Oral Meloxicam Administration in Sows at Farrowing and Its Effects on Piglet Immunity Transfer and Growth
Navarro Vives, Elena (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments)
Mainau, Eva (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments)
de Miguel, Ricardo (Universidad de Zaragoza. Departamento de Patología Animal)
Temple, Déborah (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments)
Salas, Marina (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments)
Manteca Vilanova, Xavier (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments)

Fecha:	2021
Resumen:	Many factors can lead to an inadequate development of piglets during their first days of life, including poor maternal behavior, which can be due to pain caused by farrowing, and reduced colostrum ingestion. This study investigates the action of meloxicam administered orally at farrowing on piglet weight gain and immunity transfer. Thirty-five multiparous sows were divided into two groups and treated with 0. 4 mg/kg of oral meloxicam (oral meloxicam group; n = 18) or with a mock administration (control group; n = 17). A total of 382 piglets were individually weighed on the farrowing day (day 0), as well as on days +9 and +20. Immunoglobulin G (IgG) and A (IgA) concentrations in piglet serum and in sow's saliva, colostrum and milk were measured. Additionally, Interleukin-2 (IL-2), Interleukin-4 (IL-4) and Interferon gamma (IFN-⋎) in serum of piglets and in sow's milk or colostrum were studied. All samples were obtained on days +1, +9, and +20. Piglets from sows in the oral meloxicam group tended to grow faster from day +9 to day +20 than did piglets from control sows (p = 0. 059), and this difference was also observed in piglets with low body weight (BW) at birth (p = 0. 056). The oral meloxicam group sows tended to increase the colostrum levels of IgA and IgG, as compared with control sows on day +1 (p = 0. 068 and p = 0. 072, respectively). IgA levels in piglet serum from the oral meloxicam group were significantly higher than in the control group on day +1 and +9 (p = 0. 019 and p = 0. 011 respectively). Furthermore, IL-2 and IL-4 levels in the serum of piglets from sows in the oral meloxicam group tended to be higher than that in the control group on day +9 (p = 0. 078 and 0. 056, respectively). The administration of meloxicam orally at the beginning of farrowing in multiparous sows increased immunoglobin and cytokine concentrations in colostrum, improving both humoral and cellular immune response of piglets. Pre-weaning growth of piglets born with a low BW improved in the meloxicam-treated group.
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Lengua:	Anglès
Documento:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Materia:	Garrins ; Cria i desenvolupament ; Pain ; Farrowing sow ; Piglet ; Immunity transfer ; Weight gain ; Meloxicam ; Immunoglobulin
Publicado en:	Frontiers in Veterinary Science, Vol. 8 (february 2021) , ISSN 2297-1769

DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2021.574250
PMID: 33681319

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