Biomarkers of Health and Welfare from a One Health Context

A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Veterinary Clinical Studies".

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Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Clinical Analysis of the University of Murcia (Interlab-UMU), Department of Animal Medicine & Surgery, Veterinary School, Campus Mare Nostrum, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain
Interests: One-Health; proteomics; saliva; method validation; biomarkers

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Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Clinical Analysis of the University of Murcia (Interlab-UMU), Department of Animal Medicine & Surgery, Veterinary School, Campus Mare Nostrum, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain
Interests: biomarkers; non-invasive techniques; saliva; stress; swine; inflammation; infectious diseases; One-Health
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Special Issue Information

Dear colleagues,

The One World, One Health (One Health, OH) concept established that human and animal health and the environmental state are highly interconnected and share common aspects that can be applied globally in these three components. The application of the OH approaches in health systems and research by enforcing transdisciplinary strategies was shown to generate a number of benefits, including increased relevant information, better decision making, economic savings, and stakeholder engagement. In this sense, biomarkers’ research can benefit significantly from this approach, since the progress made in one area, e.g., human medicine, can be applied to the others, e.g., veterinary medicine and the environment, and vice versa via the adaptation of new methodologies to different species and sample types, or the application of known techniques or biomarkers in alternative contexts.

This Special Issue is focused on how the One Health concept can be applied to health and welfare biomarkers’ research. The application of OH knowledge will result in increased applications and the availability of research studies and important economical savings, and will provide a more holistic vision of health and welfare.

Dr. Lorena Franco-Martinez
Dr. Alberto Muñoz-Prieto
Dr. Sara Savić
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Keywords

  • One World
  • One Health
  • biomarkers
  • translational medicine
  • transdisciplinary
  • interdisciplinary
  • environment
  • veterinary medicine
  • human medicine
  • validation

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Systematic Review
Molecular Biomarkers of Adult Human and Dog Stress during Canine-Assisted Interventions: A Systematic Scoping Review
by Jaci Gandenberger, Erin Flynn, Em Moratto, Ashley Wendt and Kevin N. Morris
Animals 2022, 12(5), 651; https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12050651 - 04 Mar 2022
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Positive relationships, including those between humans and other animals, particularly dogs, may be a way to reduce stress in humans. However, research into this area is relatively new, and a comprehensive review of the impacts of these interactions on humans and dogs has [...] Read more.
Positive relationships, including those between humans and other animals, particularly dogs, may be a way to reduce stress in humans. However, research into this area is relatively new, and a comprehensive review of the impacts of these interactions on humans and dogs has not been conducted. A scoping review of the scientific literature was conducted to explore what is known about the impacts of canine-assisted interventions on molecular biomarkers (e.g., cortisol and oxytocin) and associated measures (e.g., heart rate and blood pressure) of human and canine stress. As reported across 27 identified studies, canine-assisted interventions have consistently been demonstrated to elicit positive changes in human stress markers, and typically do not cause negative impacts on the studied canine stress markers. However, results were inconsistent across measures of stress. For example, in humans, it was common for a study to show improvements to cortisol levels but no change to self-reported stress, or vice versa. Many of the reviewed studies also had significant methodological issues, such as not aligning the timing of sample collections to when the analyzed stress biomarkers could be expected to peak. More rigorous research should be conducted on the impacts of canine-assisted interventions on a wider range of stress biomarkers. Full article
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