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Article Dans Une Revue Reproduction Nutrition Development Année : 2006

Effects of a bovine colostrum-supplemented diet on some gut parameters in weaned piglets

Antoine Huguet
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Bernard Sève
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Jean Le Dividich
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Isabelle Le Huërou-Luron

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The present study investigated the effects of a bovine colostrum-supplemented diet on gut post-weaning adaptation and health in piglets. Thirty-six 21-d-old piglets were allocated to one of the three following dietary treatments: sow-reared (SR), weaned on a control starter diet (WCtrl) or on a starter diet supplemented with bovine colostrum (WCol) until slaughter at 28 d or 35 d of age. Gastric pH and intestinal bacteriological, structural and functional parameters were determined. Compared to WCtrl, the gastric pH was lower (P < 0.05) and the duodenal lactobacilli:coliform ratio was higher (P = 0.05) in WCol piglets. The relative small intestine weight was 18% (P < 0.05) higher in WCol piglets than in SR piglets. Duodenal villous height was lower (P < 0.01) in WCtrl than in SR piglets, whereas the value for WCol piglets was intermediate. The weaning-increased crypt cell proliferation was not affected by bovine colostrum supplementation. The mucosal ribosomal capacity was higher (P < 0.05) in W than in SR piglets. In conclusion, a diet supplemented with colostrum induced, although not always significantly, variations of gut parameters, suggesting that globally, colostrum may limit weaning-induced gut structural and microbial alterations. The observed effects occurred early and were maintained throughout the post-weaning adaptive phase.
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Antoine Huguet, Bernard Sève, Jean Le Dividich, Isabelle Le Huërou-Luron. Effects of a bovine colostrum-supplemented diet on some gut parameters in weaned piglets. Reproduction Nutrition Development, 2006, 46 (2), pp.167-178. ⟨10.1051/rnd:2006006⟩. ⟨hal-00900610⟩
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