<b>Serum calcium levels in gestation and in farrowing labor time sows</b> - DOI: 10.4025/actascianimsci.v27i3.1210

  • Alciony Andreia da Cunha Alexandre UEM
  • Geraldo Camilo Alberton UFPR
  • Luiz Alexandre Filho UEM
  • Rita Maria Venâncio Magrich Rocha Universidade Catolica do Paraná
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4025/actascianimsci.v27i3.1210

Abstract

The aim of this work is to establish the serum levels of total, ionic and albumin calcium for gestation and lactating sows and to study the correlation between these data and reproductive indices. Fifty sows were used. The blood was taken at 60 days on gestation sows and at the farrowing moment, from the front cava venipuncture. The total, ionic and albumin calcium estimated for gestation and in farrowing sows was 9.71±1.21 mg/dL and 10.09±2.17 mg/dL, 3.78±0.83 mg/dL and 3.28±0.65 mg/dL, 2.8±0.4 g/dL and 2.9±0.5 g/dL, respectively. Hypocalcemia was observed in 16% of in farrowing labor sows. The average time for farrowing was 164 minutes. The average interval of piglets’ birth was 16 minutes and 0.88 was the observed stillbirth number. The correlation between the low levels of calcium and the reproductive indices were not observed. Statistic differences were not observed between the total, ionic and albumin levels of calcium for gestation and in farrowing labor sows

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Author Biography

Alciony Andreia da Cunha Alexandre, UEM
Possui graduação em Medicina Veterinária (1987 - 1992), mestrado em Ciências Veterinárias pela Universidade Federal do Paraná (2003). Atualmente é Médica Veterinária - pesquisadora do Campus Regional do Noroeste (CRN) da Universidade Estadual de Maringá. Tem experiência na área de Agorecologia, com ênfase na Produção Animal, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: suínos em SISCAL, bovino de leite e bem-estar-animal Currículo Lattes
Published
2008-03-19
How to Cite
da Cunha Alexandre, A. A., Alberton, G. C., Filho, L. A., & Magrich Rocha, R. M. V. (2008). <b>Serum calcium levels in gestation and in farrowing labor time sows</b&gt; - DOI: 10.4025/actascianimsci.v27i3.1210. Acta Scientiarum. Animal Sciences, 27(3), 333-339. https://doi.org/10.4025/actascianimsci.v27i3.1210
Issue
Vol 27 No 3 (2005)
Section
Nonruminant Nutrition

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