Antigenicidad de piensos y materias primas proteicas en conejos
[EN] The massive intake of dietary antigens is one of the factors involved in the problems around the weaning of livestock species. This has been studied mainly in piglets and calves, which immune response to dietary antigens and their consequences varies depending on the origin of dietary protein,...
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| Tipo de recurso: | tesis doctoral |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2016 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) |
| Repositorio: | RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/62864 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/62864 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Conejo Antígeno Pienso Materia prima proteica PRODUCCION ANIMAL NUTRICION Y BROMATOLOGIA |
| Sumario: | [EN] The massive intake of dietary antigens is one of the factors involved in the problems around the weaning of livestock species. This has been studied mainly in piglets and calves, which immune response to dietary antigens and their consequences varies depending on the origin of dietary protein, the use of protein raw materials of high antigenicity being in practice limited in the feeding of young animals. However, in rabbits, where digestive problems after weaning are particularly important, information in this regard is very scarce. The overall objective of this study was to determine if, like in other livestock species, immune reactions against the diet also occur in rabbits, by determining IgG immunoglobulin specific to dietary antigens in blood serum, and to compare the antigenicity of different feeds and protein raw materials. Three experiments were performed. In Experiment I, the method of obtaining dietary antigens by pepsin hydrolysis was developed and the presence of IgG antibodies against dietary antigens in rabbit blood serum was checked by Dot Immunoblotting. In Experiment II, an indirect ELISA to determine IgG against dietary antigens in blood serum was developed. In Experiment III, antigenicity of different protein raw materials was studied by measuring IgG against dietary antigens in blood serum by the indirect ELISA developed, as well as their effects on histomorphology and immunohistochemistry of the intestinal mucosa. With the developed methodology: 1) the presence of IgG antibodies against dietary antigens in blood serum of adult and strictly suckling rabbits has been detected, 2) differing IgG antibody response against dietary antigens in blood serum of growing rabbits has been found depending on the protein raw material included in the feed they had consumed, being significantly higher with sunflower meal, wheat gluten, pea and soybean meal than with alfalfa hay and, especially, with fishmeal and 3) no consistent relationship of the IgG antibody response against dietary antigens in blood serum with histomorphological (villus height, crypt depth and ratio between them) or immunohistochemical (T cell counts in the villi and proliferating cells counts in the crypts) traits of the jejunal mucosa nor growth rate could be established. |
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