1PhD Scholar,
2Head and Director-
3Principal Scientist,
4Senior Scientist,
*Corresponding author: Alok Mishra, Ph. D. Scholar dr.mishra04@gmail.com, Present address:
Present study was conducted to investigate the effect of betaine supplementation on serum metabolite profile in gestating sows. For the study, eighteen crossbred (Landrace X Desi) inseminated sows were randomly distributed into three treatment groups with six sows per treatment in completely randomized design. Animals in T0 (control) group were fed basal diet, whereas, T1 and T2 treatment groups were fed basal diet supplemented with betaine @ 3g/kg dry matter either during late gestation (76 days before to farrowing) or throughout the length of gestation, respectively. There were no significant (P>0.05) differences in serum glucose, albumin, globulin, total protein, albumin/globulin ratio and creatinine levels among the groups. whereas, serum cholesterol and triglyceride levels were significantly(P<0.05) lower in T2 group as compared to T0 and T1groups. Thus, it can be concluded that, dietary betaine supplementation @ 3 g/kg throughout the length of gestation was helpful in decreasing the serum cholesterol and triglyceride levels in sows.
Betaine, Cholesterol, Gestating sows, Metabolicprofile, Triglyceride