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Effects of Choline Deficiency on Health and Growth of Poultry and Its Mechanisms

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  • 1. Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Beijing 100193, China;
    2. College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China

Received date: 2014-03-28

  Online published: 2014-09-10

Abstract

Choline is an essential nutrient for health, growth and development of poultry and it plays important roles in the synthesis of the membrane phospholipids, methyl-group metabolism, neurotransmission, and liver lipid transport. Dietary choline deficiency in poultry causes a significant decrease on growth and development rate and feed intake. This review provided the clinical characteristics of choline deficiency in poultry, the main factors affecting choline deficiency, and the effects of choline deficiency on health, growth and development of poultry. In addition, the mechanisms of choline deficiency were summarized, and the perspectives of choline applications in poultry husbandry were also discussed.

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WEN Zhiguo, TANG Jing, XIE Ming, HUANG Wei, HOU Shuisheng . Effects of Choline Deficiency on Health and Growth of Poultry and Its Mechanisms[J]. Chinese Journal of Animal Nutrition, 2014 , 26(9) : 2445 -2450 . DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-267x.2014.09.001

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