Hostname: page-component-848d4c4894-hfldf Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-05-11T09:43:16.166Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

The influence of birth order and duration of farrowing on concentrations of metabolites in the umbilical cord blood of newborn piglets

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

S.E. Ilsley  and
H.M. Miller
S.E. Ilsley
Affiliation:
The University of Leeds, Centre for Animal Sciences, LIBA, School of Biology, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
H.M. Miller
Affiliation:
The University of Leeds, Centre for Animal Sciences, LIBA, School of Biology, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
Get access

Extract

It was the purpose of this study to ascertain whether concentrations of glucose (GLU), urea and non-esterified fatty acids (NEFA) in blood collected from the umbilical cords of newborn piglets vary according to the position of the piglet in the birth order of a litter. Umbilical cord blood is representative of the piglets status at the time of birth. It would therefore be advantageous to know whether blood withdrawn from the umbilical cord of one piglet is representative of the litter in terms of these metabolites. This study was therefore designed to test the hypotheses that position in the birth order, and time of birth relative to delivery of the first piglet in a litter, will influence GLU, urea and NEFA concentrations in umbilical cord blood.

Type
Poster Presentations
Information
Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2003 , 2003 , pp. 85
Copyright
Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2003

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)