Effect of maternal seaweed extract supplementation on suckling piglet growth, humoral immunity, selected microflora, and immune response after an ex vivo lipopolysaccharide challenge

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 505-514

  Leonard, S G ^a   Sweeney, T ^a   Bahar, B ^a   O'Doherty, J V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Humoral immunity; Laminaria species; Piglet; Seaweed; Sow

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MESSENGER RNA; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHEMISTRY; COLOSTRUM; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; FECES; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; ILEUM; IMMUNOLOGY; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MICROBIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEAWEED; SUCKLING ANIMAL; SWINE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; BIRTH WEIGHT; COLOSTRUM; CYTOKINES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FECES; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; ILEUM; IMMUNITY, HUMORAL; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANT EXTRACTS; PREGNANCY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEAWEED; SWINE;

EID: 84856303607     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2010-3243     Document Type: Article

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