Maternal Ferrous Sucrose Supplementation Improves Reproductive Performance of Sows and Hepatic Iron Stores of Neonatal Piglets.

Accordingly, our results showed that there was an increasing trend in placental iron content in the FS group, and this was the necessary preparation for delivering iron to the fetus.

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Notably, we found an interesting phenomenon from the results of mineral element contents in sows and placentas or neonatal piglets; that is, the contents of calcium, phosphorus, iron, and zinc in the sows’ serum showed a decreasing trend, and those in the placenta and offspring serum showed an increasing trend, suggesting that the placenta mobilizes calcium, phosphorus, iron, and zinc from the maternal body into fetal circulation.

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