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Immunonutrition in puppies is the key to protecting a puppy’s health during the so-called ‘window of risk’ – the critical period when maternal immunity and vaccination in puppies overlap.

Discover how dietary supplementation with nucleotides in puppies helps boost their defence response and optimise their immune development from weaning onwards.

Key points of the study:

• Window of risk (weeks 3–13): Protection from canine colostrum wanes before the puppy synthesises its own antibodies
• Nucleotide deficiency: The intestinal and haematopoietic tissues require an external supply that conventional food does not provide.
• Enhanced vaccine response: Nucleotides increase serum IgG, anti-parvovirus titres and lymphocyte proliferation 14 days after the first vaccination.
• Intestinal support: Immunoglobulins in puppies increase villus volume and inhibit pathogen adhesion.