Dietary L-leucine supplementation improves ruminal fermentation parameters and epithelium development in fattening Angus beef cattle
Dietary supplementation with L-Leu altered rumen fermentation parameters and patterns, improved rumen epithelial morphology, and enhanced the expression of genes related to VFA absorption and metabolism in the rumen epithelium of beef cattle.
Authors
- Jing Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3458-6252)
- Jishan An (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7701-705X)
- Xinyi Lan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2709-0515)
- Anwei Cheng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2804-8471)
- Fachun Wan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8051-3663)
- Lei Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2508-9393)
- Zhiqing Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5168-0144)
- Wang Zuo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5744-9026)
- Hao Ge (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0404-5268)
- Weijun Shen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2407-8761)
- Yu Ge
- Huitian He
Institutions
- Yan'an University (CN)
- Sino Biological (China) (CN)
- Hunan Agricultural University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology/Journal of animal science and biotechnology
- Published
- 2025-04-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s40104-025-01190-0
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 7.61
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Key Research and Development Program of Ningxia