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Table 1 Dietary-induced oxidative stress in swine

From: Accurate models and nutritional strategies for specific oxidative stress factors: Does the dose matter in swine production?

Swine models

Body weight, kg

Inducer and duration

Changes in oxidative indicators

References

Weaned piglets

12.36 ± 0.26

DON 4 mg/kg,

30 d

(From 28 to 57 days of age)

Serum: D 15: H2O2 (12 → 23 mmol/L) ↑

MDA (1 → 6.2 mmol/L) ↑

D 30: CAT (5.5 → 3.5 U/mL) ↓

H2O2 (12 → 22 mmol/L) ↑

MDA (2 → 3 nmol/mL) ↑

[35]

6.97 ± 0.1

DON 3.8 mg/kg,

28 d

(From 21 to 49 days of age)

Serum: GSH (4.24 → 2.8 mg/L) ↓

T-AOC (2.31 → 1.56 U/mL) ↓

MDA (1.96 → 3.31 mmol/L) ↑

Ileum (μmol/g protein):

GSH (5.13 → 4.21) ↓, SOD (58.24 → 39.57) ↓

T-AOC (0.49 → 0.31) ↓, MDA (0.52 → 1) ↑

Jejunum (μmol/g protein):

GSH (10.93 → 10.02) ↓, SOD (63.66 → 49.95) ↓

T-AOC (0.4 → 0.29) ↓, MDA (0.61 → 0.8) ↑

[36, 37]

10.9 ± 0.77

OTA 0.25 mg/kg,

28 d

Liver: T-AOC (27 → 22 μmol/g tissue) ↓

TBARS (3.5 → 5.4 nmol/g tissue) ↑

Kidney: GPx (1.8 → 22 μmol/min/g tissue) ↓

T-AOC (23 → 19 μmol/g tissue) ↓

TBARS (0.8 → 1.2 nmol/g tissue) ↑

[38]

6.97 ± 0.1

AFB1 0.32 mg/kg,

30 d

(From 28 to 57 days of age)

MLNs: SOD (400 → 352 U/g tissue) ↓

CAT (4 → 2.92 μmol/min/g tissue) ↓

GPx (4.8 → 3.74 μmol/min/g tissue) ↓

T-AOC (11 → 8.75 μmol/g tissue) ↓

[39]

Growing pigs

16.3 ± 1.5

DON 3–12 mg/kg,

21 d

(From 67 to 88 days of age)

Serum (U/mL):

3 mg/kg: SOD (117.5 ± 6.26 → 100.88 ± 14.24) ↓

6 mg/kg: SOD (117.5 ± 6.26 → 84.48 ± 8.97) ↓

GPx (3,424.7 ± 147.5 → 2,967.3 ± 124.4) ↓

12 mg/kg: SOD (117.5 ± 6.26 → 79.94 ± 15.62) ↓

GPx (3,424.7 ± 147.5 → 2,521.3 ± 334.6) ↓

[40, 41]

Nursery pigs

Average 6.5

Oxidized soybean oil 60 g/kg,

35 d

(From 21 to 66 days of age)

Jejunal mucosa:

MDA (35 → 54 μmol/g protein) ↑

[42]

Newborn piglets

1.8 ± 0.04

Oxidized soybean oil 50 g/kg,

21 d

(From 4 to 25 days of age)

Jejunal mucosa:

MDA (3.17 → 5.2 mol/L) ↑

GSSG (8.58 → 12.62 mmol/g protein) ↑

[43]

  1. CAT Catalase, GPx Glutathione peroxidase, SOD Superoxide dismutase, MLNs Mesenteric lymph nodes, DON Deoxynivalenol, OTA Ochratoxin A, AFB1 Aflatoxin B1, ZEA Zearalenone