Matte, J. Jacques, agr., Ph.D.
Research Scientist
Contact Information:
2000 College Street
Sherbrooke, Quebec J1M 0C8
Telephone: 819-780-7250
Fax: 819-564-5507
Email: jacques.matte@agr.gc.ca
Areas of Expertise:
- Perinatal period / animal breeding
- Animal nutrition - use and development of animal feed
- Components - vitamins and trace minerals
- Supplements and additives - vitamins and trace minerals
- Swine
- Identifying vitamin B12 needs in sows to optimize folate and methionine metabolism and the development of immunity in piglets
- Development of a surgical technique to enable the use of pigs as a model for humans to determine the bioavailability of dietary vitamin B12 (supplements and forms in foods such as cow’s milk)
- Study of interactions between vitamin B6, niacin and tryptophan on protein metabolism and growth of piglets after weaning
- Study of interactions between vitamin B6 and organic and inorganic selenium during the post-puberty period on the quality of ovulation and the morphological and physiological development of the fetus in early gestation
- Development of a surgical technique for determining the bioavailability of trace minerals (heavy metals) in pigs (organic vs. inorganic forms)
- Transfer of trace minerals and vitamins from sows to piglets
Current Projects:
- Bioavailability of trace minerals (heavy metals) in pigs
- Relative importance of the transfer of trace minerals and vitamins from sows to piglets
- Tryptophan and niacin in weanling pigs
- Vitamin B6, selenium sources, reproduction and embryonic development in sows
- Importance of vitamin B12 and homocysteine control in piglets
Affiliations:
- Adjunct Professor, Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Science, Laval University
- Adjunct Professor, University of Alberta
Research publications
2015
- Audet, I., Girard, C.L., Lessard, M., Lo Verso, L., Beaudoin, F., Matte, J.J. (2015). Homocysteine metabolism, growth performance, and immune responses in suckling and weanling piglets, 93(1), 147-157. http://dx.doi.org/10.2527/jas.2014-7872
- Bissonnette, N., Jiang, X-R., Matte, J.J., Talbot, G., Guay, F., Gong, J., Wang, Q., Bontempo, V., and Lessard, M. (2015). "Effect of a post-weanling diet supplemented with gut health-enhancing feed additives on ileum transcriptome activity and serum cytokines in piglets challenged with lipopolysaccharides (LPS).", Journal of Dairy Science (JDS), 98(Suppl. 2), pp. 659. (Abstract)
- Côté-Robitaille, M.É., Girard, C.L., Guay, F., Matte, J.J. (2015). Oral supplementations of betaine, choline, creatine and Vitamin B<inf>6</inf> and their influence on the development of homocysteinaemia in neonatal piglets, 4 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jns.2015.19
- Dalto, B.D., Tsoi, S., Audet, I., Dyck, M.K., Foxcroft, G.R., Matte, J.J. (2015). Gene expression of porcine blastocysts from gilts fed organic or inorganic selenium and pyridoxine, 149(1), 31-42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1530/REP-14-0408
- Dalto, D.B., Roy, M., Audet, I., Palin, M.F., Guay, F., Lapointe, J., Matte, J.J. (2015). Interaction between vitamin B<inf>6</inf> and source of selenium on the response of the selenium-dependent glutathione peroxidase system to oxidative stress induced by oestrus in pubertal pig, 32 21-29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtemb.2015.05.002
- Matte, J.J., Girard, C.L., and Guay, F. (2015). "Postprandial net fluxes of Zn and Cu in portal drained viscera (PDV) of pigs fed organic or inorganic sources of these trace elements.", 13th Digestive Physiology of Pigs (DPP) Symposium, Kliczkow, Poland, May 19-21, 2015, pp. 15. (Abstract)
2014
- Castellano, C.A., Baillargeon, J.P., Plourde, M., Briand, S.I., Angers, P., Giguère, A., Matte, J.J. (2014). Dietary conjugated α-linolenic acid did not improve glucose tolerance in a neonatal pig model, 53(3), 761-768. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00394-013-0580-0
- Castellano, C.A., Plourde, M., Briand, S.I., Angers, P., Giguère, A., Matte, J.J. (2014). Safety of dietary conjugated α-linolenic acid (CLNA) in a neonatal pig model, 64 119-125. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fct.2013.11.025
- Lebel, A., Matte, J.J., Guay, F. (2014). Effect of mineral source and mannan oligosaccharide supplements on zinc and copper digestibility in growing pigs, 68(5), 370-384. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1745039X.2014.954357
- Matte, J.J., Britten, M., Girard, C.L. (2014). The importance of milk as a source of vitamin B<inf>12</inf> for human nutrition, 4(2), 32-37. http://dx.doi.org/10.2527/af.2014-0012
2013
- Matte, J.J. and Lauridsen, C. (2013). "Vitamins and Vitamin Utilization in Swine", in Chiba, L.L. (ed.) - Sustainable Swine Nutrition, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chapter 6.
2012
- Faucitano, L., Torrey, S., Bergeron, R., del Castillo, J.R.E., Matte, J.J. (2012). Effects of water supplementation with tryptophan and vitamin B<inf>6</inf> or feeding hydrogenated fat on reducing hunger-induced drinking pre-slaughter in pigs, 92(3), 319-326. http://dx.doi.org/10.4141/CJAS2012-008
- Fortier, M.E., Audet, I., Giguère, A., Laforest, J.P., Bilodeau, J.F., Quesnel, H., Matte, J.J. (2012). Effect of dietary organic and inorganic selenium on antioxidant status, embryo development, and reproductive performance in hyperovulatory first-parity gilts, 90(1), 231-240. http://dx.doi.org/10.2527/jas.2010-3340
- Le Floc'h, N., Gondret, F., Matte, J.J., and Quesnel, H. (2012). "Towards amino acid recommendations for specific physiological and patho-physiological states in pigs.", Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 71(3), pp. 425-432. doi : 10.1017/S0029665112000560
- Le Floc'h, N., Primot, Y., Corrent, E., and Matte, J.J. (2012). "Influence du croisement génétique sur le métabolisme postprandial du tryptophane chez le porc.", Journées Rech Porcine en France, 44:203-204.
- Matte, J.J., Guay, F., Girard, C.L. (2012). Bioavailability of vitamin B <inf>12</inf> in cows' milk, 107(1), 61-66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007114511002364
- Matte, J.J., Guay, F., Girard, C.L. (2012). The contribution of portal drained viscera to circadian homocysteinemia in pigs, 90(SUPPL4), 68-70. http://dx.doi.org/10.2527/jas.49978
2011
- Castellano, C.A., Audet, I., Laforest, J.P., Matte, J.J., Suh, M. (2011). Fish oil diets alter the phospholipid balance, fatty acid composition, and steroid hormone concentrations in testes of adult pigs, 76(6), 1134-1145. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.theriogenology.2011.05.022
- Matte, J.J., LeFloc'h, N., Primot, Y., Lessard, M. (2011). Interaction between dietary tryptophan and pyridoxine on tryptophan metabolism, immune responses and growth performance in post-weaning pigs, 170(3-4), 256-264. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2011.09.013
- Regmi, P.R., Van Kempen, T.A.T.G., Matte, J.J., Zijlstra, R.T. (2011). Starch with high amylose and low in vitro digestibility increases short-chain fatty acid absorption, reduces peak insulin secretion, and modulates incretin secretion in pigs, 141(3), 398-405. http://dx.doi.org/10.3945/jn.110.132449
2010
- Castellano, C.A., Audet, I., Bailey, J.L., Chouinard, P.Y., Laforest, J.P., Matte, J.J. (2010). Effect of dietary n-3 fatty acids (fish oils) on boar reproduction and semen quality, 88(7), 2346-2355. http://dx.doi.org/10.2527/jas.2009-2779
- Castellano, C.A., Audet, I., Bailey, J.L., Laforest, J.P., Matte, J.J. (2010). Dietary omega-3 fatty acids (fish oils) have limited effects on boar semen stored at 17 °C or cryopreserved, 74(8), 1482-1490. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.theriogenology.2010.06.020
- Castellano, C.A., Audet, I., Laforest, J.P., Chouinard, Y., Matte, J.J. (2010). Fish oil diets do not improve insulin sensitivity and secretion in healthy adult male pigs, 103(2), 189-196. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007114509991590
- Hooda, S., Matte, J.J., Vasanthan, T., Zijlstra, R.T. (2010). Dietary oat β-glucan reduces peak net glucose flux and insulin production and modulates plasma incretin in portal-vein catheterized grower pigs, 140(9), 1564-1569. http://dx.doi.org/10.3945/jn.110.122721
- Hooda, S., Matte, J.J., Vasanthan, T., Zijlstra, R.T. (2010). Dietary purified oat β-glucan reduces peak glucose absorption and portal insulin release in portal-vein catheterized grower pigs, 134(1-3), 15-17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.livsci.2010.06.083
- Le Floc'h, N., Matte, J.J., Melchior, D., Van Milgen, J., Sève, B. (2010). A moderate inflammation caused by the deterioration of housing conditions modifies Trp metabolism but not Trp requirement for growth of post-weaned piglets, 4(11), 1891-1898. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1751731110000236
- Matte, J.J., Guay, F., le Floc'h, N., Girard, C.L. (2010). Bioavailability of dietary cyanocobalamin (vitamin B<inf>12</inf>) in growing pigs, 88(12), 3936-3944. http://dx.doi.org/10.2527/jas.2010-2979
- Preynat, A., Lapierre, H., Thivierge, M.C., Palin, M.-F., Cardinault, N., Matte, J.J., Desrochers, A., and Girard, C.L. (2010). "Effects of supplementary folic acid and vitamin B12 on hepatic metabolism of dairy cows according to methionine supply.", Journal of Dairy Science (JDS), 93(5), pp. 2130-2142. doi : 10.3168/jds.2009-2796
- Regmi, P.R., Matte, J., van Kempen, T.A.T.G., Zijlstra, R.T. (2010). Starch chemistry affects kinetics of glucose absorption and insulin response in swine, 134(1-3), 44-46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.livsci.2010.06.092
- Van Kempen, T.A.T.G., Regmi, P.R., Matte, J.J., Zijlstra, R.T. (2010). In vitro starch digestion kinetics, corrected for estimated gastric emptying, predict portal glucose appearance in pigs, 140(7), 1227-1233. http://dx.doi.org/10.3945/jn.109.120584
2009
- Audet, I., Bérubé, N., Bailey, J.L., Laforest, J.P., Matte, J.J. (2009). Effects of dietary vitamin supplementation and semen collection frequency on reproductive performance and semen quality in boars., 87(6), 1960-1970. http://dx.doi.org/10.2527/jas.2008-1714
- Audet, I., Bérubé, N., Bailey, J.L., Laforest, J.P., Quesnel, H., Matte, J.J. (2009). Effects of dietary vitamin supplementation and semen collection frequency on hormonal profile during ejaculation in the boar, 71(2), 334-341. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.theriogenology.2008.07.026
- Hooda, S., Matte, J.J., Wilkinson, C.W., and Zijlstra, R.T. (2009). "An improved surgical model for the long-term studies of kinetics and quantification of nutrient absorption in swine.", Journal of Animal Science, 87(6), pp. 2013-2019. doi : 10.2527/jas.2008-1423
- Le Floc'h, N., LeBellego, L., Matte, J.J., Melchior, D., and Sève, B. (2009). "The effect of sanitary status degradation and dietary tryptophan content on growth rate and tryptophan metabolism in weaning pigs.", Journal of Animal Science, 87(5), pp. 1686-1694. doi : 10.2527/jas.2008-1348
- Lessard, M., Dupuis, M., Gagnon, N., Nadeau, E., Matte, J.J., Goulet, J., Fairbrother, J.M. (2009). Administration of Pediococcus acidilactici or Saccharomyces cerevisiae boulardii modulates development of porcine mucosal immunity and reduces intestinal bacterial translocation after Escherichia coli challenge, 87(3), 922-934. http://dx.doi.org/10.2527/jas.2008-0919
- Mosnier, E., Matte, J.J., Etienne, M., Ramaekers, P., Sève, B., Le Floc'h, N. (2009). Tryptophan metabolism and related B vitamins in the multiparous sow fed ad libitum after farrowing, 63(6), 467-478. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17450390903217465
- Preynat, A., Lapierre, H., Thivierge, M.C., Palin, M.F., Matte, J.J., Desrochers, A., Girard, C.L. (2009). Effects of supplements of folic acid, vitamin B12, and rumen-protected methionine on whole body metabolism of methionine and glucose in lactating dairy cows, 92(2), 677-689. http://dx.doi.org/10.3168/jds.2008-1525
- Preynat, A., Lapierre, H., Thivierge, M.C., Palin, M.F., Matte, J.J., Desrochers, A., Girard, C.L. (2009). Influence of methionine supply on the response of lactational performance of dairy cows to supplementary folic acid and vitamin B12, 92(4), 1685-1695. http://dx.doi.org/10.3168/jds.2008-1572
Other science related publications
2016
- Lo Verso, L., Matte, J.J., Talbot, G., Bissonnette, N., Lapointe, J., Gagnon, N., Ouattara, B., Guay, F., and Lessard, M. (2016). "Effects of different sources and routes of administration of copper and vitamins A and D on gut volatile fatty acids and gene expression involved in regulation of innate and acquired immunity in piglets.", Journal of Animal Science, 94(Supp. 2). (Abstract)
- Matte, J.J., Audet, I., Ouattara, B., Bissonnette, N., and Lessard, M. (2016). "Sources and routes of administration of copper and vitamins A and D on metabolic status of these micronutrients in suckling piglets.", Journal of Animal Science, 94(Supp. 2), pp. 116. (Abstract)
- Talbot, G., Lessard, M., Yergeau, E., Gagnon, N., Lo Verso, L., Lapointe, J., Bissonnette, N., Bueno Dalto, D., Ouattara, B., Guay, F., and Matte, J.J. (2016). "Effects of different sources and routes of administration of copper and vitamins A and D on piglets gut microbiota.", Journal of Animal Science, 94(Supp. 2). (Abstract)
- Talbot, G., Lessard, M., Yergeau, E., Gagnon, N., Lo Verso, L., Lapointe, J., Bissonnette, N., Bueno Dalto, D., Ouattara, B., Guay, F., and Matte, J.J. (2016). "Microbiota of the small intestine of piglets affected by perinatal administration of copper and vitamins A and D.", 18th International Conference on Microbiota Buenos Engineering, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 27-28 October, 2016.
2015
- Bissonnette, N., Jiang, X-R., Matte, J.J., Talbot, G., Guay, F., Gong, J., Wang, Q., Bontempo, V., and Lessard, M. (2015). "Effect of a post-weanling diet supplemented with gut health-enhancing feed additives on ileum transcriptome activity and serum cytokines in piglets challenged with lipopolysaccharides (LPS)", ADSA-ASAS JAM (Joint Annual Meeting) 2015, Orlando, Florida, USA, July 12-16, 2015, 2-15, Poster Session.
- Matte, J.J. (2015). "Micronutrient requirements for sows: to be revisited for an adequate transfer to piglets?", 36th Western Nutrition Conference, Animal Nutrition Association of Canada (WNC - ANAC). Driving Innovation in Animal Nutrition, Winnipeg, Manitoba, September 28-30, 2015, pp. 17-21.
- Matte, J.J. (2015). "New concepts on micronutrient requirements for sows: beyond reproductive performance.", 19th European Society of Veterinary and Comparative Nutrition (ESVCN) 2015, Toulouse, France, September 17-19, 2015, pp. 3-6.
2014
- Audet, I., Girard, C.L., Lessard, M., Lo Verso, L., and Matte, J.J. (2014). "Homocysteinemia, growth performance, and immune responses in suckling and weanling piglets.", Journal of Animal Science, 92(E-Suppl.2), pp. 219. (Abstract)
- Dalto, D.B., Tsoi, S., Audet, I., Dyck, M.K., and Matte, J.J. (2014). "Dietary supplementation with organic or inorganic selenium and pyridoxine in gilts on gene expression in the porcine expanded blastocysts in vivo.", Journal of Animal Science, 92(E-Suppl. 2), pp. 941. (Abstract)
- Lessard, M., Bergeron, N., Deschêne, K., Matte, J.J., Guay, F., Bissonnette, N., Talbot, B.G., Gong, J., Wang, Q., Quessy, S., and Letellier, A. (2014). "Intestinal gene expression involved in innate and acquired immune responses of pigs is affected by Salmonella infection and diets supplemented with gut health-enhancing feed additives.", 23rd International Pig Veterinary Society Congress, Cancun, México, June 8-11, 2014, Abstract A1387. (Poster)
- Lessard, M., Bergeron, N., Deschêne, K., Matte, J.J., Guay, F., Bissonnette, N., Talbot, B.G., Quessy, S., and Letellier, A. (2014). "Influence of Salmonella infection and diets supplemented with gut health-enhancing feed additives on expression of intestinal genes involved in immune response of pigs.", 7ième Symposium du CRIPA, Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada, 3-4 juin 2014. (Poster)
- Lessard, M.-H., Bergeron, N., Deschêne, K., Matte, J.J., Guay, F., Bissonnette, N., Talbot, G., Quessy, S., and Letellier, A. (2014). "Influence of Salmonella infection and diets supplemented with gut health-enhancing feed additives on expression of intestinal genes involved in immune response of pigs.", 7ième Symposium du CRIPA, Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada, 3-4 juin 2014. (Abstract)
- Matte, J.J. (2014). "Water-soluble vitamins and reproduction in sows : beyond prolificacy.", 65th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science, Book of Abstracts of the. No. 20. Pp. 108. Wageningen Academic Publishers, The Netherlands, ISSN 1382-607, pp. 108. (Abstract)
- Matte, J.J., Audet, I., Audet, I., and Girard, C.L. (2014). "Le transfert périnatal des vitamines et minéraux mineurs de la truie à ses porcelets : au‐delà d’une seule insuffisance en fer?", published in Journées Rech. Porcine en France. 46:71-76.
- Matte, J.J., Audet, I., Audet, I., and Girard, C.L. (2014). "The perinatal transfer of vitamins and trace elements from sows to piglets.", Journal of Animal Science, 92(Suppl. 2), pp. 153. (Abstract)
- Morisette, B., Lessard, M., Yergeau, E., Lapointe, J., Guay, F., Bissonnette, N., Matte, J.J., Letellier, A., Quessy, S., Bergeron, N., Beaulieu, C., and Talbot, G. (2014). "Influence of Feed Additives as an Alternative to Antibiotics on Gut Microbiota of Weaned Piglets Infected with Salmonella Typhimurium.", 114th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, May 17-20, 2014.
- Morisette, B., Lessard, M.-H., Yergeau, E., Lapointe, J., Guay, F., Bissonnette, N., Matte, J.J., Letellier, A., Quessy, S., Bergeron, N., Beaulieu, C., and Talbot, G. (2014). "Influence of Feed Additives as an Alternative to Antibiotics on Gut Microbiota of Weaned Piglets Infected with Salmonella Typhimurium.", 114th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, May 17-20, 2014. (Abstract)
- Morissette, B., Lessard, M., Yergeau, E., Lapointe, J., Guay, F., Bissonnette, N., Matte, J.J., Letellier, A., Quessy, S., Bergeron, N., and Talbot, B.G. (2014). "Influence of Feed Additives as an Alternative to Antibiotics on Gut Microbiota of Weaned Piglets Infected with Salmonella Typhimurium.", 7ième Symposium du CRIPA, Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada, 3-4 juin 2014. (Poster)
2013
- Audet, I., Girard, C.L., Lessard, M., and Matte, J.J. (2013). "Métabolisme de l’homocystéine et performacnes de croissance chez le porcelet pendant l’allaitement et après le sevrage.", Journées d’Information scientifique en productions animales, Québec, Canada, pp. 28-29.
- Matte, J.J. (2013). "Importance of selenium in the nutrition of breeding sows – a new approach.", Reproduction, 1(3), pp. 1-3.
- Morissette, B., Lessard, M., Guay, F., Matte, J.J., Gong, J., Wang, Q., Beaulieu, C., and Talbot, G. (2013). "Prebiotics, probiotic, nutraceuticals and functional food as feed additives that modulate the gut microbiota of weanling piglets challenged with E. coli lipopolysaccharides.", 63rd Annual Conference of the Canadian Society of Microbiologists, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada, June 17-20, 2013, Abstract AE56. (Abstract)
2012
- Lapointe, J., Roy, M., Audet, I., Beaudry, D., Palin, M.-F., Quesnel, H., Guay, F., and Matte, J.J. (2012). "Organic selenium and vitamin B6 synergize to up-regulate glutathione peroxidases (GPx) expression in dietary supplemented gilts.", Society for the Study of Reproduction 45th Annual Meeting and 18th Ovarian Workshop, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USA, August 12-15, 2012, Abs. 469. (Abstract)
2011
- Le Floc'h, N., Gondret, F., Matte, J.J., and Quesnel, H. (2011). "Towards amino acid recommendations for specific physiological and patho-physiological states in pigs.", Oskar Kellner Symposium 2011, Hotel Neptun, Warnemünde, Germany, September 9-11, 2011.
- Roy, M., Audet, I., Palin, M.-F., Quesneville, H., Guay, F., and Matte, J.J. (2011). "Dietary sources of selenium in nulliparous sows: The importance of vitamin B6 status for some aspects of antioxidant status and ovulation during the peri-estrus period.", Journal of Animal Science, 89(E-Suppl. 1), pp. 508 (#W202). (Abstract)
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