Veterinary Metabolomics: Emerging Tools for Animal Health
A special issue of Metabolites (ISSN 2218-1989). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal Metabolism".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2026 | Viewed by 185
Special Issue Editors
Interests: animal nutrition; nutrients; metabolism; nutritional supplements; biomolecules
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: animal nutrition; dietetics; mycotoxins
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Metabolomics is increasingly recognized as a transformative approach in veterinary science, particularly in the fields of nutrition and metabolism. By enabling the comprehensive profiling of metabolites, this discipline provides unique insights into how diet, feed composition, and nutritional interventions shape animal physiology and health. The focus of this Special Issue, titled “Veterinary Metabolomics: Emerging Tools for Animal Health”, is to explore metabolic signatures that reflect nutrient utilization, energy balance, feed efficiency, and metabolic resilience in both health and disease. The scope includes dietary modulation of metabolism, biomarker discovery for nutritional status, early detection of metabolic disorders, and integrative approaches linking metabolomics with genomics, proteomics, and microbiome studies. The purpose of this issue is to highlight metabolomics as a practical tool for precision nutrition and sustainable livestock production, while also advancing animal welfare and veterinary care. We welcome contributions from veterinary medicine, animal nutrition, physiology, and systems biology to foster interdisciplinary progress in this rapidly evolving field.
Dr. Ionela Hotea
Dr. Adrian Maximilian Macri
Dr. Emil Tirziu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- veterinary metabolomics
- animal nutrition
- nutrient utilization
- feed efficiency
- precision nutrition
- metabolic health
- microbiome–metabolome interactions
- sustainable livestock production
- multi-omics integration
- animal welfare
- one health
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