| Grant number: | 12/03146-3 |
| Support Opportunities: | Regular Research Grants |
| Start date: | June 01, 2012 |
| End date: | May 31, 2014 |
| Field of knowledge: | Agronomical Sciences - Animal Husbandry - Animal Nutrition and Feeding |
| Principal Investigator: | Dirlei Antonio Berto |
| Grantee: | Dirlei Antonio Berto |
| Host Institution: | Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia (FMVZ). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Botucatu. Botucatu , SP, Brazil |
| Associated researchers: | Ricardo de Oliveira Orsi |
Abstract
Nutrition influences the modulation of the immune system and improves the resistance to infection, because nutrients are required for cell proliferation during the immune response and for the synthesis of effector molecules or molecules related to cell communication, also exert indirect effect on the immune response by limiting unwanted effects of other molecules. According to this, two experiments will be conducted to evaluate the effects of adding two levels of beta-glucans: absent and 280 g/ton of yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, two diets with two levels of energy: 3300 and 3465 kcal/kg for piglets weaned at 21 days old, subjected to challenge with lipopolysaccharide of Escherichia coli serotype 055: B5, on the immunological, haematological, biochemical parameters and performance of piglets in the first experiment and morphometric evaluation of intestinal segments and Peyer's patches of intestinal submucosa in the second experiment. (AU)
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