Evaluation of <i>Boswellia serrata</i> enriched diet on cytokine gene expression and reactive oxygen metabolites in weaning piglets

Tranquillizing Effect of Passiflora incarnata Extract: Outcome on Behavioral and Physiological Indicators in Weaning Pigs with Intact Tails

“…In pigs, the ear skin temperature is a good measure of thermoregulatory responses [ 30 ], and thermography applied at the eye level represents a valuable method to estimate the core temperature of pigs under farm conditions [ 31 ]. In the present study, homogeneity of recorded temperatures seems in line with other results obtained [ 32 ] since no chronic stressors or morbidity was registered in the animals. The thermal results, considering the different locations with highest correlation with core temperature (such as ear, eye and dorsal region), may change with age, and this could explain the effect of time of recording in the present study.…”

Improved lipid saponification for chromatographic quantification of fatty acids in porcine erythrocytes – an important lipidomic biomarker of the effectiveness of dietary fat supplementation in pigs as a large animal model for human studies

“…Boccardo et al, 2022). Additionally, numerous previous studies have demonstrated significant associations between erythrocyte FA profiles and the metabolic syndrome (MS), independent of well-known risk factors such as physical activity, alcohol intake, and smoking (Di Marino et al, 2000;Kabagambe et al, 2008;Gabriel et al, 2013;Pastorelli et al, 2021). In fact, the FA profile of erythrocytes may be a useful biomarker for assessing medium-term dietary fat intake (2-3 months for humans), and for comparing FA profiles in relation to their impact on cardiovascular diseases, diabetes or intermediate phenotypes (Enriquez et al, 2004;Poppitt et al, 2005;Baylin and Campos, 2006;Sun et al, 2007;Mužáková et al, 2019).…”