Table 1.
Effects of 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) supplementation on different farm animals.
| Species | Growth Performance |
Production Performance |
Immune Function | Iron Status | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broiler chickens | 0 | ND | + | 0 | [31] |
| Broiler chickens | + | ND | + | ND | [16] |
| Broiler chickens | 0 | ND | 0 | + | [15] |
| Laying hens | ND | + | 0 | 0 | [19] |
| Laying hens | ND | + | + | + | [20] |
| Laying hens | ND | + | + | + | [21] |
| Weanling pigs | 0 | ND | + | + | [8] |
| Weanling pigs | + | ND | ND | + | [18] |
| Weanling pigs | 0 | ND | 0 | + | [13] |
| Weanling pigs | 0 | ND | + | + | [17] |
| Weanling pigs | 0 | ND | + | + | [29] |
| Fattening pigs | 0 | ND | ND | ND | [30] |
| Pregnant and lactating sows▲ | + | + | ND | + | [23] |
| Pregnant and lactating sows▲ | + | 0 | ND | + | [28] |
| Parturient sows▲ | + | + | + | + | [14] |
| Lactating dairy cows | ND | + | + | 0 | [22] |
+: Positive effect; 0: no effect; ND: not determined; ▲: growth performance indices were measured in progenies.