Dietary β-hydroxy-β-methyl butyrate supplementation improves intestinal health and growth performance in Tibetan sheep lambs via modulating small intestinal microbiota
In summary, dietary supplementation with M-HMB (715 mg/kg) promoted small intestinal growth and development, enhanced digestive and absorptive functions, optimized the microbial composition, improved carbohydrate degradation, and increased the production of SCFAs, ultimately improving the growth performance of Tibetan sheep lambs.
Authors
- Y. Charles Cao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5476-221X)
- S. M. Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6498-4761)
- Lamei Wang
- Shengzhen HOU
- Wenliang Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-6390)
- Hao Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6306-4349)
- Jieqiong Cai
- Dandan Meng
Institutions
- Qinghai University (CN)
- The University of Western Australia (AU)
- Northwest Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering (CN)
- Northwest A&F University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology/Journal of animal science and biotechnology
- Published
- 2026-02-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s40104-025-01345-z
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 51.34