Table 1
The clinical examination card of experimental sows
| Sow no... | ….....Genetics………… | Parity……………………………………………… | Date of inclusion in examination…….. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Date | Date | Date | Date | Date | Date | Date | Date | |||
| Rectal temperature (°C) | −14 | −7 | −3 | −1 | 0 | +1 | +3 | +7 | +14 | Treatment: | |
| Duration of pregnancy | Duration of parturition | ||||||||||
| Number litter of piglets in a | Number of live piglets/litter | ||||||||||
| Number litter of stillbirths/ | Number of mummified piglets/litter | Number weaned piglets of | |||||||||
| Appetite * Preserved 0 Decreased 1 (I, II, III) | |||||||||||
| Milk production Normal N | PARTURITION | Date | Date | Date | Date | Date | |||||
| Hypogalactia H Agalactia A | +1 | +3 | +5 | +7 | +14 | ||||||
| PDS** Yes – 1 | PDS severity*** | Date | Date | Date | Date | Date | |||||
| No – 0 | (I, II, III) | +1 | +3 | +5 | +7 | +14 | |||||
| Other disorders (date, type) | |||||||||||
[i] * Appetite scores were – 0 – preserved (eats more than 80% of daily portion); I – decreased: (eats 50–80% of daily portion); II – decreased (eats less than 50% of daily portion); III – lack of appetite (does not eat)
** If at least 1 teat was inflamed, PDS was defined as 1, and cases with no lesions were defined as 0
*** PDS severity: I – mild (1–2 teats); II – moderate (3–6 teats); III – severe (≥ 7 teats)
Fig. 1
Changes in serum immunoglobulin G (IgG) concentrations (mean ± SD) around the peripartum period in sows from individual experimental groups. PDS – postpartum dysgalactia syndrome; * – statistically significant differences compared to day −28 and day −14 in the healthy group; (P < 0.05); ** – statistically significant differences compared to day 28 and day 14 in the healthy group; (P < 0.05)
Fig. 2
Changes in serum immunoglobulin M (IgM) concentrations (mean ± SD) around the peripartum period in sows from individual experimental groups. PDS – postpartum dysgalactia syndrome
Fig. 3
Changes in serum immunoglobulin A (IgA) concentrations (mean ± SD) around the peripartum period in sows from individual experimental groups. PDS – postpartum dysgalactia syndrome
Fig. 4
Changes in serum cortisol concentrations (mean ± SD) around the peripartum in sows from individual experimental groups. PDS – postpartum dysgalactia syndrome