Effects of feeding Bt MON810 maize to sows during first gestation and lactation on maternal and offspring health indicators

Walsh, Maria C. and Buzoianu, Stefan G. and Gardiner, Gillian E. and Rea, Mary C. and O'Donovan, Orla and Ross, R. Paul and Lawlor, Peadar G. (2013) Effects of feeding Bt MON810 maize to sows during first gestation and lactation on maternal and offspring health indicators. British Journal of Nutrition, 109 (5). pp. 873-881. ISSN 0007-1145

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Abstract

A total of twenty-four sows and their offspring were used in a 20-week study to investigate the effects of feeding GM maize on maternal and offspring health. Sows were fed diets containing GM or non-GM maize from service to the end of lactation. GM maize-fed sows were heavier on day 56 of gestation (P< 0.05). Offspring from sows fed GM maize tended to be lighter at weaning (P= 0.08). Sows fed GM maize tended to have decreased serum total protein (P= 0.08), and increased serum creatinine (P< 0.05) and γ-glutamyltransferase activity (P= 0.07) on day 28 of lactation. Serum urea tended to be decreased on day 110 of gestation in GM maize-fed sows (P= 0.10) and in offspring at birth (P= 0.08). Both platelet count (P= 0.07) and mean cell Hb concentration (MCHC; P= 0.05) were decreased on day 110 of gestation in GM maize-fed sows; however, MCHC tended to be increased in offspring at birth (P= 0.08). There was a minimal effect of feeding GM maize to sows during gestation and lactation on maternal and offspring serum biochemistry and haematology at birth and body weight at weaning.

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