Management of Stress Impact on Domestic Animals Physiology and Welfare
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal Physiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2024) | Viewed by 23626
Special Issue Editors
Interests: physiology of reproduction and milk production in ruminants; management of reproduction; assisted reproduction; embryonic and neonatal development; heat stress; oxidative stress; antioxidants
Interests: physiology/physiopathology and endocrinology of male and female small ruminant’s reproduction; effects of endogenous/exogenous factors on hormones concentration and specific proteolytic enzymes activity; sperm physiology/cryopreservation
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Stress is a complex process of stressor(s) action(s) and organism’s homeostatic reaction(s), with many aspects that still need to be elucidated. When a stressor stimulus persists the adapting mechanisms may not overpower it, compromising the animal’s growth, productive and reproductive performance and immune system function, leading to increased susceptibility to diseases. Additionally, maternal stress during pregnancy can affect developmental programming and may alter the offspring’s phenotype. Several biomarkers (biochemical, molecular, metabolic, endocrinological, immunological, redox status e.t.c.) have been used for evaluating the impact of stress on animals’ physiology, performance and welfare, producing a variety of results.
This Special Issue aims to provide recent insights on common used and novel stress biomarkers (e.g., omics) for improving our knowledge of the complex pathways involved in stress response. The ultimate goal of this issue is to suggest preventive or therapeutic management practices for mitigating the harmful effects of stress on animal’s physiology and welfare. In this regard, the administration of antioxidant regimes (natural or pharmaceutical) has been recommended in order to alleviate the oxidative stress and, thus, ameliorate the performance and immune competence of animals subjected to stress stimuli.
For these purposes, researchers are invited to submit original research articles and review articles, including in vivo as well as in vitro studies.
Dr. Irene Valasi
Dr. Ekaterini K. Theodosiadou
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- stress
- domestic animals physiology
- stress biomarkers
- antioxidants
- management
- performance
- welfare
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