PMID- 26115285 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20160309 LR - 20231213 IS - 1525-3163 (Electronic) IS - 0021-8812 (Linking) VI - 93 IP - 6 DP - 2015 Jun TI - Effects of dietary soybean meal concentration on growth and immune response of pigs infected with porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus. PG - 2987-97 LID - 10.2527/jas.2014-8462 [doi] AB - An experiment was conducted to determine the effects of dietary soybean meal (SBM) concentration on the growth performance and immune response of pigs infected with porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV). Four experimental treatments included a 2 x 2 factorial arrangement of 2 dietary SBM concentrations, 17.5% (LSBM) or 29% (HSBM), and 2 levels of PRRSV infection, uninfected sham or PRRSV infected. Sixty-four weanling pigs of split sex (21 d of age, 7.14 +/- 0.54 kg) were individually housed in disease containment chambers. Pigs were provided a common diet for 1 wk postweaning before being equalized for BW and sex and allotted to 4 treatment groups with 16 replicate pigs per group. Pigs were fed experimental diets for 1 wk before receiving either a sham inoculation (sterile PBS) or a 1 x 10 50% tissue culture infective dose of PRRSV at 35 d of age (0 d postinoculation, DPI). Pig BW and feed intake were recorded weekly, and rectal temperatures were measured daily beginning on 0 DPI. Blood was collected on 0, 3, 7, and 14 DPI for determination of serum PRRSV load, differential complete blood cell counts, and haptoglobin and cytokine concentrations. Infection with PRRSV increased (P < 0.01) rectal temperatures of pigs throughout the infection period, with no influence of dietary SBM concentration. Pigs in the PRRSV-infected group had lower (P < 0.01) ADFI and G:F from 0 to 14 DPI compared with uninfected pigs. In the PRRSV-infected group, pigs fed HSBM tended to have improved ADG (P = 0.06) compared with pigs fed LSBM, whereas there was no influence of SBM concentration on growth of pigs in the uninfected group. At 14 DPI, PRRSV-infected pigs fed HSBM had a lower serum PRRSV load (P < 0.05), a higher (P = 0.02) hematocrit value, and a tendency for greater hemoglobin concentration (P = 0.09) compared with pigs fed LSBM. Serum haptoglobin and tumor necrosis factor-alpha concentrations of PRRSV-infected pigs were lower (P < 0.05) in pigs fed HSBM at 3 and 14 DPI, respectively, than in pigs fed LSBM. Overall, increasing the dietary SBM concentration modulated the immune response and tended to improve the growth of nursery pigs during a PRRSV infection. FAU - Rochell, S J AU - Rochell SJ FAU - Alexander, L S AU - Alexander LS FAU - Rocha, G C AU - Rocha GC FAU - Van Alstine, W G AU - Van Alstine WG FAU - Boyd, R D AU - Boyd RD FAU - Pettigrew, J E AU - Pettigrew JE FAU - Dilger, R N AU - Dilger RN LA - eng PT - Controlled Clinical Trial PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - J Anim Sci JT - Journal of animal science JID - 8003002 RN - 0 (Antibodies, Viral) RN - 0 (Cytokines) SB - IM MH - Animal Feed/*analysis MH - Animals MH - Antibodies, Viral/blood MH - Cytokines/blood MH - Diet/*veterinary MH - Female MH - Male MH - Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome/*immunology MH - Porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome virus/*immunology MH - *Glycine max MH - Swine EDAT- 2015/06/27 06:00 MHDA- 2016/03/10 06:00 CRDT- 2015/06/27 06:00 PHST- 2015/06/27 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/06/27 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/03/10 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.2527/jas.2014-8462 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Anim Sci. 2015 Jun;93(6):2987-97. doi: 10.2527/jas.2014-8462.