Faecal Glucocorticoid Metabolites and Hair Cortisone/Cortisol Measurements in Domestic Pigs Exposed to Road Transportation and Dexamethasone Treatment
Pig homeostasis is challenged by stressful production practices, like road transportation. Glucocorticoids (GCs) are mediators of reactive homeostasis, and their concentrations are frequently used as a stress indicator. The adrenocortical activity of fattening female and castrated male pigs was moni...
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| author | Asencio, Camila J. Palme, Rupert Ferrari, Héctor Ricardo Lattanzi, Mariano Luis Eguizábal, Gabina V. Busso, Juan Manuel |
| author_browse | Asencio, Camila J. Busso, Juan Manuel Eguizábal, Gabina V. Ferrari, Héctor Ricardo Lattanzi, Mariano Luis Palme, Rupert |
| author_facet | Asencio, Camila J. Palme, Rupert Ferrari, Héctor Ricardo Lattanzi, Mariano Luis Eguizábal, Gabina V. Busso, Juan Manuel |
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| description | Pig homeostasis is challenged by stressful production practices, like road transportation. Glucocorticoids (GCs) are mediators of reactive homeostasis, and their concentrations are frequently used as a stress indicator. The adrenocortical activity of fattening female and castrated male pigs was monitored over a 5-day longitudinal study. A bi-factorial experimental design was applied on day 2; 18 pigs in pen 1 were transported for 3 h (T; 1.2 m2/pig), and 18 pigs were kept in pen 2 (NT). Ten pigs from each pen were treated with dexamethasone (T-D or NT-D), and eight with saline solution (T-SS or NT-SS). Adrenocortical activity was assessed by measuring the levels of faecal glucocorticoid metabolites (FGMs) and hair cortisol and cortisone. In T-SS pigs, the level of FGMs was higher after transportation than in NT-SS pigs. The level of FGMs of T-D pigs initially increased but then reached similar levels to those of NT-SS sooner than T-SS. In contrast, hair cortisol and cortisone did not respond to the treatments. Nevertheless, the hair cortisone/cortisol ratio increased due to transport and decreased after dexamethasone administration. Daily faecal sampling proved still more reliable than 60-day hair sampling for assessing adrenocortical activity. Transported pigs recovered their adrenocortical baseline levels within 24 h. Dexamethasone attenuated the response to transport. |
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| spelling | INTA194872024-09-20T13:15:02Z Faecal Glucocorticoid Metabolites and Hair Cortisone/Cortisol Measurements in Domestic Pigs Exposed to Road Transportation and Dexamethasone Treatment Asencio, Camila J. Palme, Rupert Ferrari, Héctor Ricardo Lattanzi, Mariano Luis Eguizábal, Gabina V. Busso, Juan Manuel Cerdo Heces Metabolitos Transporte por Carretera Glucocorticoides Swine Faeces Metabolites Road Transport Homeostasis Glucocorticoids Pig homeostasis is challenged by stressful production practices, like road transportation. Glucocorticoids (GCs) are mediators of reactive homeostasis, and their concentrations are frequently used as a stress indicator. The adrenocortical activity of fattening female and castrated male pigs was monitored over a 5-day longitudinal study. A bi-factorial experimental design was applied on day 2; 18 pigs in pen 1 were transported for 3 h (T; 1.2 m2/pig), and 18 pigs were kept in pen 2 (NT). Ten pigs from each pen were treated with dexamethasone (T-D or NT-D), and eight with saline solution (T-SS or NT-SS). Adrenocortical activity was assessed by measuring the levels of faecal glucocorticoid metabolites (FGMs) and hair cortisol and cortisone. In T-SS pigs, the level of FGMs was higher after transportation than in NT-SS pigs. The level of FGMs of T-D pigs initially increased but then reached similar levels to those of NT-SS sooner than T-SS. In contrast, hair cortisol and cortisone did not respond to the treatments. Nevertheless, the hair cortisone/cortisol ratio increased due to transport and decreased after dexamethasone administration. Daily faecal sampling proved still more reliable than 60-day hair sampling for assessing adrenocortical activity. Transported pigs recovered their adrenocortical baseline levels within 24 h. Dexamethasone attenuated the response to transport. EEA Marcos Juárez Fil: Asencio, Camila J. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas y Tecnológicas; Argentina Fil: Asencio, Camila J. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas y Tecnológicas; Argentina Fil: Asencio, Camila J. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales. Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de los Alimentos; Argentina Fil: Palme, Rupert. University of Veterinary Medicine. Department of Biological Sciences and Pathobiology; Austria Fil: Ferrari, Héctor Ricardo. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias. Cátedra de Bienestar Animal; Argentina Fil: Lattanzi, Mariano Luis. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Marcos Juárez; Argentina Fil: Eguizábal, Gabina V. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas y Tecnológicas; Argentina Fil: Eguizábal, Gabina V. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas y Tecnológicas; Argentina Fil: Eguizábal, Gabina V. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales. Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de los Alimentos; Argentina Fil: Busso, Juan Manuel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas y Tecnológicas; Argentina Fil: Busso, Juan Manuel. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas y Tecnológicas; Argentina Fil: Busso, Juan Manuel. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales. Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de los Alimentos; Argentina 2024-09-20T13:12:05Z 2024-09-20T13:12:05Z 2024-09 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/19487 https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/14/18/2700 2076-2615 https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14182700 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf MDPI Animals 14 (18) : 2700. (September 2024) |
| spellingShingle | Cerdo Heces Metabolitos Transporte por Carretera Glucocorticoides Swine Faeces Metabolites Road Transport Homeostasis Glucocorticoids Asencio, Camila J. Palme, Rupert Ferrari, Héctor Ricardo Lattanzi, Mariano Luis Eguizábal, Gabina V. Busso, Juan Manuel Faecal Glucocorticoid Metabolites and Hair Cortisone/Cortisol Measurements in Domestic Pigs Exposed to Road Transportation and Dexamethasone Treatment |
| title | Faecal Glucocorticoid Metabolites and Hair Cortisone/Cortisol Measurements in Domestic Pigs Exposed to Road Transportation and Dexamethasone Treatment |
| title_full | Faecal Glucocorticoid Metabolites and Hair Cortisone/Cortisol Measurements in Domestic Pigs Exposed to Road Transportation and Dexamethasone Treatment |
| title_fullStr | Faecal Glucocorticoid Metabolites and Hair Cortisone/Cortisol Measurements in Domestic Pigs Exposed to Road Transportation and Dexamethasone Treatment |
| title_full_unstemmed | Faecal Glucocorticoid Metabolites and Hair Cortisone/Cortisol Measurements in Domestic Pigs Exposed to Road Transportation and Dexamethasone Treatment |
| title_short | Faecal Glucocorticoid Metabolites and Hair Cortisone/Cortisol Measurements in Domestic Pigs Exposed to Road Transportation and Dexamethasone Treatment |
| title_sort | faecal glucocorticoid metabolites and hair cortisone cortisol measurements in domestic pigs exposed to road transportation and dexamethasone treatment |
| topic | Cerdo Heces Metabolitos Transporte por Carretera Glucocorticoides Swine Faeces Metabolites Road Transport Homeostasis Glucocorticoids |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/19487 https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/14/18/2700 https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14182700 |
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