Taurine drives body protein renewal and accretion in beef steers.

ABSTRACT: The aims of the present study were to investigate the effects of dietary supplementation with rumen-protected taurine (RPT) on the whole-body protein turnover, the plasma metabolomics, and the whole blood cell transcriptomics in steers. Eight steers, averaging 220 ± 3.26 kg of liveweight, were allocated in a replicate 4 × 4 Latin square design. The experimental treatments consisted of four levels of RPT supplementation: 0, 25, 50, and 75 g RPT per day, added to a basal diet. The results showed that supplementation with RPT linearly decreased the fecal nitrogen (N) excretion (P = 0.001) and the ¹⁵N fractional recovery rate (P = 0.047), while it linearly increased the urinary excretion of taurine (P = 0.045) as well as the average daily weight gain (P =

SUBMITTER: Zhang S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11541941 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature