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. 1979 Mar 1;20(1):60–72. doi: 10.1186/BF03546630

Studies on Immunoglobulins and Trypsin Inhibitor in Colostrum and Milk from Sows and in Serum of Their Piglets

Undersøgelser over immunoglobuliner og trypsin-inhibitor i kolostrum og mælk fra søer og i serum fra deres grise

P Thode Jensen 1,✉, K B Pedersen 1
PMCID: PMC8322883  PMID: 108928

Abstract

The concentrations of IgG, IgM, IgA and the specific sow colostrum trypsin inhibitor (SCTI) were measured by radial immunodiffusion in colostrum and milk samples from sows and in serum samples from their offspring during the suckling period. A clear time dependence was found for all the measured variates in both whey and serum. Statistically significant positive correlations were found between, on the one hand, concentrations of IgG and IgA, but not IgM, in sera from 39 suckling piglets 1 and 3 days old, and, on the other hand, concentrations of the same immunoglobulins and of the trypsin inhibitor in maternal colostrum (n = 7). Multiple regression analyses showed that at day 1 and day 3 the levels of both IgG and IgA in serum samples from the suckling piglets were positively influenced by both the SCTI and the IgG or IgA contents in maternal colostrum.

Keywords: pig immunoglobulins, sow colostrum trypsin inhibitor, immunoglobulin absorption

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This investigation was supported by the Danish Agricultural and Veterinary Research Council.

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