plasma melatonin levels in relation to the light-dark cycle and parental background in domestic pigs等离子体褪黑激素水平与光暗周期和父母的背景在国内猪.pdfVIP

Acta vet. scand. 2001, 42, 287-294. Plasma Melatonin Levels in Relation to the Light- Dark Cycle and Parental Background in Domestic Pigs By H. Andersson Department of Clinical Chemistry, Centre of Reproductive Biology in Uppsala, Swedish University of Agricul- tural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden. Andersson H: Plasma melatonin levels in relation to the light-dark cycle and parental background in domestic pigs. Acta vet. scand. 2001, 42, 287-294. – To study porcine melatonin secretion in a stable environment 3 daytime (10.00 - 15.00) and 3 nighttime (22.00 - 03.00) plasma samples were collected by jugular venipuncture from 15 gilts, 16 sows, 3 boars and 48 piglets (24 females and 24 males from 8 litters) and analysed for melatonin content. Nighttime melatonin concentrations were higher than daytime melatonin concentrations (p0.001), whereas no effect of sampling order could be discerned. The 3 adult Hampshire boars had higher melatonin concentrations during the day and the night, than the 31 adult Yorkshire females (p0.05). There was no clear difference between gilts and sows in plasma melatonin. The gilts from one of the litters had higher plasma melatonin concentrations than the gilts in 3 other litters (p0.05). Among the 48 piglets, the increase of nocturnal melatonin secretion differed between litters (p0.01), whereas the influence of father was not quite significant (p=0.12). No difference in daytime melatonin concentrations between litters could be found, and there was no difference in melatonin levels between the male and female piglets. In conclu- sion, this study demonstrates that domestic pigs express a nocturnal increase of mela- tonin secretion in a standard sta