# Dietary supplement may enhance dairy cattle health and reproductive capacity | College of Agricultural, Consumer & Environmental Sciences | Illinois

> A University of Illinois study led by animal scientist Phil Cardoso found that rumen-protected methionine supplements altered gene expression in dairy cow ovarian follicles and reduced inflammation-related genes. The follicle growth difference was not statistically significant, though the researcher observed a pattern.

- Date: 2017-04-17 · published 2017-04-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/71855-dietary-supplement-may-enhance-dairy-cattle-health-and-reproductive-capacity
- Commodities: [Methionine](https://feedsoft.ai/c/METH.md)

## Why it matters

The findings point to a possible modest rise in demand for feed-grade methionine if dairy producers adopt supplementation for reproductive and health benefits. The effect on prices is likely small given the early, single-study evidence.

## Read by commodity

- METH: bullish ▲

## Sources

- aces.illinois.edu: https://aces.illinois.edu/news/dietary-supplement-may-enhance-dairy-cattle-health-and-reproductive-capacity
- phys.org: https://phys.org/news/2017-04-dietary-supplement-dairy-cattle-health.html
- nutritioninsight.com: https://www.nutritioninsight.com/news/dietary-supplement-may-enhance-dairy-cattle-health-and-reproductive-capacity.html

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