Stress-Induced Phosphaturia in Weaned Piglets
The weaning period in piglets draws significant attention from researchers, veterinarians, and breeders. A substantial change in diet accompanied by enormous stress has health and welfare implications (abnormal feeding intake, infections, umbilical lesions, etc.). While the parameters like optimal a...
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| author | Malgorzata Habich Bartosz Pawlinski Maria Sady Katarzyna Siewruk Piotr Zielenkiewicz Zdzislaw Gajewski Pawel Szczesny |
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| description | The weaning period in piglets draws significant attention from researchers, veterinarians, and breeders. A substantial change in diet accompanied by enormous stress has health and welfare implications (abnormal feeding intake, infections, umbilical lesions, etc.). While the parameters like optimal age or weight for the weaning have been studied extensively, relatively less attention has been devoted to the study of stress effects in the piglets’ biochemistry. As one of the effects of stress is hyperventilation, a gasometric analysis supported by measurements of hypoxia biomarkers was conducted. Piglets blood and urine, one day and seven days before and one day and seven days after the weaning, were tested. There was no evidence of hyperventilation, but phosphaturia and hypophosphatemia were observed one and seven days postweaning, respectively. A statistical analysis across the population also pointed to minor tissue hypoxia. Our work contributes to an understanding of biochemical dynamics and helps in the interpretation of physiological changes observed in piglets in this critical period. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c995e60533904f438454b0fabb8867e92023-11-20T22:26:47ZengMDPI AGAnimals2076-26152020-11-011012222010.3390/ani10122220Stress-Induced Phosphaturia in Weaned PigletsMalgorzata Habich0Bartosz Pawlinski1Maria Sady2Katarzyna Siewruk3Piotr Zielenkiewicz4Zdzislaw Gajewski5Pawel Szczesny6Department of Bioinformatics, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics PAS, ul. Pawinskiego 5A, 02-106 Warsaw, PolandDepartment of Large Animals with Clinic, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Nowoursynowska 100, 02-797 Warsaw, PolandDepartment of Large Animals with Clinic, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Nowoursynowska 100, 02-797 Warsaw, PolandDepartment of Large Animals with Clinic, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Nowoursynowska 100, 02-797 Warsaw, PolandDepartment of Bioinformatics, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics PAS, ul. Pawinskiego 5A, 02-106 Warsaw, PolandDepartment of Large Animals with Clinic, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Nowoursynowska 100, 02-797 Warsaw, PolandDepartment of Bioinformatics, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics PAS, ul. Pawinskiego 5A, 02-106 Warsaw, PolandThe weaning period in piglets draws significant attention from researchers, veterinarians, and breeders. A substantial change in diet accompanied by enormous stress has health and welfare implications (abnormal feeding intake, infections, umbilical lesions, etc.). While the parameters like optimal age or weight for the weaning have been studied extensively, relatively less attention has been devoted to the study of stress effects in the piglets’ biochemistry. As one of the effects of stress is hyperventilation, a gasometric analysis supported by measurements of hypoxia biomarkers was conducted. Piglets blood and urine, one day and seven days before and one day and seven days after the weaning, were tested. There was no evidence of hyperventilation, but phosphaturia and hypophosphatemia were observed one and seven days postweaning, respectively. A statistical analysis across the population also pointed to minor tissue hypoxia. Our work contributes to an understanding of biochemical dynamics and helps in the interpretation of physiological changes observed in piglets in this critical period.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/10/12/2220weaning periodhypophosphatemiatissue hypoxiabiochemical parameters |
| spellingShingle | Malgorzata Habich Bartosz Pawlinski Maria Sady Katarzyna Siewruk Piotr Zielenkiewicz Zdzislaw Gajewski Pawel Szczesny Stress-Induced Phosphaturia in Weaned Piglets Animals weaning period hypophosphatemia tissue hypoxia biochemical parameters |
| title | Stress-Induced Phosphaturia in Weaned Piglets |
| title_full | Stress-Induced Phosphaturia in Weaned Piglets |
| title_fullStr | Stress-Induced Phosphaturia in Weaned Piglets |
| title_full_unstemmed | Stress-Induced Phosphaturia in Weaned Piglets |
| title_short | Stress-Induced Phosphaturia in Weaned Piglets |
| title_sort | stress induced phosphaturia in weaned piglets |
| topic | weaning period hypophosphatemia tissue hypoxia biochemical parameters |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/10/12/2220 |
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