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Liu X, Yao S, Liu Y, Han H, Wang W, Yi Q, Yan L, Ji P, Zhang L, Liu G. Effects of Prepartum L-Tryptophan Supplementation on the Postpartum Performance of Holstein Cows. Animals (Basel) 2024; 14:1278. [PMID: 38731282 PMCID: PMC11083187 DOI: 10.3390/ani14091278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2024] [Revised: 04/18/2024] [Accepted: 04/19/2024] [Indexed: 05/13/2024] Open
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The negative energy balance occurring in the periparturient period of cows will impede their health and postpartum performance. To target this issue, L-tryptophan was supplied to the prepartum cows. The results showed that L-tryptophan supplementation significantly increased the serum melatonin level and was accompanied with increases in SOD activity, IL-10 and colostrum IgA levels as well as decreases in MDA and IL-6 levels compared to the control cows. The incidence of postpartum diseases was significantly lower and the pregnancy rate was significantly higher in cows fed L-tryptophan than in the control group. A striking observation was that prepartum L-tryptophan supplementation not only improved the milk production but also the quality compared to the control cows. In general, supplementation with L-tryptophan in the prepartum period can improve the postpartum reproduction and lactation performance of cows to some extent.
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Animal Genetic Improvement, Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding of the Ministry of Agricultural, State Key Laboratory of Animal Biotech Breeding, National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China; (X.L.)
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Han C, Bao H. Therapeutic effects and mechanisms of Inonotus hispidus extract and active monomer compounds in a rat mammary gland hyperplasia model. JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY 2024; 319:117274. [PMID: 37797875 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2023.117274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2023] [Revised: 09/18/2023] [Accepted: 10/02/2023] [Indexed: 10/07/2023]
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ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE Inonotus hispidus is the traditional Chinese medicine Sanghuang. Since ancient times, Sanghuang has been documented to be used in the treatment of female breast diseases. However, the pharmacological mechanism of Sanghuang in the treatment of mammary gland hyperplasia (HMG) remains unclear. AIM OF THE STUDY The ethyl acetate extract of the aging fruiting body of I. hispidus (IEAE) was used to study the pharmacological mechanism of IEAE in the treatment of HMG using non-targeted metabolomics. MATERIALS AND METHODS The HMG rat model was established, and serum metabolomics was used to study the potential therapeutic mechanism of IEAE for HMG. RESULTS IEAE has obvious therapeutic effect on HMG model rats, and no obvious adverse reactions were observed. Non-targeted metabolomics showed that after IEAE intervention, the upstream metabolite D-erythrose 4-phosphate was significantly downregulated, aromatic amino acids such as tryptophan, tyrosine, and phenylalanine were downregulated, and the downstream metabolites N-acetyl-L-glutamate and L-proline were significantly upregulated. After an intervention with yakuchinone A, non-targeted metabolomics analyses demonstrated that yakuchinone A restored tetrahydrocorticosterone, cortisol, and etiocholanolone to normal levels, estriol was significantly upregulated, and steroid hormone biosynthesis was significantly activated. CONCLUSION IEAE was shown to have a good therapeutic effect on HMG in a rat model without adverse reactions. The mechanism of action was mainly based on the biosynthesis of amino acids. Small molecule metabolites such as D-erythrose 4-phosphate, N-acetyl-L-glutamate, and L-proline may be potential targets for IEAE in the treatment of HMG. Yakuchinone A is one of the main active components of IEAE, and plays a role by promoting the steroid hormone biosynthesis pathway. Estriol may be a potential target for the treatment of HMG with yakuchinone A, providing a new concept for clinical treatment of HMG.
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- Chen Han
- Key Laboratory of Edible Fungi Resources and Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Jilin Agricultural University, No.2888 Xincheng Street, Nanguan District, Changchun, Jilin, 130118, China; College of Chinese Medicine Materials, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, 130118, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Edible Fungi Resources and Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Jilin Agricultural University, No.2888 Xincheng Street, Nanguan District, Changchun, Jilin, 130118, China; College of Chinese Medicine Materials, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, 130118, China.
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Supplementary Tryptophan Fed to Sows Prior to and after Farrowing to Improve Piglet Growth and Survival. Animals (Basel) 2021; 11:ani11092540. [PMID: 34573506 PMCID: PMC8469828 DOI: 10.3390/ani11092540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2021] [Revised: 08/25/2021] [Accepted: 08/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Simple Summary Pre-weaning mortality is a significant economic and welfare issue for the Australian pig industry. Tryptophan can increase serotonin and melatonin production. Serotonin can decrease stress and indirectly increase calcium, which may improve sow health. Meanwhile, melatonin may decrease stillbirths and improve piglet viability at birth and, in turn, increase survival to weaning. This study determined whether feeding 0.16%, 0.42% or 0.56% tryptophan (per kg of feed) to sows during late pregnancy until seven days of lactation could improve piglet survival and viability to weaning and increase the levels of calcium and melatonin in sows. Supplementing tryptophan at levels of 0.42 and 0.56% increased piglet survival compared to no supplementation but did not have an effect on piglet viability. Furthermore, tryptophan supplementation did not increase sow melatonin and calcium levels compared to 0.16%. Further research is required to understand how tryptophan may improve piglet survival, particularly through sow maternal behaviour, and if 5-hydroxytryptophan (the form of tryptophan that directly converts to serotonin and melatonin) would further improve piglet survival. Abstract Tryptophan indirectly increases plasma calcium levels, which may improve sow health, and melatonin production, which may improve piglet survival when supplemented during late gestation and lactation. It was hypothesised that tryptophan would increase piglet survival and increase sow circulating melatonin and calcium. Seventy-two multiparous (Landrace x Large White) sows were allocated to either control (0.16% tryptophan; n = 24), low tryptophan (0.42%; n = 24) or high tryptophan (0.56%; n = 24). Piglet viability measures consisted of weights, behaviour, meconium staining, rectal temperature, blood glucose and serum immunoglobulin G concentration. Blood samples collected from sows were analysed for melatonin (two daytime and three night-time samples; n = 17) and calcium (two samples pre- and post-farrowing; n = 14). Both tryptophan treatments increased piglet survival compared to the control group (p < 0.001). Tryptophan had no effect on piglet viability (p > 0.05) and no effect on sow plasma melatonin and calcium concentrations compared with the control group (p > 0.05) except at 21:00 when low tryptophan sows had higher melatonin concentration compared with high tryptophan (p = 0.011). Further research to understand the mediating effects of tryptophan (particularly 5-hydroxytryptophan) on piglet survival, including sow behaviour, is warranted.
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Miao J, Adewole D, Liu S, Xi P, Yang C, Yin Y. Tryptophan Supplementation Increases Reproduction Performance, Milk Yield, and Milk Composition in Lactating Sows and Growth Performance of Their Piglets. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2019; 67:5096-5104. [PMID: 31008593 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.9b00446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Tryptophan (Trp) can produce bioactive compounds for appetite regulation, calcium mobilization, and mammary gland homeostasis via a serotonin pathway. This study evaluated the effects of Trp supplementation on the reproduction performance, milk yield, and composition of lactating sows, growth performance of their piglets, and the secretion function of porcine mammary epithelial cells (PMECs). The infrared emulsion analyzer and ELISA analyses revealed that feeding sows with a 0.12% Trp addition increased ( P < 0.05) sow average daily feed intake, milk yield, milk calcium concentration, average daily gain of piglets, fatty acid synthase (FAS) and lactose synthase (LS), β-casein secretion, intracellular Ca2+ level, the expression of calcium binding protein CaM, and the activity of CaMKII. In a cellular experiment of PMECs treated with Trp, ELISA and flow cytometry analyses revealed that the pretreatment of a Trp hydroxylase inhibitor reduced ( P < 0.05) FAS and LS synthesis, the intracellular Ca2+ level, and the activity of CaMKII. In conclusion, Trp supplementation at 0.12% increased sows' reproductive performance, milk yield, and calcium concentration and piglets' growth performance. Milk yield increased by Trp was linked to 5-hydroxytryptamine-mediated synthesis of FAS, LS, and β-casein in PMECs, while the increase in calcium concentration was attributed to increasing CaM expression and CAMKII activity.
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- Jinfeng Miao
- Key Laboratory of Agro-ecological Processes in Subtropical Region , Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Scientific Observing and Experimental Station of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science in South-Central, Ministry of Agriculture, Hunan Provincial Engineering Research Center for Healthy Livestock and Poultry Production, Changsha , Hunan 410125 , People's Republic of China
- MOE Joint International Research Laboratory of Animal Health and Food Safety, College of Veterinary Medicine , Nanjing Agricultural University , Nanjing 210095 , People's Republic of China
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- Department of Animal Science and Aquaculture , Dalhousie University , Truro , Nova Scotia B2N 5E3 , Canada
- Department of Animal Science , University of Manitoba , Winnipeg , Manitoba R3T 2N2 , Canada
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- Department of Animal Science , University of Manitoba , Winnipeg , Manitoba R3T 2N2 , Canada
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- MOE Joint International Research Laboratory of Animal Health and Food Safety, College of Veterinary Medicine , Nanjing Agricultural University , Nanjing 210095 , People's Republic of China
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- Department of Animal Science , University of Manitoba , Winnipeg , Manitoba R3T 2N2 , Canada
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- Key Laboratory of Agro-ecological Processes in Subtropical Region , Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Scientific Observing and Experimental Station of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science in South-Central, Ministry of Agriculture, Hunan Provincial Engineering Research Center for Healthy Livestock and Poultry Production, Changsha , Hunan 410125 , People's Republic of China
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Greiner L, Neill C, Allee GL, Touchette KJ, Connor J. Evaluation of the optimal standardized ileal digestible tryptophan:lysine ratio in lactating sow diets. Transl Anim Sci 2017; 1:526-532. [PMID: 32704676 PMCID: PMC7204970 DOI: 10.2527/tas2017.0059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2017] [Accepted: 10/18/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Three hundred and fifteen primiparous and multiparous sows were evaluated in a study to determine the effect of standardized ileal digestible (SID) Trp:Lys ratio in lactating sow diets. Camborough sows (PIC USA, Hendersonville, TN) ranging from first parity to eighth parity were blocked by parity and randomly allotted to 1 of 4 experimental diets containing different levels of added L-Trp (0.006, 0.026, 0.045, and 0.064%, respectively) while soybean meal, 30% corn dried distiller's grain with solubles (DDGS), and L-Lys levels were held constant. The SID Lys level for the rations was 0.95% so that the SID Trp:Lys ratios were formulated to be 14, 16, 18, and 20%, respectively. All diets were formulated to have 3.2 Mcal ME/kg and to contain vitamins and minerals that exceeded NRC (1998) recommendations. Sows were fed twice a day with a Howema computerized feed system and were allowed a maximum intake (5.9 kg/d). Average daily feed intake had a tendency to be quadratically improved when the SID ratio was increased (5.11, 5.28, 5.24, 5.21 kg/d, P = 0.09). In addition, sow wean to estrus (6.71, 5.53, 5.58, 6.33, P < 0.02) was quadratically improved as SID Trp:Lys ratio increased. Percent of sows bred by 10 d (84.39, 90.82, 90.28, 90.61) was not linearly (P = 0.25) or quadratically (P = 0.40) improved. There was no difference in litter gain (2.44, 2.52, 2.60, 2.57 kg/d, P = 0.16). Based on a broken-line quadratic model, when sows are fed 30% DDGS, the SID Trp:Lys ratio of 17.6 is required for optimal sow average daily feed intake and 17.2 for wean to estrus interval.
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- L Greiner
- Carthage Innovative Sow Solutions, LLC, Carthage, IL 62321
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- PIC, Hendersonville, TN 37075
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- University of Missouri-Columbia, Department of Animal Science, Columbia, 65211
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- Carthage Innovative Sow Solutions, LLC, Carthage, IL 62321
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Fan Z, Yang X, Kim J, Menon D, Baidoo S. Effects of dietary tryptophan:lysine ratio on the reproductive performance of primiparous and multiparous lactating sows. Anim Reprod Sci 2016; 170:128-34. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2016.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2015] [Revised: 04/20/2016] [Accepted: 05/03/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Moehn S, Pencharz PB, Ball RO. Lessons learned regarding symptoms of tryptophan deficiency and excess from animal requirement studies. J Nutr 2012; 142:2231S-2235S. [PMID: 23077198 DOI: 10.3945/jn.112.159061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Tryptophan is the precursor for several neurotransmitters and metabolic regulators, which, although quantitatively of little importance in determining the dietary requirement, have major importance for interpreting symptoms of dietary tryptophan deficiency and excess. The quantitative dietary tryptophan requirement appears to vary widely across species, so intakes relative to requirements are more appropriate expressions for comparison of adverse effects across species than daily intake or diet concentration. Symptoms of tryptophan deficiency may occur at intakes as little as 25% below the requirement. Symptoms include reduced feed intake and reduced growth rate but also impaired skeletal development and aberrant behavior. Older animals appear less susceptible than younger animals to tryptophan deficiency and females less than males. Symptoms of excess tryptophan intake include reduced food intake and growth rate. In growing animals, it appears that tryptophan intakes of >10 times the requirement are necessary before there are detrimental effects on growth performance. At still greater intakes, fatty liver and fibrotic changes in muscles, lung, and pancreas and the serotonin syndrome may develop. In pigs, tryptophan intake of 60 times the daily requirement did not cause mortality. The maximal tryptophan oxidation rate, measured in vivo using (13)C universally labeled tryptophan, may be a possible marker of the intake above which increasing intake increases the risk of adverse effects. The advantage of the oxidation technique is that it does not necessarily rely on but still allows the identification and measurement of amino acid metabolites and is therefore simpler and more universally applicable.
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- Soenke Moehn
- Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutritional Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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Mosnier E, Matte JJ, Etienne M, Ramaekers P, Sève B, Le Floc'h N. Tryptophan metabolism and related B vitamins in the multiparous sow fed ad libitum after farrowing. Arch Anim Nutr 2009; 63:467-78. [PMID: 26967955 DOI: 10.1080/17450390903217465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Although dietary content of tryptophan has been related to variations of feed intake in lactating sows, the mechanisms remain to be elucidated. Twenty multiparous crossbred Landrace × Large White sows were used to assess variations of tryptophan metabolism around farrowing. Sows were fed 3 kg/d of a standard gestation diet from insemination until farrowing. They were then fed ad libitum a standard lactation diet until weaning. Sows were catheterised on day 70 of gestation and blood samples were drawn on day 37 before parturition, daily during the week before and the week after farrowing, and on days 14 and 21 of lactation. Plasma concentrations of amino acids, kynurenine, niacin, haptoglobin, urea, and vitamin B6 concentration in red blood cells were determined. During the week following parturition, plasma tryptophan and niacin decreased while plasma kynurenine increased (p < 0.05). On the 2nd and 3rd weeks of lactation, plasma tryptophan and kynurenine returned to pre-farrowing concentrations, while niacin increased throughout lactation (p < 0.05). Vitamin B6 increased progressively during the week after farrowing (p < 0.05) and remained constant at a high concentration thereafter. The average feed intake of the sow during lactation was positively correlated with the mean concentrations of niacin (r(2) = 0.25; p < 0.001) and kynurenine (r(2) = 0.31; p < 0.001) in plasma and with vitamin B6 in red blood cells (r(2) = 0.68; p < 0.001). This study suggests that tryptophan catabolism presumably through the kynurenine pathway is high during the 1st week after farrowing, and that dietary supply of niacin and vitamin B6 could be transiently suboptimal in early lactation.
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- Emmanuelle Mosnier
- a Unité Mixte de Recherche, Système d'Elevage, Nutrition Animale et Humaine, INRA , Rennes , France.,b Unité Mixte de Recherche, Agrocampus Ouest , Rennes , France.,c Agriculture R & D, Nutreco , Boxmeer , The Netherlands
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- d Dairy and Swine R & D Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada , Lennoxville , Quebec , Canada
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- a Unité Mixte de Recherche, Système d'Elevage, Nutrition Animale et Humaine, INRA , Rennes , France.,b Unité Mixte de Recherche, Agrocampus Ouest , Rennes , France
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- a Unité Mixte de Recherche, Système d'Elevage, Nutrition Animale et Humaine, INRA , Rennes , France.,b Unité Mixte de Recherche, Agrocampus Ouest , Rennes , France
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- a Unité Mixte de Recherche, Système d'Elevage, Nutrition Animale et Humaine, INRA , Rennes , France.,b Unité Mixte de Recherche, Agrocampus Ouest , Rennes , France
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Mosnier E, Le Floc'h N, Etienne M, Ramaekers P, Sève B, Père MC. Reduced feed intake of lactating primiparous sows is associated with increased insulin resistance during the peripartum period and is not modified through supplementation with dietary tryptophan. J Anim Sci 2009; 88:612-25. [PMID: 19855001 DOI: 10.2527/jas.2008-1768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The aim of this experiment was to investigate whether insulin resistance is related to the dietary concentration of Trp and the ADFI of primiparous sows having similar body conditions. Twenty-four primiparous sows were catheterized on d 97 of pregnancy. Blood samples were collected during 3 tests: after the ingestion of 1.5 kg of feed (meal test), after the intravenous infusion of 0.5 g of glucose/kg of BW (glucose tolerance test), and during an euglycemic hyperinsulinemic clamp with an infusion rate of 100 ng of insulin x kg of BW(-1) x min(-1). Both tests were performed at 4 stages at approximately d 103 and 110 of pregnancy and at d 3 and 10 of lactation. Sows were fed a diet containing 0.16 or 0.26% of total Trp (suboptimal vs. slight excessive Trp supply according to recommendations for lactating sows) from d 104 of pregnancy after the first clamp until weaning. The dietary treatment did not result in differences in ADFI, BW, and backfat changes, and growth of piglets during lactation. Plasma Trp concentration was greater for the sows allocated to the slight excessive Trp diet than for the sows allocated to the suboptimal Trp diet (P < 0.05). Plasma glucose, NEFA, and urea profiles during the meal tests were not affected by the dietary treatment. At d 3 of lactation, the insulin concentration at 105 (P = 0.03) and 120 min (P = 0.04) after meal intake was less for the sows allocated to the slight excessive Trp diet than for the sows allocated to the suboptimal Trp diet. On d 10 of lactation, the glucose half life (P = 0.03) and the time needed to reach 25% of the area under the insulin curve (P = 0.04) during the tolerance test were less for the sows allocated to the slight excessive Trp diet than for the sows allocated to the suboptimal Trp diet. The glucose infusion rate during euglycemic hyperinsulinemic clamps was similar in the 2 Trp groups of sows. Irrespective of the dietary treatment, the ADFI of the sows was negatively related to the glucose half life during the glucose tolerance test and positively related to the glucose infusion rate during the clamp (P < 0.05). This relationship observed with the tests performed during early lactation was already found with the tests performed during late pregnancy (P < 0.02). Present findings indicate that a dietary Trp supply of 0.26% does not increase feed intake in lactating primiparous sows. This result indicates that the interest in a Trp supplementation during the peripartum period can be questioned. Irrespective of the dietary treatment, the reasons why sows with similar rearing conditions develop different rates of insulin resistance during pregnancy remain to be elucidated.
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- E Mosnier
- INRA, UMR1079 SENAH, F-35000 Rennes, France
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