Oxidative Stress in Animal Reproduction and Nutrition
A special issue of Antioxidants (ISSN 2076-3921). This special issue belongs to the section "Health Outcomes of Antioxidants and Oxidative Stress".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 November 2025 | Viewed by 2743
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Interests: sow nutrition; placenta; intrauterine growth restriction; nutrient transport
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Interests: sow and piglet nutrition; antioxidants; oxidative stress; trace elements; plant-derived bioactive additives
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Oxidative stress plays an important role in animals during reproductive phases. In turn, reproductive phases are commonly regarded as a significant source of oxidative stress. Furthermore, a myriad of stress challenges may be encountered, resulting in oxidative stress for reproductive animals, including environmental stress (such as heat stress), dietary stress sources (such as exposure to mycotoxins and the utilization of oxidized oil or fat in the diets), and social stress, among others.
This research topic will mainly focus on identifying the potential sources of oxidative stress in animal reproduction, as well as investigating the ameliorative effects of nutritional interventions on oxidative injury, thereby resulting in improved productivity. To begin with, the present topic will concentrate on stress sources that have the potential to lead to oxidative stress, which may occur in animals during specific physiological phases, such as gestation and lactation in female mammals and service male animals, as well as laying poultry. It may also be induced by various forms of environmental stress, including heat stress, mycotoxin exposure, and management stress (social stress).
Additionally, further emphasis will be placed on the nutritional regulation of antioxidant function and oxidative stress status in reproductive animals, utilizing either animals or in vitro cells. The nutrients include, but are not limited to, vitamins, trace elements, amino acids, fatty acids, and plant-derived polyphenols. In addition, this topic encourages research involving model animals, such as mice and rats, to investigate the underlying mechanisms of oxidative stress or antioxidant defences in female and male reproduction.
Dr. Fang Chen
Dr. Jun Chen
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- oxidative stress
- antioxidants
- animal reproduction
- nutritional regulation
- livestock and poultry
- mouse or rat model
- antioxidant mechanisms
- oxidative stress mechanisms
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