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Anaemia in the hyperprolific sow: Effect of injectable iron administration and relation with fattening score
Vincent Auvigne1 Hugues Perrin2 Arlette Laval2 Bénédicte Bertucat3 Valérie Normand4
1. Ekipaj, Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain; 2. ENVN, Nantes, France; 3. Ceva Santé Animale , Libourne, France; 4. Porc.Spective, Pontivy, France

Introduction Figure 1: Haemoglobin and BFL 4 weeks before farrowing


Although anaemia in sows is less studied than in piglets, it can
be supposed that it is a key factor of the sow’s health status. The
aim of this study is to describe levels of anaemia observed in
hyperprolyfic farms in France and to study the effect of inject-
able iron (GLEPTOSIL®) administration during gestation.

Materials and Methods


The study was carried out in 2009 in seven hyperprolyfic farms
(13.8 to 15.6 born piglets/sow/year) with a high percentage of
stillborn (> 8%) and/or manual assistance at farrowing (> 15%).
Sows (n=510) were individually randomised into two groups
(Gleptoferron and Control), 7 weeks prior to farrowing after
stratification according to parity and the initial haemoglobin
level. Sows from the Gleptoferron group received two injections
of GLEPTOSIL® at 7 and 4 weeks before farrowing (10 ml per
injection, i.e. a total of 4 g of gleptoferron).
Table 1 – Treatment effect on haemoglobinaemia (g/L) 4 weeks before
The level of anaemia was assessed by haemoglobinaemia, farrowing
measured with the Hemocue® Hb 201+ device. (1). Kinetics was
observed by measuring the levels at four stages of the repro-
ductive cycle of each sow: seven and four weeks before farrow-
ing, after farrowing (between 48h and 5 days) and on day 20
of lactation. Two measures of the backfat layer thickness (BFL)
were carried out on each sow (four weeks before farrowing and
at farrowing). Lme procedures (R 2.9.0) were used. Parity ranking
and haemoglobin level at the start of the study were set as fixed
effects, farm and batch as random effects.

Results
Haemoglobinaemia is linked to the parity rank and decreases all Discussion
along the career of the sows. The average BFL decreases from The drop in haemoglobinaemia with an increasing parity rank
the fourth litter onwards. Sows with high haemoglobinaemia was not reported in a similar study carried out 30 years ago
levels are fatter (Figure 1). This relation is significant, even after (2). This newly discovered relation might be due to the dra-
adjustment for the parity (p=0.02). A positive effect of the matic increase in prolificacy over the past decades. The relation
gleptoferron injection is observed 3 weeks after the first injec- between haemoglobinaemia and BFL is significant even after
tion. However, there is an interaction between “Treatment” and adjustment for the rank of parity, what strengthens its biological
“Parity” (Table 1). significance. Though, the study does not allow establishing a
causal link we favour the hypothesis of an insufficient nutritional
intake for both the build-up of body reserves and for restoring
the haemoglobinaemia. The injection of gleptoferron allows
partial compensation of the anaemia. This partial efficacy of
gleptoferron could be explained by an insufficient quantity of
iron injected.

References
1. von Schenck, H. et al. Clin Chem (1986).32, 526-529
2. Meissonier, E. et al. Journées Rech. Porcine (1980).31, 317-326

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