Modify Gastrointestinal Environment in Livestock to Contrast and Prevent Pathogens Infections and Dysbiosis: Focus on Microbiota
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Veterinary Clinical Studies".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 4 May 2025 | Viewed by 20530
Special Issue Editors
Interests: animal nutrition; animal welfare; livestock
Interests: infectious diseases; antimicrobial resistance (AMR); genomics; whole genomic sequences (WGS); livestock
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Dear Colleagues,
We are inviting the submission of reviews and original research papers presenting basic and applied research on determinants amending the intestinal ecosystem and microbiome characterization to prevent dysbiosis, pathogen infections, and the risk of zoonosis.
In the last decades, several studies have been focused on implementing the knowledge of the gut microbiome impact on animal health, through different technologies such as the 16S approach and whole-genome sequencing (WGS). Microbiomes and their effects on host phenotypes and genotypes and to limit the risk of zoonosis infection have emerged as major factors to be considered worldwide. It is well-established that microbiota composition can be modified to improve performances. Nutritional strategies have been investigated to plan ad hoc interventions to limit management issues concerning dysbiosis and the spread of pathogen outbreaks on farms. More recently, the role of the intestinal microbiota as a reservoir of multi-drug resistant (MDR) bacteria, the impact of antibiotics in their selection of MDR bacteria, and the potential use of fecal microbiota transplantation have started to be explored.
This Special Issue is aimed at acquiring new knowledge about the topics of interest and stimulating a discussion to create new baselines for future studies on the microbiota and their implications in livestock
Areas of interest include the following: microbiota studies concerning dysbiosis and re-establishing the intestinal eubiosis; The effect of nutritional interventions (phytogenic feed additives, prebiotics, probiotics, and next-generation probiotics) on animal health and welfare (performances, reproduction, immunity, disease, intestinal ecosystem); Microbiota description during an infectious disease outbreak and possible correlation with host-genotype; Microbiome characterization and nutrition/management practices in different farming systems; Additives and novel ingredients (prebiotics, probiotics, next-generation probiotics); Antibiotic-resistant bacteria; One health approaches; Infection carried out by zoonosis bacteria.
Prof. Dr. Claudio Forte
Dr. Francesca Romana Massacci
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Intestinal ecosystem
- Livestock
- Gut
- Microbiota
- Nutrition
- Pathogens
- Genetics
- Dysbiosis
- Eubiosis
- Management practices
- Zoonosis
- Animal Production
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