# Dietary supplement may enhance dairy cattle health and reproductive capacity - FarmingUK News

> FarmingUK reported on a University of Illinois study suggesting that protected methionine may improve dairy cow health and reproduction. The article notes the follicle growth result was not statistically significant but showed a trend.

- Date: 2017-04-18 · published 2017-04-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region UK · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/71857-dietary-supplement-may-enhance-dairy-cattle-health-and-reproductive-capacity
- Commodities: [Methionine](https://feedsoft.ai/c/METH.md)

## Why it matters

If the benefits hold up in commercial herds, demand for rumen-protected methionine could rise. The current evidence is too limited to move feed prices meaningfully.

## Read by commodity

- METH: bullish ▲

## Sources

- farminguk.com: https://www.farminguk.com/news/dietary-supplement-may-enhance-dairy-cattle-health-and-reproductive-capacity_46192.html

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