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Endocrine responses to weaning and changes in post-weaning diet in the young pig.

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:The effects of weaning and changing post-weaning diet composition on growth patterns and growth-related hormonal profiles were evaluated in neonatal pigs. Forty-eight crossbred piglets were assigned to two groups (n = 24/group) based on weaning at 2 or 3 wk of age (2W and 3W groups. respectively). At weaning, piglets were removed from the sow and placed on a commercial starter ration for the first 11 d post-weaning (Phase I diet). At Day 12 post-weaning, pigs were placed on a growing ration for the remainder of the study (Phase II diet). Body weights and blood samples were collected twice weekly from birth until 42 d of age. Serum insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-1, IGF-2, and average daily gain (ADG) were reduced (P < 0.05) in both groups as a result of weaning, whereas serum growth hormone (GH) was elevated (P < 0.05). Earlier weaning resulted in a greater reduction in growth rate and serum IGF-2 values (P < 0.05). Mild reductions in ADG occurred after the Phase I to II dietary change in both weaning groups (P < 0.05), but serum IGF-1 decreased only in the 2W group (P < 0.05). Growth hormone concentrations tended to increase after the change in post-weaning diets (P = 0.07 and 0.16 in 2W and 3W, respectively). Serum thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3) levels were unaltered by weaning but declined in both groups after the change in starter diets (P < 0.05). Changes in cortisol concentrations were not associated with weaning or the change in post-weaning diets. With the exception of serum IGF-1 concentrations, which were elevated in the 2W group, growth and endocrine endpoints were equivalent between experimental groups at the end of the study (42 d of age). These results indicate that earlier weaning and changing solid diets can more severely affect patterns of early growth and related hormone secretion, but effective compensatory mechanisms restore normal physiological and physical development.

journal_name

Domest Anim Endocrinol

journal_title

Domestic animal endocrinology

authors

Carroll JA,Veum TL,Matteri RL

doi

10.1016/s0739-7240(98)00006-x

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1998-05-01 00:00:00

pages

183-94

issue

eissn

0739-7240

issn

1879-0054

pii

S0739-7240(98)00006-X

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Endocrine responses to weaning and changes in post-weaning diet in the young pig.