Absorption of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid (PUFA) Is Related to IgG Blood Levels of Neonatal Pigs during the First 48 Hours Postpartum

Table 2

Blood levels of IgG and PUFA and body weight gain in piglets. Newborn nonsuckled piglets (NB) (); piglets fed for 48 hours with infant formula (IF) (). Piglets fed for 48 hours alone either swine colostrum (S-Col) () or bovine colostrum (B-Col) (). Piglets fed infant formula supplemented i.u.a. either with swine serum (IF+SS) (), swine immunoglobulins (IF+IgS) (), or human immunoglobulins (IF+IgH) (). Data are presented as , (). a = bovine IgG, b = human IgG. Superscripted capital letters given with results imply significant differences within the columns when .

Groups	IgG (mg/ml)	Body weight gain (kg)
NB 0 h		NA
IF		^A
S-Col		^B
B-Col	(a)	^C
IF+SS		^D
IF+Ig S		^E
IF+Ig H	(b)	^D

NA: not applicable.