Nonruminant Nutrition: Poultry Nutrition - Ingredient and Mineral Nutrition

Abstract

time points, P3 progeny had greater (P < 0.009) concentrations of circulating IgG than P1 progeny. Piglet BW did not differ between parities. These results suggest that circulating Ig concentrations in neonatal pigs may be affected by dam parity. It remains to be determined whether the increase in circulating Ig observed in P3 progeny occurred because P3 females had greater capacity to provide passive transfer of Ig during lactation. Additional work is needed to determine whether these effects afford the progeny of dams of increasing parity advantages in health and performance during subsequent growth phases.