Journal: BMC Veterinary Research
Article Title: Impact of parturition induction, farrowing environment and birth weight class on endocrine and metabolic plasma parameters related to piglet vitality
doi: 10.1186/s12917-025-04845-2
Figure Lengend Snippet: Effect of induced vs. spontaneous parturition on plasma metabolites in neonatal and suckling piglets. Plasma metabolites exhibiting significant differences for specific time points comprised ( A ) ammonia, ( B ), creatinine, ( C ), glucose, ( D ) haptoglobin, ( E ) lactate, ( F ) NEFA (non-esterified fatty acids), ( G ) sodium, ( H ) total protein, ( I ) blood urea nitrogen, and ( J ) uric acid. Samples were taken at 0.5–6.0 h, day 1, day 4, day 20, and day 29. Data on induced parturitions also have been analysed in a companion study . Significant differences ( P < 0.05) are indicated by asterisks
Article Snippet: Plasma haptoglobin (cat.-no. HAPT-9, Life Diagnostics, Inc., West Chester, Pennsylvania, USA), cortisol (cat.-no. EIA-1887, DRG Diagnostics GmbH, Marburg, Germany), insulin (cat.-no. EIA-4747, DRG Diagnostics GmbH), and total triiodothyronine (cat.-no. EIA-4569, DRG Diagnostics GmbH) were measured in duplicate via ELISAs according to the manufacturer’s protocol.
Techniques: Clinical Proteomics