Effect of supplementing sows' feed with α-tocopherol acetate and vitamin C on transfer of α-tocopherol to piglet tissues, colostrum, and milk: Aspects of immune status of piglets

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 92-100

  Pinelli Saavedra, A ^a,b   Calderon de la Barca A M ^a   Hernandez J ^a   Valenzuela, R ^a   Scaife, J R ^b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN ALIMENTACIÓN Y DESARROLLO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Immune response; Piglet tissues; Sow; Vitamin C; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CONCANAVALIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; ROVIMIX;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; COLOSTRUM; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE STATUS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MILK; MONOTHERAPY; NONHUMAN; PIGLET; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PREGNANCY; SOW (SWINE); SPLEEN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THYMUS; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WEANING;

ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ASCORBIC ACID; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLOSTRUM; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; IMMUNITY, MATERNALLY-ACQUIRED; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MILK; PREGNANCY; SWINE;

EID: 43849097062     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2007.08.007     Document Type: Article

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