Choline Chloride is an essential nutrient for optimum animal growth, specifically in poultry, swine, dairy and companion animals.
Choline is associated with the metabolism and synthesis of glycine, betaine, cysteine, serine, methionine and many other methyl containing biological compounds. It has four primary metabolic functions:
@ Essential in the building, regulating and maintenance of cell membrane integrity and porosity, plus the normal maturation of bone cartilage, including the prevention of perosis in broilers;
@ Acts as a lipotropic agent, which aids in the utilization and outward transport of fat in the liver, thus preventing abnormal fat accumulation or so-called "fatty liver";
@ A precurser for acetyl choline synthesis, the transmission agent for impulses along the sympathetic nervous system;
@ A source of labile methyl groups, essential for numerous biological functions.