Gestational and lactational dietary supplementation with live yeast partially attenuates inflammatory responses to lipopolysaccharide challenge in newly weaned piglets.

ABSTRACT: Weaning is an abrupt event in the life of piglets that adversely affects metabolic homeostasis, leading to poor nutrient absorption, increased susceptibility to enteric pathogens, and reduced growth performance. Few studies have examined the effects of maternal dietary live yeast (LY) supplementation on the responses of piglets subjected to an immunological challenge immediately after weaning. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of gestational and lactational dietary LY supplementation on inflammatory and antioxidant markers in newly weaned piglets challenged with lipopolysaccharide (LPS). On day 77 of gestation, 40 sows were randomly assigned to two dietary treatments: without (CON) or with LY supplementation at 0.05% of the diet during gestation and 0.1% during lactation. W

SUBMITTER: Fu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12863951 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature