Effect of sow prolificacy and nutrition on preand postnatal growth of progeny – a review

Rekiel, A.; Wiecek, J.; Batorska, Martyna; Kulisiewicz, J.

doi:10.2478/aoas-2013-0060

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“…Insufficient feed intake remains a significant problem for lactating sows before breeding, because the mobilization of nutrient reserves for milk production results in a severe catabolic state and a prolonged interval from farrowing to estrus [39, 43]. Feed consumption of sows during lactation can be as low as 70% of the NRC requirements [46].…”

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Fetal and neonatal programming of postnatal growth and feed efficiency in swine

Dai

et al. 2017

J Animal Sci Biotechnol

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Maternal undernutrition or overnutrition during pregnancy alters organ structure, impairs prenatal and neonatal growth and development, and reduces feed efficiency for lean tissue gains in pigs. These adverse effects may be carried over to the next generation or beyond. This phenomenon of the transgenerational impacts is known as fetal programming, which is mediated by stable and heritable alterations of gene expression through covalent modifications of DNA and histones without changes in DNA sequences (namely, epigenetics). The mechanisms responsible for the epigenetic regulation of protein expression and functions include chromatin remodeling; DNA methylation (occurring at the 5´-position of cytosine residues within CpG dinucleotides); and histone modifications (acetylation, methylation, phosphorylation, and ubiquitination). Like maternal malnutrition, undernutrition during the neonatal period also reduces growth performance and feed efficiency (weight gain:feed intake; also known as weight-gain efficiency) in postweaning pigs by 5–10%, thereby increasing the days necessary to reach the market body-weight. Supplementing functional amino acids (e.g., arginine and glutamine) and vitamins (e.g., folate) play a key role in activating the mammalian target of rapamycin signaling and regulating the provision of methyl donors for DNA and protein methylation. Therefore, these nutrients are beneficial for the dietary treatment of metabolic disorders in offspring with intrauterine growth restriction or neonatal malnutrition. The mechanism-based strategies hold great promise for the improvement of the efficiency of pork production and the sustainability of the global swine industry.

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Fetal and neonatal programming of postnatal growth and feed efficiency in swine

Dai

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J Animal Sci Biotechnol

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“…After substantial progress in litter size was made, neonatal weight was observed to decrease (Škorjanc et al 2007, Wolf et al 2008, Beaulieu et al 2010, Douglas 2015, Hales et al 2015. This is associated with impaired growth and development of the mammalian embryo/fetus or its organs during pregnancy - IUGR (Wu et al 2004, Wang et al 2005, Rekiel et al 2014b). This phenomenon concerns not only multifetal and multiparous species, such as pigs, rabbits, mink, chinchillas, dogs, cats, mice or rats (Dzierżanowska et al 2014, Rekiel et al 2014b, Święcicka et al 2016, but also those giving birth to one or 2-3 young, such as sheep, goats, cattle, and horses (Wang et al 2005, Rekiel and.…”

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“…This is associated with impaired growth and development of the mammalian embryo/fetus or its organs during pregnancy - IUGR (Wu et al 2004, Wang et al 2005, Rekiel et al 2014b). This phenomenon concerns not only multifetal and multiparous species, such as pigs, rabbits, mink, chinchillas, dogs, cats, mice or rats (Dzierżanowska et al 2014, Rekiel et al 2014b, Święcicka et al 2016, but also those giving birth to one or 2-3 young, such as sheep, goats, cattle, and horses (Wang et al 2005, Rekiel and. Realized fertility of sows was found to be conducive to reducing neonatal weight, as confirmed by the correlation r = -0.46, estimated by Milligan et al (2002).…”

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“…According to Foxcroft et al (2006), this relationship may be due to limited nutrient and oxygen transfer to the fetus. Prenatal nutritional deficiencies during myogenesis are conducive, according to many authors (Bee 2004, Wang et al 2005, Rekiel et al 2014b, to reducing birth weight of piglets and slowing postnatal growth and development. In the offspring born to sows underfed during gestation, Bee (2004) observed not only lower body weight, but also increased mortality during the first days of life.…”

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Effect of birth weight of piglets on growth rate and rearing performance up to 8 weeks of age

Ambroziak

Rekiel

2017

Annals of Warsaw University of Life Sciences - SGGW - Animal Science

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“…Modi cations in foetal nutrition and endocrine status may regulate physiological and metabolic changes, and, ultimately, in uence offspring phenotype and postnatal growth rate [5]. Amniotic uid is recognized mainly for its growth-promoting properties on the foetal intestine [6].…”

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Neonatal programming of piglet gut health and postnatal effects by maternal transfer of phytogenic compounds supplemented in gestating and lactating hyperprolific sows

Reyes-Camacho¹,

Pérez²,

Vinyeta³

et al. 2020

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Background The improvement of sow prolificacy by breeding has increased the number of piglets produced per sow per year. However, intrauterine crowding and/or intrauterine growth restriction typically observed in hyperprolific sows impairs foetal growth which has decreased the average individual birthweight, with a larger proportion of low birthweight (LBW) pigs born per litter with poor gut development and compromised postnatal growth performance. Phytogenic compounds (PC) are plant-derived natural bioactive substances that can be used in livestock production as feed additives to promote animal health and production efficiency. This research aims to study if a specific blend of PC (BPC) supplemented in gestating and lactating hyperprolific sow diets may promote pre- and postnatal maternal effects on performance and oxidative status of sows and their offspring, colostrum-milk features, and piglet gut health-related gene expression and morphology. Forty DanBred hybrid line Landrace x Yorkhire gilts and sows (parities 0–7) were randomly allocated by parity number and body weight into two dietary treatments including unsupplemented Control (n = 20) or Control diets supplemented with 1 g/kg feed of BPC (n = 20) throughout gestation and lactation.Results Several dietary PC from the supplemented BPC were transferred to the placental fluid and milk. The BPC supplementation during gestation enhanced the litter size, antioxidant status, and colostrum protein content of sows. Jejunal histomorphology of neonate piglets, and intestinal-function gene expression related to nutrient transport, antioxidant, innate immune response, and digestion were improved in the BPC group. For both, sows and piglets, plasma antioxidant activity of CAT and SOD enzymes were enhanced. For suckling piglets, jejunal expression of genes related to gut barrier function was improved and piglet weight gain from birth to weaning was enhanced in the BPC group.Conclusions Dietary supplementation of BPC in gestating and lactating diets for hyperprolific sows improves sow’s reproductive performance and colostrum composition, with a significant strength of the antioxidant status of sows and their offspring. The prenatal and postnatal maternal transfer (placental fluid and milk) of BPC to the offspring would influence on the neonatal programming and postnatal of piglet’s gut health, with advantageous effects on piglet’s growth performance.

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Effect of sow prolificacy and nutrition on preand postnatal growth of progeny – a review

Cited by 23 publications

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Fetal and neonatal programming of postnatal growth and feed efficiency in swine

Fetal and neonatal programming of postnatal growth and feed efficiency in swine

Effect of birth weight of piglets on growth rate and rearing performance up to 8 weeks of age

Neonatal programming of piglet gut health and postnatal effects by maternal transfer of phytogenic compounds supplemented in gestating and lactating hyperprolific sows

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