The effects of parity and litter size on bone metabolic activity in pregnant and lactating sows

Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition
Christina M SchmidtWendy R Hood

Abstract

During gestation and lactation, female mammals often mobilize endogenous nutrient reserves to meet the resource demands of offspring production. These mobilized stores include calcium, phosphorous and other minerals that are resorbed from maternal bone to facilitate rapid mineralization of offspring bones. The extent to which bone mineral is resorbed is governed by the total amount of mineral taken in from the diet, but also by the competing demands of offspring and the minimum level of bone density that a female must sustain to support self-maintenance. The maximum amount of bone that a female may mobilize is undoubtedly dependent a variety of maternal traits, including age and reproductive experience (i.e., parity). We evaluated changes in serum concentrations of biomarkers of metabolic activity (total deoxypyridinoline [tDPD] and osteocalcin [OC]) of maternal bone and its relationship to reproductive output and parity throughout pregnancy and lactation in Yorkshire sows. Litter size did not affect bone metabolism; however, serum concentrations of both tDPD and OC were significantly higher in sows with little or no reproductive experience when compared to sows that had produced at least 3 litters prior to the current reproduc...Continue Reading

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