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2021] [Accepted: 04/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Effect of Acetic Acid and Sodium Bicarbonate Supplemented to Drinking Water on Water Quality, Growth Performance, Organ Weights, Cecal Traits and Hematological Parameters of Young Broilers. Animals (Basel) 2021; 11:ani11071865. [PMID: 34201537 PMCID: PMC8300354 DOI: 10.3390/ani11071865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2021] [Revised: 06/05/2021] [Accepted: 06/08/2021] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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To evaluate the effect of acetic acid and sodium bicarbonate supplemented to drinking water on water quality, growth performance, relative organ weights, cecal traits and hematological parameters of broilers, a total of 456 one-day-old Cobb MV × Cobb 500 FF mixed broilers were randomly placed in three experimental treatments, with four replicates per treatment and 38 birds per replicate, for 10 days. The treatments consisted of the use of acetic acid (0.4%; T1) as acidifier, an apparently neutral pH (T2) and sodium bicarbonate (1%; T3) as alkalizer of the drinking water. T3 showed the highest values (p < 0.05) for total dissolved solids, electrical conductivity, salinity and pH. T1 and T2 showed the same productive response (p > 0.05); however, T3 decreased (p < 0.05) body weight, feed intake and the relative weight of the pancreas and immune organs and increased (p < 0.05) water intake, mortality and relative weight of the heart and liver. Likewise, T3 increased (p < 0.05) the cecal pH, although without changes for the cecal lactic cecal bacteria count and blood parameters (p > 0.05). The acid pH of the drinking water had no effect on the biological response of broilers compared to T2; however, the T3 provoked high mortality, ascites, low productivity and abnormal growth of some organs.
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Kpomasse CC, Oke OE, Houndonougbo FM, Tona K. Broiler production challenges in the tropics: A review. Vet Med Sci 2021; 7:831-842. [PMID: 33559980 PMCID: PMC8136938 DOI: 10.1002/vms3.435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2020] [Revised: 11/12/2020] [Accepted: 01/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Under tropical climate, broiler production is encumbered by several constraints which make it difficult for them to attain their genetic potential. The scarcity and high price of poultry feed and veterinary services and the harsh environmental conditions with respect to thermal stress are some of the challenges that hinder optimal growth of the birds. Limited availability of feedstuffs, including crucial feed ingredients like maize and oil seedcakes, is an important challenge to the sector, since feed still represents a major cost of producing broiler chickens. Additionally, the problem of climate change, which has become a global concern, is the main problem in broiler production under hot and humid climate. Under high ambient temperature, feed intake decreases, carbohydrates metabolism and protein synthesis efficiency are disturbed. Lipid utilization is lower and glucose or insulin homeostasis is altered while fat deposition and oxidative stress increases. Several strategies are used to ameliorate the effect of heat stress in poultry. The objective of this review was to summarize the challenge in broiler production under hot and humid climate and different approaches to fight heat stress in poultry.
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- Cocou Claude Kpomasse
- Regional Center of Excellence on Poultry Sciences (CERSA), University of Lome, Lome, Togo
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- Regional Center of Excellence on Poultry Sciences (CERSA), University of Lome, Lome, Togo.,Department of Animal Physiology, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria
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- Regional Center of Excellence on Poultry Sciences (CERSA), University of Lome, Lome, Togo
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Al-Sagan AA, Al-Abdullatif A, Hussein EOS, Saadeldin IM, Al-Mufarrej SI, Qaid M, Albaadani HH, Swelum AAA, Alhotan R. Effects of Betaine Supplementation on Live Performance, Selected Blood Parameters, and Expression of Water Channel and Stress-Related mRNA Transcripts of Delayed Placement Broiler Chicks. Front Vet Sci 2021; 7:632101. [PMID: 33521096 PMCID: PMC7840959 DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2020.632101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2020] [Accepted: 12/14/2020] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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This study examined the effect of supplemental betaine on live performance, selected blood parameters, and gene expression of water channel proteins (Aquaporins, AQP) of broiler chicks delayed in placement for 48 h post-hatch. In total, 540 newly-hatched male broiler chicks were obtained from a local hatchery and were randomly allotted to one of five treatments with nine replicates per treatment (12 chicks per replicate). Chicks were either placed immediately, control; held for 48 h post-hatch with no access to feed or water, Holdnull; held for 48 h with free access to drinking water only, HoldW; held for 48 h with free access to drinking water supplemented with 1 ml per L of betaine solution (40% betaine), HoldB1; or held for 48 h with free access to drinking water supplemented with 2 ml per L of betaine solution (40% betaine), HoldB2 group. The results showed that post-hatch holding for 48 h depressed feed intake and body weight gain during the entire 15 d study period with no beneficial effect of supplemental betaine. Chicks in the HoldB2 group had elevated serum glucose, triglycerides, and aspartate aminotransferase 48 h post-hatch. Early water deprivation directly affected the brain proopiomelanocortin (POMC) and hepatic glucocorticoid receptors (GR) expression and induced significant changes in various aquaporins (AQP1, AQP2, AQP4, and AQP9). In conclusion, betaine supplementation to chicks held for 48 h post-hatch resulted in some changes in blood biochemical indices with no effects on performance during the first 15 days of life. The results suggest that betaine supplementation could ameliorate the stressful effects of water deprivation on POMC and GR expression and maintain cellular osmosis through interactions with variable aquaporins expression, particularly the AQP1 and AQP2. Further investigations are required to investigate the molecular mechanisms underlying the selective regulatory expression of different aquaporins in relation to betaine supplementation.
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- Department of Animal Production, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Animal Production, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Animal Production, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Animal Production, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Animal Production, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Zeitz JO, Fleischmann A, Ehbrecht T, Most E, Friedrichs S, Whelan R, Gessner DK, Failing K, Lütjohann D, Eder K. Effects of supplementation of DL-methionine on tissue and plasma antioxidant status during heat-induced oxidative stress in broilers. Poult Sci 2020; 99:6837-6847. [PMID: 33248599 PMCID: PMC7704969 DOI: 10.1016/j.psj.2020.08.082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2020] [Revised: 08/24/2020] [Accepted: 08/27/2020] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Exposure to high ambient temperature has been shown to impair growth performance and to cause oxidative stress in broilers. This study investigated the hypothesis that supplementation with methionine (Met) as DL-Met (DLM) more than the National Research Council recommendations improves growth performance and alleviates oxidative stress in broilers exposed to high ambient temperature. One-day-old male Cobb-500 broilers (n = 68) were allotted to 4 groups and phase-fed 3 basal diets during days 1 to 10, 11 to 21, and 22 to 35. One group was kept under thermoneutral temperature conditions and received the basal diets with Met + cysteine (Cys) concentrations according to recommendations of NRC. The other 3 groups were kept in a room with an increased ambient temperature from week 3 to 5 and were fed either the basal diet or the basal diets supplemented with 2 levels of DLM in which Met + Cys concentrations exceeded NRC recommendations by around 20% (group DLM1) and 40% (group DLM2), respectively. As expected, the broilers exposed to high ambient temperature showed a lower feed intake, lower body weight gains, a higher feed:gain ratio, and biochemical indications of oxidative stress in comparison to broilers kept under thermoneutral temperature conditions. Supplementation of DLM did not improve the growth performance in broilers exposed to high ambient temperature. However, the broilers supplemented with DLM had increased concentrations of glutathione in liver and breast muscle (groups DLM1 and DLM2), increased concentrations of tocopherols in the liver (group DLM2), and reduced concentrations of 7α-hydroxycholesterol and 7-ketocholesterol in heat-processed thigh muscle (groups DLM1 and DLM2) in comparison to the control group exposed to high ambient temperature. Concentrations of thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances and vitamin C in plasma, liver, and muscle were not different between the 3 groups exposed to heat stress. Nevertheless, the study shows that supplementation of DLM in slight excess of the Met concentration required for maximum growth performance improved the antioxidant status in tissues and reduced the susceptibility of muscle toward oxidation in heat-stressed broilers.
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- Johanna O Zeitz
- University of Giessen, Institute of Animal Nutrition and Nutritional Physiology, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany
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- University of Giessen, Institute of Animal Nutrition and Nutritional Physiology, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany
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- University of Giessen, Institute of Animal Nutrition and Nutritional Physiology, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany
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- University of Giessen, Institute of Animal Nutrition and Nutritional Physiology, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Pharmacology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Evonik Operations GmbH, Hanau-Wolfgang, Germany
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- University of Giessen, Institute of Animal Nutrition and Nutritional Physiology, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany.
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- Unit of Biomathematics and Data Processing, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Pharmacology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- University of Giessen, Institute of Animal Nutrition and Nutritional Physiology, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany
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Downing J, Kerr M, Hopkins D. The effects of pre-transport supplementation with electrolytes and betaine on performance, carcass yield and meat quality of broilers in summer and winter. Livest Sci 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2017.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Saeed M, Babazadeh D, Naveed M, Arain MA, Hassan FU, Chao S. Reconsidering betaine as a natural anti-heat stress agent in poultry industry: a review. Trop Anim Health Prod 2017; 49:1329-1338. [DOI: 10.1007/s11250-017-1355-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2017] [Accepted: 07/03/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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