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Haptoglobin serum concentration is a suitable biomarker to assess the efficacy of a feed additive in pigs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2010

Y. Saco ,
L. Fraile ,
M. Giménez ,
R. Pato ,
M. Montoya  and
A. Bassols
Y. Saco
Affiliation:
Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular i Servei de Bioquímica Clínica Veterinària, Facultat de Veterinària, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
L. Fraile
Affiliation:
Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal (CReSA), UAB-IRTA, Campus de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries (IRTA), Barcelona, Spain
M. Giménez
Affiliation:
Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular i Servei de Bioquímica Clínica Veterinària, Facultat de Veterinària, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
R. Pato
Affiliation:
Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular i Servei de Bioquímica Clínica Veterinària, Facultat de Veterinària, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
M. Montoya
Affiliation:
Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal (CReSA), UAB-IRTA, Campus de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries (IRTA), Barcelona, Spain
A. Bassols*
Affiliation:
Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular i Servei de Bioquímica Clínica Veterinària, Facultat de Veterinària, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
*
†E-mail: anna.bassols@uab.cat
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Abstract

Levels of haptoglobin and Pig-major acute phase protein (MAP) were analysed in animals from a commercial herd receiving or not a diet enriched with an additive. The group receiving the additive exhibited a decrease in haptoglobin after 3 weeks, suggesting that a better health status has been established, together with an improvement in total body weight and average daily gain. In contrast, Pig-MAP does not significantly change under these conditions. Aujeszky live modified vaccination, which is compulsory in Spain, did cause a significant increment in haptoglobin serum concentration although it did not affect Pig-MAP. The response of acute phase proteins to vaccination was similar in both control and additive-treated groups. Interleukins (IL)-1β and IL-6 was below the detection limits in most of the animals. In conclusion, this study shows that haptoglobin serum concentration, but not Pig-MAP, is a good biomarker to monitorize production parameters and for monitoring Aujeszky modified live vaccine in pigs reared under standard commercial conditions.

Keywords

acute phase proteins, feed additive, Aujeszky vaccine, swine
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animal , Volume 4 , Issue 9 , September 2010 , pp. 1561 - 1567
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Copyright © The Animal Consortium 2010

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Yolanda Saco and Lorenzo Fraile equally contributed to this paper.

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