Metabolomics Approaches to Nutrition, Intestine and Farm Animal
A special issue of Metabolites (ISSN 2218-1989). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutrition and Metabolism".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2025 | Viewed by 970
Special Issue Editors
Interests: gut microbiota and gut health; mycotoxin; heavy-metal pollution and animal health; bone disease
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Interests: ruminant animal; nutrition; metabolomics; metabolism; gut microbiota
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Interests: farm animal; nutrition; metabolomics; metabolism; gut microbiota
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Farm animal industries, including poultry, pig, and cattle industries, have experienced explosive growth in the recent decades. This effectively alleviates the protein shortage caused by the increasing population size. Currently, supplementing the diet with nutrients such as probiotics, prebiotics, and traditional Chinese medicine has been shown to enhance the growth, gut microbiota, and metabolism of animals. As biochemical converters, intestine- and gut-residing microorganisms could convert the complicated chemical space presented by the diet and host nutrients in the metabolite environment. These metabolites, such as antimicrobial peptides, vitamins, short-chain fatty acids, and enzymes, exert beneficial effects on the host through multiple complex mechanisms. Utilizing metabolomics methods allows for the detection of changes in metabolites in the liver, kidney, and intestine of farmed animals, enabling the evaluation of their health status.
This Special Issue of Metabolites, ”Metabolomics Approaches to Nutrition, Intestine and Farm Animal”, will investigate the impact of nutrients, including probiotics, prebiotics, and Chinese medicine additives, on the metabolism of farmed animals. By analyzing the alterations in metabolites of farm animals such as cattle, chickens, sheep, and pigs, the regulatory effects of these nutrients on their health will be examined.
Dr. Shu-cheng Huang
Dr. Lihong Zhang
Dr. Aoyun Li
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- farm animal
- nutrition
- metabolomics
- metabolism
- gut microbiota
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