Role of betaine in preventing heat stress

Experiments show that the addition of betaine to poultry feed may help to reduce coccidiosis infect ion and heat stress, conditions that both involve cell osmolarity. Nutreco Poultry and Rabbit Research Centre put this theory to the test. By Henk Enting and Jaco Eissen Betaine, which is a trimethyl derivate of the amino acid glycine, is found in many cells and has two main physiological functions. First, betaine can serve as a donor of methyl groups. For this reason, the substitution of me