The porcine tonsils and Peyer’s patches: A stereological morphometric analysis in conventionally and artificially reared piglets

Publication date: Available online 13 November 2018Source: Veterinary Immunology and ImmunopathologyAuthor(s): Sara Prims, Ben Jurgens, Charlotte Vanden Hole, Steven Van Cruchten, Chris Van Ginneken, Christophe CasteleynAbstractSelection for prolificacy in modern pig farming has resulted in increasing litter sizes. Since rearing large litters is challenging, artificial rearing of piglets with a milk replacer is an alternative strategy. It is hypothesized that the development of the piglets' mucosa-associated lymphoid tissues (MALT) is affected by these artificial conditions. Therefore, the stereologically estimated volumes of the tonsil of the soft palate, and the lingual, nasopharyngeal and paraepiglottic tonsils, as well as the jejunal and ileal Peyer's patches were statistically com...

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