The invention relates to the technical field of
animal nutrition and
reproduction, and discloses application of
arginine in luteinization of replacement gilts. The
arginine is used as a nutritional supplement for regulating and controlling the
hormone level of the replacement gilts, the progesterone content can be effectively increased, and
corpus luteum generation is promoted. Meanwhile, after the porcine ovarian granular cells are cultured,
arginine can up-regulate expression of genes related to synthesis of progesterone and down-regulate expression of genes related to synthesis of
estrogen, so that the progesterone is increased, the
estrogen is reduced, and the effects of increasing the generation quantity of
corpus luteum and maintaining a good
pregnancy environment are achieved. According to the invention, 0.5% of arginine is directly added into the pig daily ration, so that the progesterone content in
follicular fluid and serum can be remarkably increased, the
estrogen content can be reduced, the quantity of small
corpus luteum can be increased, and the
pregnancy quality and success rate of the replacement gilts after
mating can be improved. According to the invention, the problem of
hormone level regulation can be solved, and a new
nutrition regulation target is provided for increasing the luteum generation of the replacement gilts and improving the reproductive performance of the gilts.