Current Research on Salivary Analytes in Pigs
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Pigs".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2024) | Viewed by 6164
Special Issue Editors
Interests: stress biomarkers; equine; ruminants; swine; stress; companion animals; non-invasive samples; animal welfare; pain and distress
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Interests: biomarkers; non-invasive techniques; saliva; stress; swine; inflammation; infectious diseases; One-Health
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Saliva has gained great importance in recent years for the detection and measurement of biomarkers, since it is easily collected without the necessity of trained staff or any sophisticated material. The development of saliva as a biological sample has been especially important in porcine species because the collection of other traditional biological samples such as blood is difficult and stressful, requiring animal restraint, whereas saliva can be easily collected with minimum disturbance. In this species, saliva has been used to measure a comprehensive panel of biomarkers, including stress, immunity, inflammation and redox homeostasis, as well as for the detection of specific infectious agents. Moreover, several of the analytical parameters traditionally measured in blood have also been quantified in saliva, leading to the coinage of a new term: ‘saliochemistry’. In addition, saliva in pigs has been used to identify new biomarkers by ‘omics techniques’ and develop new, more robust, and sensitive assays for biomarker quantification. This Special Issue aims to gather high-quality research regarding biomarkers to evaluate health status, stress and welfare in porcine species. The research can be basic, such as discovering new biomarkers or the development of new assays, but it can also be focused on applying traditional and/or new biomarkers in real-life situations.
Dr. Fernando Tecles
Dr. Alberto Muñoz-Prieto
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- biomarkers
- pigs
- saliva
- stress
- welfare
- health
- distress
- diseases
- infectious diseases
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