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Development of a Neonatal Piglet Acute Lung Injury Model Recreating the Early Environment of Preterm Infant Lungs
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2025
This protocol describes the development of a neonatal piglet model of acute lung injury that models early pathogenic events occurring in the preterm lung, including sub-adequate surfactant quantity, hyperoxia, high-pressure ventilation, and inflammation, to facilitate understanding of molecular triggers of bronchopulmonary dysplasia and enhance therapeutic translation.
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A Piglet Model of Neonatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy
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2015
Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy following perinatal asphyxia can be studied using animal models. We demonstrate the procedures necessary for establishing a piglet model of neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy.
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Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension and Assessment of Right Ventricular Function in the Piglet
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2015
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) and Right Ventricular (RV) dysfunction were induced in piglets by progressive obstruction of the pulmonary arteries. Consequences were remarkably similar to those observed in CTEPH patients. This animal model would be a very useful tool for pathophysiology and therapeutic experiments on CTEPH and RV failure.
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Recording Brain Signals from Freely Moving Piglets
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2025
This video demonstrates the recording of brain signals from a freely moving piglet. The piglet's head is cleaned, and the electrodes are attached. These electrodes are then connected to a telemetry unit. The setup is secured with silicone rubber. The piglet is allowed to acclimate before data recording.
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Use of a Piglet Model for the Study of Anesthetic-induced Developmental Neurotoxicity (AIDN): A Translational Neuroscience Approach
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2017
Anesthesia-induced developmental neurotoxicity (AIDN) research has focused on rodents, which are not broadly applicable to humans. Non-human primate models are more relevant, but are cost-prohibitive and difficult to use for experimentation. The piglet, in contrast, is a clinically relevant, practical animal model ideal for the study of anesthetic neurotoxicity.
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Colostrum supplies both energy and passive immunity during a vulnerable postnatal period. Its immunoglobulins can cross the immature intestinal lining soon after delivery, allowing the piglet to obtain immune protection that it cannot secure in the same way later. Monitoring nursing therefore helps clinicians evaluate whether the piglet is receiving essential nutritional and immunological support.
The transition after birth requires coordinated establishment of breathing and circulation, followed by maintenance of body temperature and access to energy. These demands are interdependent: failure to nurse can contribute to weakness and reduced energy, while poor temperature maintenance signals difficulty adapting. Clinical observation therefore considers several physiological functions rather than a single sign.
Together, these observations provide practical indicators of changing health status. Poor suckling or limited weight gain may suggest inadequate energy intake, while abnormal hydration or temperature can indicate physiological difficulty. Changes in behavior may accompany weakness, starvation, hypothermia, or infection. Repeated assessment helps distinguish a thriving piglet from one needing closer clinical attention.
A focused assessment should include suckling, hydration, body temperature, weight gain, and behavior. These measures address intake, fluid status, thermal condition, growth, and general responsiveness. Examining them together creates a broader picture of neonatal adaptation and can help identify weakness, hypothermia, starvation, or infection during the immediate postnatal period.
Newborn piglets are useful when research concerns early-life disease, neonatal nutrition, or developing physiology. Their immediate postnatal period includes measurable changes in breathing, circulation, temperature control, nursing, and immune support from colostrum. These features allow investigators to connect clinical observations with physiological development and to study conditions relevant to neonatal medicine.
Monitoring provides information for recognizing problems that may otherwise progress during the early postnatal period. Findings such as inadequate suckling, poor weight gain, abnormal hydration, low temperature, or altered behavior can direct attention toward possible starvation, hypothermia, weakness, or infection. In veterinary care, this supports timely evaluation of whether the piglet is adapting successfully.