Companion Animal Nutrition and Gut Health
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Companion Animals".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2025) | Viewed by 984
Special Issue Editor
Interests: nutrition; gut health; antioxidants; lipids; bioactive compounds; monogastric animals; pets
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Pet food manufacturing is an increasingly booming sector that tends to incorporate new bioactive compounds to ensure health, prevent diseases and try to alleviate symptoms in cases of diseases of unknown etiology. The relationship between diet and the composition of the microbiome has recently been demonstrated, and therefore its influence on homeostasis and intestinal health has been highlighted. This is a key aspect since a healthy intestine favors the functionality of its microorganisms that in turn produce metabolites with important regulatory functions on metabolism and at a systemic level, and in turn can act as biomarkers of intestinal health. In addition, the study of different food components, new ingredients or supplements with probiotic, prebiotic or postbiotic action and their effects on the intestinal health of our pets is still a very unresearched aspect that requires further study.
As a guest editor, I invite you to submit your latest research findings or a review article to this Special Issue, which will bring together current research on nutrition and intestinal health of companion animals. These investigations may include the use of different compounds of natural or synthetic origin: from plant extracts, herbs, fruits or seeds, by-products of plant-based ingredients, proteins; fats; vitamins, minerals, etc., applied to the diet of pets, in which their administration produces positive or negative effects on intestinal health. Research evaluating the presence of bioactive compounds in the body as biomarkers of intestinal health is also welcome.
Dr. Ana Isabel Rey Muñoz
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- pet nutrition
- gut health
- chronic gut diseases
- microbiome
- microbiota–gut–brain axis
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