Effects of Orally Administered Compounds on Blood Constituents at 8 and 56 Hours, Survival and Weight Gains in Neonatal Pigs

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Bruegger and Conrad (1972) showed that albumin given orally within 12 hr. after birth significantly increased the serum albumin levels at 1 and 8 days of age and indicated that such treatment may increase weight gains in young pigs. As with serum albumin, newborn pigs are also deficient in serum gamma globulin (Lecce and Matrone, 1960) and are dependent upon the early ingestion of adequate quantities of colostrum to obtain normal concentrations of gamma globulin in their blood (Kalich, Kovacs and Maier, 1967). Accordingly, Owen and Bell (1964) found that orally administered immune globulins from swine serum provided an effective passive immunity for newborn pigs. Since the metabolism of the newborn pig is critically dependent upon the concentration of circulating carbohydrates (Goodwin, 1957) and since carbohydrates provide most of the energy (McCance and Widdowson, 1959), dosing newborn pigs with a sugar such as lactose, dextrose or fructose may provide a readily utilizable source of energy if needed. Copyright © 1972. American Society of Animal Science . Copyright 1972 by American Society of Animal Science.

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