Dietary citrulline supplementation enhances milk production in lactating dairy goats
Our novel results indicate that dietary supplementation of Cit fed ad-libitum in Alpine does increased daily milk yield, milk SNF content, and protein content. Supplemental Cit may be a proxy for Arg in goats to enhance lactational performance.
Authors
- Fuller W. Bazer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5823-5086)
- Guoyao Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8058-6969)
- William B. Foxworth
- Makenzie G Newton
- Karina Hissen
- Scott Horner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9886-6934)
- Claire Stenhouse (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8302-7900)
- Arianna N. Lopez
- Erin Connolly
Institutions
- Prairie View A&M University (US)
- Texas A&M University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology/Journal of animal science and biotechnology
- Published
- 2025-04-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s40104-025-01187-9
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Animal health and immunology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 9.42