Choline – An essential nutrient for transition dairy cows

Since the earliest research on Choline, scientists have known it to be a required nutrient for many monogastric animals. Although the scientific community does not yet recognize choline as a required nutrient for ruminants, a review of the literature provides mounting evidence that it is. How do you define “essential” in your dairy diets? An essential nutrient is one required for normal body functioning that either cannot be synthesized by the body at all, or cannot be synthesized in amount