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IgG absorption by Santa Ines lambs fed Holstein bovine colostrum or Santa Ines ovine colostrum

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2010

D. B. Moretti ,
L. Kindlein ,
P. Pauletti  and
R. Machado-Neto
D. B. Moretti
Affiliation:
Departament of Animal Science, University of São Paulo, USP/ESALQ, Avenue Pádua Dias, 11, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
L. Kindlein
Affiliation:
Departament of Preventive Medicine Veterinary, Veterinary Faculty, Rio Grande do Sul Federal University, UFRGS, Avenue Bento Gonçalvez 8834, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
P. Pauletti
Affiliation:
Departament of Animal Science, University of São Paulo, USP/ESALQ, Avenue Pádua Dias, 11, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
R. Machado-Neto*
Affiliation:
Departament of Animal Science, University of São Paulo, USP/ESALQ, Avenue Pádua Dias, 11, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
*
†E-mail: raul.machado@esalq.usp.br
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Abstract

The objective of this study was to evaluate the immunoglobulin G (IgG) absorption by Santa Ines lambs under two colostrum management systems usually used by producers. Twenty-seven Santa Ines newborn lambs received two meals of 250 ml of bovine colostrum from Holstein cows (BC group) or ovine colostrum from Santa Ines ewes (OC group) at 0 and 6 h of life. Pools of BC and OC were analyzed by radial immunodiffusion to quantify IgG. Results are expressed as least-square means and standard errors of mean (means ± s.e.m.). The concentration of IgG in bovine and ovine pools averaged 115.7 ± 20.5 and 48.1 ± 5.0 mg/ml, respectively, levels of concentration found in similar regular colostrum managements. The efficiency of IgG absorption was evaluated under two aspects, maximum apparent efficiency of absorption and total apparent efficiency of absorption (AEAmax and AEAtotal, respectively). The AEAmax was calculated taking into account the mass of IgG ingested just in the first meal of colostrum at birth and the serum IgG concentration at 6 h while the AEAtotal took into account the serum IgG concentration at 24 h of life that reflects the first colostrum offered at birth and the second meal at 6 h. The IgG and apparent efficiency of absorption results were transformed into the square root and log base 10, respectively, and were presented as geometric least-square means. In BC, lower (P < 0.05) AEAmax and AEAtotal were verified (14.2% and 15.6%, respectively), in relation to OC (23.6% and 24.4%, respectively). Serum IgG concentrations at 24 h were significantly higher (P < 0.05) in BC (31.4 mg/ml, respectively) compared with OC (22.2 mg/ml, respectively). The results in this study confirm that there is a limitation to the process of IgG absorption by the enterocytes of newborn lambs, which determined a nonlinear behavior of passive immunity acquisition. Similar values of AEAmax and AEAtotal for the two sources of colostrum reveal that the process of IgG absorption from the first and second meals during the first 6 h of life did not change and indicates that the ingestion of a second feeding of quality colostrum can enhance the acquisition of immune protection of newborn lambs.

Keywords

colostrum managementpassive immunityovineantibody absorption
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animal , Volume 4 , Issue 6 , June 2010 , pp. 933 - 937
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Copyright © The Animal Consortium 2010

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