Supplementing daidzein in diets improves the reproductive performance,endocrine hormones and antioxidant capacity of multiparous sows |
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Authors: | Yan Li Guoru He Daiwen Chen Bing Yu Jie Yu Ping Zheng Zhiqing Huang Yuheng Luo Junqiu Luo Xiangbing Mao Hui Yan Jun He |
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Affiliation: | Institute of Animal Nutrition,Sichuan Agricultural University,Key Laboratory of Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition,Ministry of Education,Chengdu 611130,China;New Hope Liuhe Co.Ltd.,China |
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Abstract: | Certain hormones play important roles in modulating mammalian reproductive behaviour. Daidzein is a well-known isoflavonic phytoestrogen that possesses oestrogenic activity. This study was conducted to probe the effects of daidzein supplementation in gestation diets on the reproductive performance in sows. A total of 120 multiparous sows (Landrace × Yorkshire) were randomly assigned to 2 groups (n = 60) and fed either a base diet (control) or one containing 200 mg/kg daidzein during gestation. We discovered that daidzein supplementation significantly increased the total number of piglets born per litter and number of piglets born alive per litter (P < 0.05), decreased the farrowing time (P < 0.05) and increased the serum oestrogen and progesterone concentrations (P < 0.05) at 35 d of gestation. Moreover, serum immunoglobulin G (IgG) concentration and superoxide dismutase (SOD) and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) activities were higher in the daidzein-treated group than in the control group at 35 d of gestation (P < 0.05). Daidzein increased the serum SOD activity and total anti-oxidative capacity (T-AOC) at 85 d of gestation (P < 0.05). Interestingly, daidzein elevated the expression levels of the sodium-coupled neutral amino acid transporter 1 (SLC38A1) and insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) genes in the placenta (P < 0.05). These results suggest that daidzein ingestion could improve sow reproductive performance by changing serum hormones, elevating anti-oxidative capacity and up-regulating critical functional genes in the placenta. |
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Keywords: | Daidzein Immunity Anti-oxidative Reproductive performance Sow |
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