The Influence of Vitamin B12 on the Utilization of Choline Precursors by the Chick

Publisher Website
Google Scholar
Abstract
Chicks fed diets supplemented with vitamin B12 and folacin were unable to utilize betaine, DL-methionine or methyl-animoethanol, individually, in complete replacement of the dietary choline essential for growth and prevention of perosis. The chick was unable to utilize aminoethanol plus betaine HCl or DL-methionine as precursors of choline even when the diet was supplemented with vitamin B12. The chick was able to utilize methylaminoethanol plus betaine HCl or DL-methionine as replacements for the dietary choline essential for growth and prevention of perosis only when vitamin B12 was added to the diet. Dimethylaminoethanol as a replacement for choline prevented perosis and produced near normal growth only when the diet contained vitamin B12.

This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit: