The effect of dam parity on growth, white blood cell count, haemoglobin and immunoglobulin levels of weaner pigs

Title
The effect of dam parity on growth, white blood cell count, haemoglobin and immunoglobulin levels of weaner pigs
Publication Date
2017
Author(s)
Hermesch, Susanne
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9647-5988
Email: skahtenb@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:skahtenb
McKenna, T
Bauer, M M
Sales, N
Type of document
Conference Publication
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
CSIRO Publishing
Place of publication
Australia
Series
Manipulating Pig Production
DOI
10.1071/ANv57n12Ab134
UNE publication id
une:23655
Abstract
Dam parity affects the growth rate of finisher pigs and gilt progeny have lower growth rates than progeny from multiparous sows, although the magnitude of this effect varies between herds (Hermesch and Li 2013). Gilt progeny had lower levels of immunoglobulin (Ig) G and IgA at birth (Klobasa et al. 1986). However, differences in IgG and IgA were the reverse between piglets from gilts v. multiparous sows at 2 (IgA) and 3 (IgG) weeks of age, due to higher de-novo synthetisation of Ig in piglets from gilt litters (Klobasa et al. 1986). Similarly, Miller et al. (2013) found no dam-parity effect on multiple immune parameters measured in piglets. This study hypothesised that gilt progeny have reduced growth and similar haematological and immunoglobulin levels in weaner pigs in comparison to progeny from multiparous sows.
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Citation
Animal Production Science, 57(12), p. 2482-2482
ISSN
1836-5787
1836-0939
Start page
2482
End page
2482

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