Dietary lactoferrin supplementation to gilts during gestation and lactation improves pig production and immunity

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 12; no. 10; p. e0185817
• Main Authors: Jahan, Marefa, Kracht, Susie, Ho, Yen, Haque, Ziaul, Bhattachatyya, Birendra N, Wynn, Peter C, Wang, Bing
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 12.10.2017; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Animal Feed; Animals; Biochemistry; Biology and Life Sciences; Birth weight; Births; Body weight; Body Weight - drug effects; Body weight gain; Casein; Caseins - pharmacology; Diet; Dietary supplements; Engineering and Technology; Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; Feed additives; Female; Gene expression; Gestation; Glycoproteins; Health aspects; Hogs; Immunity; Immunoglobulin A; Immunology; Intensive farming; Intervention; Iron; Lactation; Lactation - drug effects; Lactoferrin; Lactoferrin - pharmacology; Mammals; Mating; Medicine and Health Sciences; Milk; Milk production; Morphology; Mortality; Offspring; Physiology; Pregnancy; Pregnancy - drug effects; Probiotics; Progeny; Proteins; Rodents; Sialic acids; Swine; Swine production; Weaning; Australia

Lactoferrin (LF), a sialylated iron-binding glycoprotein, performs multiple beneficial functions including modulating immunity and improves neurodevelopment, health and growth performance. Maternal LF intervention for gilts (first parity sows) on the performance of gilts and their offspring remains...