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Limits for Utilization of Medium Chain and Long Chain Triacylglycerols by Neonatal Piglets

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 November 2017

J.E. Pettigrew ,
S.H. Chiang ,
S.G. Cornelius ,
R.L. Moser  and
S. D. Clarke
J.E. Pettigrew
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Science, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA
S.H. Chiang
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Science, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA
S.G. Cornelius
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Science, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA
R.L. Moser
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Science, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA
S. D. Clarke
Affiliation:
Department of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA
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Energy insufficiency appears to be one of the major causes of the high preweaning mortality rate prevalent in the swine industry (English and Smith, 1975). This observation is supported by (1) the limited energy reserves in the neonatal piglet and (2) the increased survival rate found in some studies in piglets whose dams received supplemental fat during late gestation and thus provided the piglets more milk fat (Pettigrew, 1981). Oral doses of fat, for example corn oil, have been given to piglets as energy supplements, without improving their survival rate (Pettigrew et al., 1986). This lack of response may be due to the high survival rate in the unsupplemented controls, to an inadequate amount of fat dosed, and/or to an insufficient ability of the piglets to utilize the fat.

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Nutrition and Environment of Newborn Pigs
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) , Volume 1988 , March 1988 , pp. 117
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1988

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