Effect of vitamin E supplementation on immune status ...
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| Title | Effect of vitamin E supplementation on immune status and alpha -tocopherol in plasma of piglets |
| Author(s) | M. Hidiroglou, T. Batra, E. Farnworth, R. Markham |
| Journal | Reproduction, nutrition, development |
| Date | 1995 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Start page | 443 |
| End page | 450 |
| Abstract | From day 57 of pregnancy, 12 Yorkshire gilts were given a diet without and with 5% rapeseed oil, supplemented with Se 0.1 mg and DL- alpha -tocopherol (as tocopherol acetate) 22 IU/kg feed. Colostrum (day 0) and milk (days 7, 14, 21 and 28 post partum) were sampled from gilts. At farrowing, 3 piglets from each gilt of both groups were injected with alpha -tocopherol 500 IU at birth and 1000 IU at 7 and 14 days old; 3 piglets were injected with saline and used as controls. Blood samples were taken from the newborn piglets at birth and at 7, 14, 21, 28 and 35 days old. alpha -Tocopherol concentrations and antibody titres in colostrum were significantly higher than in the milk. Plasma alpha -tocopherol concentrations and antibody titres to Keyhole limpet haemocyanin of piglets injected with tocopherol were significantly higher than controls. Tocopherol-injected piglets had significantly higher alpha -tocopherol concentrations in spleen, liver, kidney, heart, lung and hip muscle than controls.. |
| ISSN | 0926-5287 |
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