Redox Homeostasis in Poultry/Animal Production―2nd Edition

Dear Colleagues,

Commercial animal/poultry production is associated with a range of stresses, including physiological, environmental, technological, nutritional, and internal/immunological stresses. Analysis of modern technologies of egg and meat production indicates that it is practically impossible to prevent stress, and the development of effective strategies for stress protection has become a hot topic in recent years. It is generally accepted that at the molecular level, most stresses are associated with overproduction of free radicals, compromised antioxidant defences, oxidative stress, and redox imbalance. Therefore, accumulating evidence indicates that maintenance of the optimal redox status is a key task for the integrated antioxidant defence network. In particular, the interplay between various transcription factors, including Nrf2 and NF-kB, and vitagenes provides important mechanisms of stress adaptation. In this contest, inflammation, as an important contributor to different metabolic disorders in farm animals and poultry, deserves more attention. Understanding molecular mechanisms of redox status regulation under various stress conditions and the development of effective nutritional strategies to prevent dysregulation of the redox homeostasis is a fast-developing area of current research.

Building upon the fruitful first edition (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/antioxidants/special_issues/3U4B8ZF017), this second edition will further focus on redox homeostasis maintenance in poultry/animal production to provide optimal health and high stress resistance under commercially relevant stress conditions.

This includes, but is not restricted to, topics such as the following:

• Molecular mechanisms of redox homeostasis regulation under various stress conditions
• Superoxide dismutase and its roles in redox homeostasis
• Redox homeostasis and immunity, inflammation, microbiota, gut health, reproduction, and meat quality
• Dietary manipulation to improve redox balance: Se, vitamin E, carotenoids, carnitine, taurine, polyphenolics, etc.
• Transcription factors (Nrf2 and NF-kB) and vitagene in redox homeostasis

Prof. Dr. Peter F. Surai
Guest Editor

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