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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-3-12
pubmed:abstractText
This experiment aimed to investigate the influence of folic acid supplements on the carry-over of folates from the sow to the fetus during late gestation and to the suckling piglet. Two groups of sixteen German Landrace sows received, during gestation and lactation, a diet supplemented with either 0 or 10 mg folic acid/kg. Increased folic acid concentrations in the serum of sows were detected only at the end of gestation (day 100) and at the end of lactation (day 28). The supplementation with folic acid to the sows' diet improved the folic acid supply of the fetus compared with unsupplemented controls; values were respectively 92.6 v. 56.2 nmol folates/l serum in newborn piglets and 171.9 v. 76.3 micromol folates/g fresh liver in stillborn piglets (P < 0.05). Folate concentrations in colostrum and milk (day 28) were 3.6- and 5.0-times higher in supplemented than unsupplemented sows. This treatment effect was also reflected in the serum of piglets until weaning. Therefore, the folic acid supply for the suckling piglet is dependent mainly upon the carry-over of maternal folates via colostrum and milk.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0007-1145
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
85
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
179-84
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Influence of folic acid supplements on the carry-over of folates from the sow to the piglet.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Animal Nutrition, Federal Agricultural Research Centre, Bundesallee 50, 38116 Braunschweig, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article