Jeffery, Alison Gilbert, Mélina Corsaut, Lorelei Gaudreau, Annie Obradovic, Milan R. Cloutier, Simon Frenette, Marie-Christine Surprenant, Charles Lacouture, Sonia Arnal, Jose Luis
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AbstractStreptococcus suis is a bacterial pathogen that causes important economic losses to the swine industry worldwide. Since there are no current commercial vaccines, the use of autogenous vaccines applied to gilts/sows to enhance transfer of passive immunity is an attractive alternative to protect weaned piglets. However, there is no universal ...
long, shenfei mahfuz, shad piao, xiangshu
In this study, the aim was to evaluate the effects of dietary 25-hydroxycholecalciferol supplementation from day 85 of gestation on performance, antioxidant capacity, and immunoglobulin level of sows and newborn piglets. On day 85 of gestation, forty Landrace × Yorkshire gestating sows (average body weight of 241 ± 6.8 kg; average parity of 3.47 ± ...
Wang, Xintao Fang, Tingting Chen, Daiwen Pu, Junning Tian, Gang He, Jun Zheng, Ping Mao, Xiangbing Wu, Aimin Yu, Bing
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Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Maternal dietary supplementation with chitosan oligosaccharide (COS) has been considered as a potential intervention to mitigate the occurrence of intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) and improve postnatal growth. The present study investigated the effect of COS as a dietary supplement for sows during late gestation and lactation on their product...
Duan, Xuelei Wang, Xiao Li, Zhaonian Liu, Chenggong Bao, Yongzhan Shi, Wanyu Zhao, Xinghua
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Frontiers in Microbiology
The stress response of pig herds poses a significant challenge in the pig breeding industry, and investigating strategies to mitigate this stress is of paramount importance. The objective of this study was to investigate the impacts of supplemental feeding of Chinese herbal mixtures to perinatal sows on antioxidant capacity and gut microbiota of so...
Novotný, Jaroslav Mudroňová, Dagmar Krepelková, Zuzana Bárdová, Katarína D’Alfonso, Alexia
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Folia Veterinaria
The flow cytometry method is used in many fields, not only scientific, but also clinical. In science, flow cytometry is used in immunology, molecular biology, microbiology or plant biology. In medicine, has its use, in the diagnosis of tumours, in reproductive and prenatal diagnosis, in transplants or in haematology. In our experimental work, we us...
chen, zhirong xiao, lixia sun, qian chen, qiangqiang hua, weidong zhang, jinzhi
This study aimed to determine the effects of different doses of Acremonium terricola culture (ATC) on lactation performance, immune function, antioxidant capacity, and intestinal flora of sows. Forty-five Landrace sows (3–6 parity) were randomly assigned to the following three treatments from 85 days of gestation to 21 days after farrowing: a contr...
Kramer, Ton Cornelison, Alyssa S. Klein, Alan Socha, Mike T. Rapp, Christof Rodrigues, Lucas A. Alberton, Geraldo C.
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Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Introduction Claw lesions significantly contribute to lameness, greatly affecting sow welfare. This study investigated different factors that would impact the severity of claw lesions in the sows of Brazilian commercial herds. Methods A total of 129 herds (n = 12,364 sows) were included in the study. Herds were in the Midwest, Southeast, or South r...
fang, chengkun tang, xiaopeng zhang, qingtai qifang, yu deng, shengting shusong, wu fang, rejun
The present study aimed to determine the effects of dietary Lonicera flos and Sucutellaria baicalensis mixed extract (LSE) supplementation during the late-pregnancy period on the reproductive performance, umbilical cord blood hematological parameters, umbilical cord serum biochemical parameters, immune indices, hormone levels, colostrum ingredients...
Miroshnichenko, Igor Tresnitskiy, Sergey Tresnitskiy, Anatoliy Kochetkova, Anastasya Rudenko, Andrei
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BIO Web of Conferences
The article discusses the issues of productivity of sows depending on the technology of their maintenance and breeding methods. It was found that the technology of cultivation and breeding methods do not affect the multiplicity of sows, but have an effect on the individual weight of piglets at 21 and 35 days, as well as the weight of the nest at we...
tang, jilang zhao, mingchao yang, wenyue chen, hong dong, yihan he, qi miao, xue zhang, jiantao
This study investigated the efficacy of a composite probiotics composed of lactobacillus plantarum, lactobacillus reuteri, and bifidobacterium longum in alleviating oxidative stress in weaned piglets and pregnant sows. Evaluations of growth, oxidative stress, inflammation, intestinal barrier, and fecal microbiota were conducted. Results showed that...
