Characterisation of the pig acute phase protein response to road transport

The acute phase protein (APP) response was evaluated after prolonged transportation of pigs under commercial conditions. Elevated serum APP concentrations were observed in two groups of boars immediately after their arrival at a destination farm compared with within-animal control samples obtained o...

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Published inThe veterinary journal (1997) Vol. 173; no. 3; pp. 669 - 674
Main Authors Piñeiro, Matilde, Piñeiro, Carlos, Carpintero, Rakel, Morales, Joaquín, Campbell, Fiona M., Eckersall, P. David, Toussaint, Mathilda J.M., Lampreave, Fermín
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Elsevier Ltd 01.05.2007
Subjects
Abattoirs
Acute phase proteins
Acute-Phase Proteins - analysis
Acute-Phase Proteins - metabolism
animal housing
animal stress
animal transport
Animal Welfare
Animals
blood sampling
Cortisol
Hydrocortisone - blood
land transportation
Male
physiological regulation
Pig
Serum Amyloid A Protein - analysis
Serum Amyloid A Protein - metabolism
Stress, Psychological - blood
swine
Swine - physiology
Swine - psychology
swine diseases
Transport
Transportation
Welfare
Cortisol
Transport
Welfare
Acute phase proteins
Pig
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Summary:The acute phase protein (APP) response was evaluated after prolonged transportation of pigs under commercial conditions. Elevated serum APP concentrations were observed in two groups of boars immediately after their arrival at a destination farm compared with within-animal control samples obtained one month later. The effect was more pronounced in the first group of pigs conveyed under average transport conditions (Transport 1, 24 h), although the second group was transported for a longer time period (Transport 2, 48 h) but in superior transport conditions. In a second trial, pigs were sampled before transport, on arrival at an abattoir (following 12 h transport), and at the slaughter-line (after 6 h lairage). Significant increases in major acute phase protein (Pig-MAP), haptoglobin, serum amyloid A, C-reactive protein, and a decrease in apolipoprotein A-I, were observed at slaughter. The results demonstrate that shipment of pigs by road can result in an APP response that is probably related to the stress of transport.
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ISSN:1090-0233
1532-2971
DOI:10.1016/j.tvjl.2006.02.006