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Effect of Transport Stress on Serum Haptoglobin and Pig-Map in Pigs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 January 2023

Y Saco ,
M J Docampo ,
E Fàbrega ,
X Manteca ,
A Diestre ,
F Lampreave  and
A Bassols
Y Saco
Affiliation:
Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular i Servei de Bioquímica Clínica Veterinaria, Facultat de Veterinària, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain
M J Docampo
Affiliation:
Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular i Servei de Bioquímica Clínica Veterinaria, Facultat de Veterinària, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain
E Fàbrega
Affiliation:
Departament de Biología Cel.lular, Fisiología i Immunologia, Facultat de Veterinària, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain
X Manteca
Affiliation:
Departament de Biología Cel.lular, Fisiología i Immunologia, Facultat de Veterinària, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain
A Diestre
Affiliation:
Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries, Centre de Tecnologia de la Carn, Granja Camps i Armet, 17121 Monells, Girona, Spain
F Lampreave
Affiliation:
Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain
A Bassols*
Affiliation:
Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular i Servei de Bioquímica Clínica Veterinaria, Facultat de Veterinària, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain
*
# Contact for correspondence and requests for reprints: anna.bassols@uab.es
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Abstract

This study was undertaken in order to determine the variation of the acute phase proteins haptoglobin and Pig-MAP (major acute phase protein) in the serum of pigs affected by transport-related stress. Pigs were subjected to one of two pre-slaughter treatments: a) short-duration transport (1 h 15 min transport and 2 h lairage); or b) long-duration transport (6 h transport and 14 h lairage). There were 10 individuals in each treatment group, belonging to the NN (n = 5) or Nn (n = 5) genotypes for halothane susceptibility. Samples were taken before transport, just after transport, and on stunning at slaughter. We measured levels of serum haptoglobin, Pig-MAP and cortisol. Our results showed that the short-duration transport did not modify the levels of haptoglobin or of Pig-MAP in any of the three samples, whereas cortisol was increased just after transport. In contrast, there was an increase in haptoglobin and Pig-MAP in serum from animals after long-duration transport, as observed in the post-mortem samples (20-21 h after the beginning of transport); cortisol levels were not increased in these conditions. In this experiment, homozygotes for the halothane gene tended to have higher values of haptoglobin after slaughter than did heterozygotes. In conclusion, combined determination of acute phase proteins and cortisol levels could provide valuable information on welfare problems related to transport.

Keywords

acute phase proteinsanimal welfarehaptoglobinPig-MAPpigstransport stress
Type
Short Communication
Information
Animal Welfare , Volume 12 , Issue 3 , August 2003 , pp. 403 - 409
Copyright
© 2003 Universities Federation for Animal Welfare

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