Figure 4
From: Uptake of Colostral Immunoglobulins by the Compromised Newborn Farm Animal
Plasma immnunoglobulin G (IgG) and bovine serum albumin (BSA) levels (means ± SEM) in three groups of newborn premature pigs given porcine colostrum + BSA just after birth. Pigs born by elective caesarean section, without prior induction of parturition with a prostaglandin analogue, showed severely reduced capacity to absorp IgG and BSA from colostrum (*, P < 0.05), compared with premature pigs subjected birth induction (either caesarean- or vaginally-delivered) (Sangild et al., unpublished observations).