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ReviewAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2024

The Effect of Vitamins on the Immune Systems of Pigs.

Edda Mainardi, Carlo Corino, Raffaella Rossi

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Review in Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Safety and immunomodulatory efficacy of heat-killedFrontiers in veterinary science · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Edda MainardiDepartment of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, Università Degli Studi di Milano, Via Dell'Università 6, 26900 Lodi, Italy.
Carlo CorinoDepartment of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, Università Degli Studi di Milano, Via Dell'Università 6, 26900 Lodi, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8146-0583
Raffaella RossiDepartment of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, Università Degli Studi di Milano, Via Dell'Università 6, 26900 Lodi, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8926-7235

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In modern pig farming, there are many environmental, physiological or social stresses that weaken the immune response and increase susceptibility to disease. Nutritional management has a significant impact on the efficiency of the immune system in pigs. Among the various nutrients, vitamins have been shown to have specific effects on immune system activity. However, the needs of modern genetic types are not met by the dietary recommendations for vitamins in pig diets. The present study therefore summarises the data on dietary integration with supranutritional doses of vitamins in gestating and lactating sows and post-weaning piglets in terms of the immune response. The present data highlight that high doses of dietary vitamins are an effective way to improve the immune system, antioxidant status and gut health. Further studies are needed to deepen the understanding of the role of dietary supplementation with vitamins in pigs on immune system and gut functionality.

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dietary supplementimmune systemnutritionpigvitamin

Identifiers

PMID39061588
PMCPMC11273632

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