Physiological, blood-biochemical and behavioural changes of Ghoongroo pigs in seasonal heat stress of a hot-humid tropical environment

Podder, Monanki; Bera, Santanu; Naskar, S.; Sahu, Dharma; Mukherjee, Joydip; Patra, Amlan Kumar

doi:10.1007/s00484-022-02281-7

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“…The findings from the present study showed that cortisol, sodium and potassium values in serum (blood) were nearly at par with the normal reference values of piglets as cited in the literature (Friendship et al, 1984;Klem et al, 2010;Harvey, 2012;Buzzard et al, 2013;Perri et al, 2017). The present findings were in accordance with (Podder et al, 2022;Stevačević et al, 2019;Abeni et al, 2018;Al-Mashhadi et al, 2018;Kabalin et al, 2017;Newell Fugate et al, 2014).…”

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Effect of Feeding Milk Replacer on Growth Performance and Stress Physiology of Ghoongroo Piglets in Tropical Climate

Kumar,

Ghosh,

Naskar

2023

IJAR

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Background: The pig is the most efficient feed-converting animal among all livestock and plays a crucial role in improving the socioeconomic status of rural masses. of India. The present study was to develop a best-suited milk replacer for piglets and its effect on growth performance and stress physiology of Ghoongroo piglets. Methods: The experiment was conducted on 20 Ghoongroo piglets divided into four groups, each containing 5 piglets, i.e., 3 treatment groups and 1 control group maintained at Livestock Farm ERS-IVRI, Kalyani. Control group (T0) piglets kept with sows and looked after under standard management practices. Whereas, three treatment groups (T1, T2 and T3) piglets were fortified with 3 different kinds of milk replacers and piglets were fed through bottle feeding for 28 days, thereafter, creep feed was started and gradually, milk replacer was stopped. Result: Significant difference (P less than 0.05) was observed in average body weight (kg) and daily body weight gain (g/day) on 56 days of age between the treatment and control groups. It was also found that feeding milk replacers had no stress on piglets. So, it can be concluded that feeding milk replacers showed improved economic return along with a higher growth rate till weaning without any stress on the piglets.

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Effect of Feeding Milk Replacer on Growth Performance and Stress Physiology of Ghoongroo Piglets in Tropical Climate

Kumar,

Ghosh,

Naskar

2023

IJAR

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“…Cortisol, a major glucocorticoid, is mainly produced in the adrenal cortex, which is regulated by hypothalamus–hypophyseal–adrenal axis activity through corticotropin-releasing hormone from the hypothalamus and adrenocorticotropic hormone from the hypophysis. It is considered an important marker of stress and participates in various body functions including immune responses and metabolism of protein, carbohydrate, and fat [ 13 , 48 ]. Although high HLI conditions would be expected to elicit stress, there are findings suggesting that the lower level of COR in period 4 versus 1 might be attributable to continuous stimulation of the adrenal cortex for a long period of time, which eventually led to decreased COR synthesis.…”

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“…Heat stress alters many physiological mechanisms such as metabolism and immune function, oxidative status, reproductive processes, blood electrolyte balance, and imbalance of the gut microbiota and barrier function, which all can affect animal performance, health, and welfare and economic losses [ 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 ]. In this regard, livestock reared in extensive systems may experience periodic heat waves and stressful environmental conditions at some times of the year, particularly in tropical and subtropical regions [ 13 , 14 , 15 ]. Seasonal heat stress can have dramatic detrimental impacts on animal production and reproduction [ 10 , 15 , 16 ].…”

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Effects of High Heat Load Conditions on Blood Constituent Concentrations in Dorper, Katahdin, and St. Croix Sheep from Different Regions of the USA

Tadesse

Patra

Puchała

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Forty-six Dorper (DOR), 46 Katahdin (KAT), and 43 St. Croix (STC) female sheep (initial body weight of 58, 59, and 46 kg, respectively, SEM = 1.75; 3.3 ± 0.18 years of age, 2.6–3.7), derived from 45 commercial farms in four regions of the USA (Midwest, Northwest, Southeast, and central Texas), were used to evaluate responses in blood constituent concentrations to increasing heat load index (HLI) conditions. There were four sequential 2 weeks periods with target HLI during day/nighttime of 70/70 (thermoneutral zone conditions), 85/70, 90/77, and 95/81 in period 1, 2, 3 and 4, respectively. A 50% concentrate pelletized diet was fed at 53.3 g dry matter/kg body weight0.75. The analysis of most constituents was for samples collected on the last day of the second week of each period at 13:00 h; samples for cortisol, thyroxine, and heat shock protein were collected in week 2 and 8. Previously, it was noted that resilience to high HLI conditions was greatest for STC, lowest for DOR, and intermediate for KAT. There were few effects of region. Other than hemoglobin concentration, there were no interactions between breed and period. Blood oxygen concentration was greatest (p < 0.05) among breeds for STC (5.07, 5.20, and 5.53 mmol/L for DOR, KAT, and STC, respectively; SEM = 0.114) and differed among periods (4.92, 5.26, 5.36, and 5.52 mmol/L for period 1, 2, 3, and 4, respectively; SEM = 0.093). There were breed differences (i.e., main effects; p < 0.05) in glucose (50.0, 52.6, and 52.1 mg/dL; SEM = 0.76), urea nitrogen (17.2, 17.3, and 19.4 mg/dL; SEM = 0.33), creatinine (0.991, 0.862, and 0.802 mg/dL; SEM = 0.0151), total protein (6.50, 6.68, and 6.95 g/l; SEM = 0.017), triglycerides (28.4, 29.1, and 23.5 mg/dL; SEM = 0.87), and cortisol (6.30, 8.79, and 6.22 ng/mL for DOR, KAT, and STC, respectively; SEM = 0.596). Differences among periods (p < 0.05) were observed for lactate (27.9, 25.3, 27.8, and 24.0 mg/dL; SEM = 0.99), creatinine (0.839, 0.913, 0.871, and 0.917 mg/dL; SEM = 0.0128), total protein (6.94, 6.66, 6.60, and 6.65 g/l; SEM = 0.094), and cholesterol (60.2, 56.5, 58.3, and 57.6 mg/dL for period 1, 2, 3, and 4, respectively; SEM = 1.26). In addition, the concentration of cortisol (7.62 and 6.59 ng/mL; SEM = 0.404), thyroxine (5.83 and 5.00 µg/dL; SEM = 0.140), and heat shock protein (136 and 146 ng/mL for week 2 and 8, respectively; SEM = 4.0) differed between weeks (p < 0.05). In conclusion, the lack of interaction between breed and period with different HLI conditions suggests that levels of these blood constituents were not highly related to resilience to high HLI.

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Cross-seasonal and diurnal variation in physical contact between sub-adult pigs

Seddaiu,

Turner,

Camerlink

2024

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

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Physiological, blood-biochemical and behavioural changes of Ghoongroo pigs in seasonal heat stress of a hot-humid tropical environment

Cited by 6 publications

References 49 publications

Effect of Feeding Milk Replacer on Growth Performance and Stress Physiology of Ghoongroo Piglets in Tropical Climate

Effect of Feeding Milk Replacer on Growth Performance and Stress Physiology of Ghoongroo Piglets in Tropical Climate

Effects of High Heat Load Conditions on Blood Constituent Concentrations in Dorper, Katahdin, and St. Croix Sheep from Different Regions of the USA

Cross-seasonal and diurnal variation in physical contact between sub-adult pigs

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