Nutrition, Growth, and Intestinal Health of Monogastric Farm Animals

A special issue of Agriculture (ISSN 2077-0472). This special issue belongs to the section "Farm Animal Production".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (5 October 2023) | Viewed by 6172

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Department of Animal Science and Technology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, China
Interests: phenolic compounds and their metabolites in the regulation of intestinal health
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Animal Nutritional Genome and Germplasm Innovation Research Center, College of Animal Science and Technology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
Interests: digestion of nutrients

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Institute of Bast Fiber Crops, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changsha 410205, China
Interests: amino acids in the regulation of intestinal health

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Dear Colleagues,

The intestine is one of the most vulnerable organs to oxidative stress and inflammation, which greatly determine the health status and growth performance of monogastric farm animals.

For this Special Issue of Agriculture, we invite authors to submit relevant manuscripts (research or review papers) on the nutrition, growth, and intestinal health of monogastric farm animals, namely swine, chicken, and duck. Potential topics include, but are not limited to: (1) the effects of novel functional compounds, nutritional strategy, and feeding technology on growth and intestinal health, and (2) the mechanisms of functional compounds or nutrients underlying the modulation of the intestinal epithelial barrier, microbiota, oxidative stress, and inflammation. We hope that your valuable input will enrich current knowledge and practical approaches to the production of monogastric farm animals.

Dr. Qian Jiang
Dr. Xiaokang Ma
Dr. Yuying Li
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • swine
  • chicken
  • duck
  • intestinal health
  • growth

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Current Applications and Trends in Rabbit Nutraceuticals
by Karim El-Sabrout, Ayman Khalifah and Francesca Ciani
Agriculture 2023, 13(7), 1424; https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture13071424 - 19 Jul 2023
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To ensure the sustainability of rabbit production and protect the global rabbit industry, cost-effective and practical strategies for improving rabbit production and meat quality must be developed. Recently, rabbit farming, like other animal farming, has faced feed shortages due to the impact of [...] Read more.
To ensure the sustainability of rabbit production and protect the global rabbit industry, cost-effective and practical strategies for improving rabbit production and meat quality must be developed. Recently, rabbit farming, like other animal farming, has faced feed shortages due to the impact of climate change, high competition among livestock species, and war conditions. The continued use of conventional feed additives in rabbit diets, whether derived from plant or animal sources, has become a critical issue. Furthermore, there is a global trend toward finding natural alternatives to synthetic drugs, such as antibiotics, in rabbit farms. Finding readily available and alternative feed additives is therefore critical to protecting the rabbit industry, particularly in subtropical and Mediterranean-developing countries. Nutraceuticals positively influence several physiological and productive traits in animals, as well as enhancing their health and welfare. The present review aims to provide an overview of previous studies on the potential of using some plant and animal products as nutraceutical alternatives and feed additives in rabbit diets, separately or in combination, to act as natural growth promoters, antioxidants, anti-inflammatory, and antimicrobial agents, and immunostimulants in rabbit farms. From the results, some unconventional plant and animal products, such as spirulina, garden cress, milk whey, and bee venom, can be successfully used as dietary supplements and substitutes in rabbit farms to motivate rabbit growth and reproduction, as well as enhance immunity. These products are rich in minerals, vitamins, enzymes, organic acids, flavonoids, and phenolic acids. These active substances benefit the animal’s digestive tract in different ways, including activating the digestive enzymes and maintaining microbial balance, promoting vitamin synthesis. They also improve rabbit production, reproduction, and health. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Nutrition, Growth, and Intestinal Health of Monogastric Farm Animals)
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