Isoquinoline Alkaloids in Sows’ Diet Reduce Body Weight Loss during Lactation and Increase IgG in Colostrum

Isoquinoline Alkaloids in Sows’ Diet Reduce Body Weight Loss during Lactation and Increase IgG in Colostrum

Isoquinoline alkaloids (IQ) exert beneficial antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory effects in livestock. Therefore, we hypothesized that supplementing sows’ diets with IQ during gestation would decrease farrowing stress, affecting the piglets’ development and performance. Sows were divided into: IQ1,...

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Main Authors: Ester Arévalo Sureda, Xuemei Zhao, Valeria Artuso-Ponte, Sophie-Charlotte Wall, Bing Li, Wei Fang, Julie Uerlings, Yuping Zhang, Martine Schroyen, Clément Grelet, Frédéric Dehareng, José Wavreille, Nadia Everaert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-07-01
Series:Animals
Subjects:
farrowing stress
maternal programming
piglets
colostrum
growth performance
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/11/8/2195

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