Growth differences of male and female Göttingen minipigs during ad libitum feeding: A pilot study

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 80-93

  Bollen, P J A ^a   Madsen, L W ^b,d   Meyer, O ^c   Ritskes Hoitinga, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c DANISH VETERINARY AND FOOD ADMINISTRATION   (Denmark)

^d NOVO NORDISK A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Blood values; Growth; Minipigs; Obesity; Pathology

Indexed keywords

FAT; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANIMAL WELLBEING; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACK; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BODY FAT; BODY GROWTH; CALORIC INTAKE; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL WELFARE; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; GENDER; HEMATOLOGY; MALE; MINIPIG; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; OBESITY; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; THICKNESS; WEIGHT GAIN;

AGING; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; DIET; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SWINE; SWINE, MINIATURE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 13244265524     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0023677052886565     Document Type: Article

References (49)

1. Agricultural Research Council (1981) The Nutrient Requirements of Pigs. Slough: Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux
2. Blaxter K (1989) Energy Metabolism in Animals and Man. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
3. Buhlinger CA, Wangsness PJ, Martin RJ, Ziegler JH (1978) Body composition, in vitro lipid metabolism and skeletal muscle characteristics in fast-growing, lean and in slow-growing, obese pigs at equal age and weight. Growth 42, 225-36
4. Campbell RG, Teverner MR, Curic DM (1988) The effects of gender and live weight on the growing pig's response to dietary protein. Animal Production 46, 123-30
5. Carrasco L, Madsen LW, Salguero FJ, Nunez A, Sanchez-Cordon P, Bollen P (2003) Immune complex associated thrombocytopenic purpura syndrome in sexually mature Göttingen minipigs. Journal of Comparative Pathology 128, 25-32
6. Claus R, Weiler U (1994) Endocrine regulation of growth and metabolism in the pig, a review. Livestock Production Science 37, 245-60
7. Cunha TJ (1966) Nutritional requirements of the pig. In: Swine in Biomedical Research (Bustad LK, Burns MP, eds). Seattle: Frayn & McClellan, pp 681-95
8. Derno M, Jentsch W, Klein M, Kuchenmeister U, Nurnberg K, Hartung M, Wunsche J (1997) Effect of body composition feed intake and ambient temperature on heat production of Vietnamese Sway-back pigs. Zeitschrift fuer Ernahrungswissenschaft 36, 285-9
9. Dettmers A (1968) On nutrition of the miniature pigs at the Hormel Institute. Laboratory Animal Care 18, 116-19
10. Dobson KJ, Davies RL, Cargill CF (1978) Ulceration of the pars oesophagea in pigs. Australian Veterinary Journal 54, 601-2
11. Ellegaard L, Jorgensen KD, Klastrup S, Hansen AK, Svendsen O (1995) Haematologic and clinical chemical values in 3 and 6 months old Göttingen minipigs. Scandinavian Journal of Laboratory Animal Science 22, 239-48
12. Etherton TD (1980) Subcutaneous adipose tissue cellularity of swine with different propensities for adipose tissue growth. Growth 44, 182-91
13. Garcia-Bolao I, Merino J, Martinez A, Grau A, Alegria E, Martinez-Caro D (1996) Effect of hypercholesterolaemia on platelet growth factors. European Journal of Clinical Investigation 26, 929-35
14. Gleason JR (1999a) Within subjects (repeated measures) ANOVA, including between subjects factors. Stata Technical Bulletin 47. STB Reprints 8, 236-43
15. Gleason JR (1999b) Pairwise comparisons of means, including the Tukey WSD method. Stata Technical Bulletin 47. STB Reprints 8, 225-33
16. Glodek P (1981) Entstehung und zuechterische Forentwicklung. In: Das Goettinger Miniaturschwein (Glodek P, Oldigs B, eds). Berlin: Verlag Paul Parrey, pp 9-17
17. Glodek P (1986) Breeding program and population Standards of the Göttingen miniature swine. In: Swine in Biomedical Research (Tumbleson ME, ed). New York: Plenum Press, pp 23-8
18. Glodek P, Bruns E, Oldigs B, Holtz W (1977) Das Goettinger Miniaturschwein-ein Laboratoriumtier mit weltweiter Bedeutung. Zuechtungskunde 49, 21-32
19. GV-SOLAS, Gesellschaft fuer Veruchstierkunde/Society for Laboratory Animal Science (1993) Futtercomponente und ihr Einsatz bei Versuchstiere. Berlin: Mitteilungen des Ausschusses fuer Ernaehrung der Versuchstiere
20. Hauser N, Mourot J, De Clercq L, Genart C, Remacle C (1997) The cellularity of developing adipose tissues in Pietrain and Meishan pigs. Reproduction Nutrition Dévelopment 37, 617-25
21. Holtz W, Kallweit E (1981) Koerperbau und Koerperentwicklung. In: Das Goettinger Miniaturschwein (Glodek P, Oldigs B, eds). Berlin: Verlag Paul Parrey, pp 32-43
22. Jain NC (1986) Schalm's Veterinary Haematology. Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger
23. Jorgensen KD, Ellegaard L, Klastrup S, Svendsen O (1998) Haematologic and clinical chemical values in pregnant and juvenile Göttingen minipigs. Scandinavian Journal of Laboratory Animal Science 25(Suppl. 1), 181-90
24. Kleiber M (1979) The Fire of Life. An Introduction to Animal Energetics. New York: Robert E Krieger Publishing Company
25. Klindt J, Buonomo FC, Yen JT (1995) Administration of porcine somatotropin by sustained-release implant: growth, carcass, and sensory responses in crossbred white and genetically lean and obese boars and gilts. Journal of Animal Science 73, 1327-39
26. Koong LJ, Nienaber JA, Mersmann HJ (1983) Effects of plane of nutrition on organ size and fasting heat production in genetically obese and lean pigs. Journal of Nutrition 113, 1626-31
27. Larsen MO, Rolin B, Wilken M, Carr RD, Svendsen O, Bollen P (2001) Parameters of glucose and lipid metabolism in the male Göttingen minipig: influence of age, body weight and breeding family. Comparative Medicine 51, 436-42
28. Lewis AJ (1993) Comparison of ARC and NRC recommended requirements for energy and protein in growing pigs. In: Recent Developments in Pig Nutrition 2 (Cole DJA, Haresign W, Garnsworthy PC, eds). Loughborough: Nottingham University Press, pp 47-59
29. Li XW, Goetz KU, Presuhn U, Glodek P (1988) Der gegenwaertige Leistungsstand in der Gewichtsentwicklung und Aufzuchtleistung der Goettinger Minischweine. Zuechtungskunde 60, 108-15
30. Loeb WF, Quimby FW, eds (1999) The Clinical Chemistry of Laboratory Animals. Philadelphia: Taylor and Francis
31. Madsen LW, Jensen AL, Larsen S (1998) Spontaneous lesions in clinically healthy, microbiologically defined Göttingen minipigs. Scandinavian Journal of Laboratory Animal Science 25, 159-66
32. Mersmann HJ, Leymaster KA (1984) Differential deposition and utilization of backfat layers in swine. Growth 48, 321-30
33. National Research Council (1988) Nutrient Requirements of Swine, 9th edn. Washington, DC: National Academy Press
34. Oldigs B (1986) Untersuchungen zur Koerperentwicklung und zur Physiologie des Goettinger Miniaturschweines. Göttingen: Dissertation Georg-August-Universitaet Göttingen
35. Parsons AH, Wells RE (1986) Serum biochemistry of healthy Yucatan miniature pigs, Laboratory Animal Science 36, 428
36. Pocock EF, Bayley HS, Roe CK, Slinger SJ (1969) Dietary factors affecting the development of esophagogastric ulcers in swine. Journal of Animal Science 29, 591-7
37. Pond WG, Jung HG, Varel VH (1988) Effect of dietary fibre on young adult genetically lean, obese and contemporary pigs: body weight, carcass measurements, organ weights and digesta content. Journal of Animal Science 66, 699-706
38. Radin MJ, Weiser MG, Fettman MJ (1986) Haematologic and serum biochemical values for Yucatan miniature swine. Laboratory Animal Science 36, 425-7
39. Rispat G, Slaoui M, Weber D, Salemink P, Berthoux C, Shrivastava R (1993) Haematological and plasma biochemical values for healthy Yucatan micropigs, Laboratory Animals 27, 368-73
40. Ritskes-Hoitinga J, Bollen P (1997) Nutrition of (Göttingen) minipigs: facts, assumptions and mysteries. Pharmacology & Toxicology 80(Suppl. 2), 5-9
41. Ritskes-Hoitinga J, Bollen P (1998) Minipigs and dietary aspects. The formulation of a test diet in establishing the nutrient requirements and optimum feeding schedules for minipigs. Scandinavian Journal of Laboratory Animal Science 25(Suppl. 1), 27-30
42. Schmidt DA, Tumbleson ME (1986) Swine haematology. In: Swine in Biomedical Research (Tumbleson ME, ed). New York: Plenum Press, pp 767-82
43. Seideman SC, Crouse JD, Mersmann HJ (1989) Carcass, muscle and meat characteristics of lean and obese pigs. Journal of Animal Science 67, 2950-5
44. Smidt D (1981) Haltung und Fuetterung. In: Das Goettinger Miniaturschwein (Glodek P, Oldigs B, eds). Berlin: Verlag Paul Parrey, pp 18-26
45. Svendsen O, Skydsgaard M, Aarup V, Klastrup S (1998) Spontaneous occurring microscopic lesions in selected organs of the Göttingen minipigs. Scandinavian Journal of Laboratory Animal Science 25(Suppl. 1), 231-4
46. Tumbleson ME, Schmidt DA (1986) Swine clinical chemistry. In: Swine in Biomedical Research (Tumbleson ME, ed). New York: Plenum Press, pp 783-807
47. Varel VH, Pond WG, Pekas JC, Yen JT (1982) Influence of high-fibre diet on bacterial populations in gastrointestinal tracts of obese- and lean-genotype pigs. Applied Environmental Microbiology 44, 107-12
48. Varel VH, Jung HG, Pond WG (1988) Effects of dietary fibre of young adult genetically lean, obese and contemporary pigs: rate of passage, digestibility and microbiological data. Journal of Animal Science 66, 707-12
49. Wangsness PJ, Gobble JL, Sherritt GW (1980) Feeding behavior of lean and obese pigs. Physiology & Behavior 24, 407-10