The role of choline in ruminant nutrition

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1 M.Sc. Student, Department of Animal and Poultry Nutrition, Faculty of Animal Science, Gorgan University of Agricultural Science and Natural Resources, Gorgan, Golestan, Iran

2 Professor, Department of Animal and Poultry Nutrition, Faculty of Animal Science, Gorgan University of Agricultural Science and Natural Resources, Gorgan, Golestan, Iran

Abstract

Unlike other B vitamins, choline is not a metabolic catalyst and is considered an essential building block in body tissues. Also, choline is a part of lecithins, which play a vital role in cell structure and activity. Choline plays an important role in fat metabolism in the liver as it converts excess fat in the liver to lecithin or increases the consumption of fatty acids and therefore prevents the accumulation of fat in the liver. Choline is part of acetylcholine, which is responsible for the transmission of nerve messages. Finally, this vitamin acts as a donor of methyl groups in transmethylation reactions with the involvement of folic acid or vitamin B12, although other compounds such as methionine and betaine can also act as donors of methyl groups. They are not able to replace choline in its other functions. Considering that choline can be made from methionine in the liver; therefore the animal's choline requirement is affected by the level of methionine in the diet.

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