title: [Behavior of blood glucose in piglets up to the 10th day of life with reference to colostrum consumption and birth mass].
abstract: The following results were obtained from studies into the behaviour of blood glucose in 439 piglets: -The first experimental group included 48 piglets exposed to follow-up checks in the first ten days of age. Glucose values prior to the first intake of foremilk were higher than those measured afterwards in ten animals (20.8 per cent). The second experimental group included 391 piglets tested under production conditions, and a result identical to the one above was recorded from 48 animals (12.3 per cent). The conclusion is that rise of blood glucose does not take place in all piglets after the first intake of foremilk. -Blood glucose concentrations were found to go up discontinuously up to the tenth day of age, depending on birth weight and feed intake as well as on glycolytical and gluconeogenetical capacities. -Average glucose values between 50.23 and 67.37 mg/100 ml plasma were recorded from newborn piglets prior to first foremilk intake in four groups differentiated by weights a birth between 800 g and 2,200 g. A relationship was statistically secured between blood glucose concentration and birth weight of newborn piglets. The correlation factor appeared to depend on the weight at birth.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D001724:Birth Weight; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis*; D003126:Colostrum; D013552:Swine
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose
vernacular_title: Verhalten der Blutglukose bei Ferkeln bis zum 10. Lebenstag unter Berücksichtigung von Kolostrumaufnahme und Geburtsmasse.