Dietary supplementation with Forsythia suspensa extract during late gestation improves reproductive performance, colostrum composition, antioxidant status, immunoglobulin, and inflammatory cytokines in sows and newborn piglets

Autor: Xianhua Piao, T.F. He, D. Wu, Shenfei Long
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Animal Feed Science and Technology. 271:114700
ISSN: 0377-8401
DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2020.114700
Popis: This study aimed to evaluate the effects of dietary Forsythia suspensa extract (FSE) supplementation during late gestation on reproductive performance, colostrum composition, nutrient digestibility, antioxidant status, immune status, and inflammatory cytokines in sows and newborn piglets. Forty healthy Yorkshire × Landrace gestating sows (average parity of 3.28 ± 0.61; average body weight of 240.16 ± 6.81 kg) were randomly assigned to 2 dietary treatments with 20 sows per treatment based on body weight, back fat thickness and parity. From d 85 of gestation to farrowing, sows were fed one of two diets including a control diet (CON) and a FSE diet (CON + 100 mg/kg FSE). The results showed that sows fed FSE had increased (P
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