METHOD FOR INCREASING BLOOD IgG PRODUCTION INTO COLOSTRAL MILK BY MAMMARY GLAND MASSAGE IN PIGS AS HYPOTROPHY PREVENTION IN PIGLETS

摘要

FIELD: medicine. ^ SUBSTANCE: method for increasing blood IgG production into colostral milk in pigs as hypotrophy prevention in piglets involves mammary gland massage, ELISA determination of colostral milk and blood IgG concentrations in pigs, weighing of suckling pigs before and after sucking. Breeding sows are laid on a left side to massage the mammary gland 10 minutes before feeding piglets with colostral milk in 6, 9 and 18 hours after farrowing. The massage is two-staged. The mammary gland is massaged; the massaging is intensified edge-to-centre, namely to a nipple. ^ EFFECT: invention provides better blood IgG production into colostral milk during the first hours after farrowing. ^ 2 tbl