Buffermin® Methionate

The Buffermin Methionates supply the sulfur amino acid, methionine. Methionine is the first nutrient to be limiting in typical poultry, cattle, dog, and cat diets. In adult animals, methionine is part Of body proteins and is important for a healthy skin and coat, optimal eye health, proper heart health and more. In young animals, methionine plays an important role in metabolic processes, muscle bulk growth, and quick growth. Methionine is also an initiator Of protein synthesis. It seryes as a precursor to other amino acids like cysteine which can then be converted into taurine. Methionine can also be converted into glutathione, an important antioxidant.

Diets for piglets and growing pigs can show a considerable deficiency in methionine, especially when formulated to achieve low nitrogen excretion for ecological and sanitary reasons. In poultry, methionine deficiency causes growth velocity reduction, feathering deterioration, muscle atrophy, fatty liver, and a reduction in bone strength. Such a deficiency can be conveniently compensated for by using Buffermin Methionates.
Diets that contain adequate levels of methionine include animal proteins such as meat and poultry (and their associated protein meals), egg products, fish and fish meals, corn co-products such as corn gluten meal, and brewers dried yeast. These ingredients are adequate in methionine and do not require any supplementation. Buffermin Methionates are
ideal for diets that contain minimal amounts of meat proteins or are heavily weighted with vegetable proteins like soy.

3 Years