Effect of Oral Supplementation of Healthy Pregnant Sows with Sucrosomial Ferric Pyrophosphate on Maternal Iron Status and Hepatic Iron Stores in Newborn Piglets

Effect of Oral Supplementation of Healthy Pregnant Sows with Sucrosomial Ferric Pyrophosphate on Maternal Iron Status and Hepatic Iron Stores in Newborn Piglets

Background: The similarities between swine and humans in physiological and genomic patterns, as well as significant correlation in size and anatomy, make pigs an useful animal model in nutritional studies during pregnancy. In humans and pigs iron needs exponentially increase during the last trimeste...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Rafał Mazgaj, Mateusz Szudzik, Paweł Lipiński, Aneta Jończy, Ewa Smuda, Marian Kamyczek, Beata Cieślak, Dorine Swinkels, Małgorzata Lenartowicz, Rafał R. Starzyński
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-06-01
Series:Animals
Subjects:
sucrosomial ferric pyrophosphate
iron deficiency anemia
pig
pregnancy
iron supplementation
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/10/7/1113

Internet

https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/10/7/1113

Similar Items