Effect of oral glutamine supplementation on growth and glutamine and glucose metabolism in suckling piglets.

ABSTRACT: The increase in litter size has led to a higher proportion of low birthweight (LBW) piglets, which are disadvantaged in terms of later growth and organ maturation. Supplementing with glutamine (Gln) has been proposed to improve this situation. We investigated the metabolism of Gln and glucose (Glc) in LBW and normal (NBW) birthweight (BiW) suckling piglets supplemented with Gln or water (W). Forty-six neonatal male German Landrace piglets with a BiW of 1.04 ± 0.02 kg for LBW piglets and 1.55 ± 0.02 kg for NBW piglets were assigned to one of four treatments in a 2 × 2 factorial design (LBW/NBW; Gln/W). Half of the groups received either 1 g/kg bodyweight (BW)/d of Gln (LBW-Gln, NBW-Gln; n = 12) dissolved in water, or water (W) as a control (LBW-W, NBW-W; n = 11), until age 15 d. At 12 d, pi

SUBMITTER: Sciascia QL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12267151 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature