Year: 2013
Type: dissertation
Abstract: As serum calcium levels are rather stable in sows throughout the reproduction cycle (Giesemann et al., 1998;Liesegang et al., 2005;Mahan and Vallet, 1997), bone markers can be a useful alternative to monitor the bone metabolism of sows (Liesegang et al., 2005).Osteocalcin (OC) as a marker for bone formation (Lauridsen et al., 2010;Liesegang et al., 2002) and serum crosslaps (CTX) as marker for bone resorption (Christgau et al., 1998;Liesegang et al., 2005;Rosenquist et al., 1998) can provide more insight into the bone turnover of peripartal sows and indirectly provide some insight into the calcium metabolism during this period.O'Dowd et al., 1997).Furthermore, it is also clear that around parturition the metabolism of the sow changes tremendously and the sow has to deal with several metabolic changes (described in 1.2).It could, therefore, be assumed that during this particular period the highly prolific sow has specific dietary needs.Whereas for dairy cattle the importance of a specific transition diet is well
Author: An Cools
Language: English
Subfield: Animal Science and Zoology
Domain: Life Sciences
SDG: Zero hunger
Open Access status: green
Funder: Vlaamse regering
OpenAlex ID: W2340159614