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Rôles of glutamine and nucleotides in combination in growth, immune responses and FMD antibody titres of weaned pigs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 August 2016

I. -T. Yu ,
J. -F. Wu ,
P. -C. Yang ,
C. -Y. Liu ,
D. -N. Lee  and
H. -T. Yen
I. -T. Yu*
Affiliation:
Division of Applied Biology, Animal Technology Institute Taiwan, Miaoli, Taiwan, Republic of China
J. -F. Wu
Affiliation:
Division of Applied Biology, Animal Technology Institute Taiwan, Miaoli, Taiwan, Republic of China
P. -C. Yang
Affiliation:
Division of Biotechnology, Animal Technology Institute Taiwan, Miaoli, Taiwan, Republic of China
C. -Y. Liu
Affiliation:
Division of Applied Biology, Animal Technology Institute Taiwan, Miaoli, Taiwan, Republic of China
D. -N. Lee
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Science, National I-Lan Institute of Agriculture and Technology, I-Lan, Taiwan, Republic of China
H. -T. Yen
Affiliation:
Division of Applied Biology, Animal Technology Institute Taiwan, Miaoli, Taiwan, Republic of China
*
†, ity@mail.atit.org.tw
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Abstract

This study examined the effects of glutamine and nucleotides on growth, intestinal villous height and immune responses of weaned pigs. Eighty weaned pigs (Landrace ✕ Yorkshire ✕ Duroc) were randomly assigned to five treatments, including a control diet and a 2 (glutamine 1·0 and 1·5%) by 2 (nucleotides 500 and 1000 p.p.m.) factorial design. There were no differences among the five treatments in weight gain from weeks 0 to 4 and 0 to 8 of the experiment. However, the food intake of treatment 3 (glutamine 1·0% and nucleotides 1000 p. p. m. ) for weeks 4 to 8 was higher (P < 0·05) than that of the control group. Intestinal villous height, and serum immunoglobulin-G concentration 2 h post lipopolysaccharide injection, were higher (P < 0·05) for pigs administered treatment 3 than for controls. Furthermore, foot and mouth disease (FMD) neutralizing antibody titres were also higher (P < 0·05) than the control group for pigs given treatment 3 when measured 3 weeks following vaccination with FMD antigen. These observations suggest that a combination of 10% of glutamine and 1000 p. p. m. of nucleotides in the diet could improve food intake and intestinal villous height and promote the immune responses and FMD antibody titres of weaned pigs.

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glutaminegrowthimmune responsenucleotidespiglets.

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Animal Science , Volume 75 , Issue 3 , December 2002 , pp. 379 - 385
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 2002

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