Effects of maternal vitamin D₃ concentration during pregnancy on adipogenic genes expression and serum biochemical index in offspring piglets

Effects of maternal vitamin D₃ on quality and water distribution in pork of offspring pigs during frozen storage

“…At day 150 of offspring age, longissimus dorsi muscle samples were collected within 24 h after slaughtering. Animal diets, feeding trait and slaughter methods are consistent with our previous study (Guo et al, 2020a;Guo et al, 2020b). Samples preparation of porcine longissimus dorsi muscles were according to previous reports (Zhang et al, 2019).…”

“…Vitamin D 3 is an important regulator of adipogenesis, and it is correlated with fat accumulation. It was found that maternal vitamin D 3 status influenced adipocyte commitment and differentiation of musculus longissimus dorsi in piglets via changing adipogenic genes expression (Guo et al, 2020a). Meanwhile, maternal vitamin D 3 affected intramuscular fat (IMF) content and meat quality of offspring pigs by regulating fatty acid synthesis and hormone sensitive lipase mRNA expression (Guo et al, 2020b).…”

Effects of maternal vitamin D3 status on quality characteristics of pork batters in offspring pigs during cold storage

“…China). All offspring pigs used in this study originated from sows fed various vitamin D 3 levels (during pregnancy), all diets and experimental design for sows and their offspring pigs as described in our previous companion reports (Guo et al, 2020b;Guo et al, 2021) Sows during pregnancy were previously added 200 (LD), 800 (ND), and 3200 (HD) IU of vitamin D 3 per kg diet, respectively. While their offspring pigs were fed the same vitamin D 3 diet, and the feeding experiment lasted for 150 days.…”

Effects of maternal vitamin D₃ status on meat quality and fatty acids composition in offspring pigs

“…The animals and diets used in the present study were the same as in our previous reports (Guo et al, 2020a;2021). Briefly, 27 pregnant sows with similar body weights (144.62 ± 2.13 kg, the same parities) were randomly allotted to low (LD), normal (ND) and high (HD) vitamin D 3 groups in which the sows' diets were supplemented with 200, 800 and 3200 IU of vitamin D 3 / kg diet, respectively.…”