Salivary Biomarkers and Metabolites in Pigs
A special issue of Metabolites (ISSN 2218-1989). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal Metabolism".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2025 | Viewed by 78
Special Issue Editor
Interests: stress biomarkers; equine; ruminants; swine; stress; companion animals; non-invasive samples; animal welfare; pain and distress
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Dear Colleagues,
The usefulness of saliva as a biological sample in swine has been widely demonstrated, thanks to numerous research works that have been published in this field in recent years. Saliva has been used to determine numerous biomarkers useful for assessing the welfare of pigs, as well as the health status of animals and farms, allowing for the determination of early biomarkers of disease as well as the detection of specific pathogens. Due to the ease in obtaining and handling it in comparison with other biological samples such as blood, whose obtaining involves restraining and inducing stress in animals, saliva could be considered an ideal sample. Recent studies in the field of proteomics indicate that the diagnostic potential of saliva is yet to be exploited, with many proteins and metabolites discovered to be present in saliva that are susceptible to being used as new biomarkers in situations that involve the loss of welfare and health. This Special Issue aims to bring together high-quality research regarding biomarkers to evaluate health status, stress, and welfare in porcine species. The research projects can be focused on discovering new biomarkers or the development of new assays, or applying traditional and/or new biomarkers in real-life situations.
Dr. Fernando Tecles
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- saliva
- biomarkers
- welfare and health
- animals
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