Metabolic Disorders of Poultry
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Poultry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2025 | Viewed by 1338
Special Issue Editors
Interests: animal production; poultry nutrition; environmental physiology; gut health, immunology; alternative feed ingredients; nutrient metabolism
2. State Key Laboratory of Swine and Poultry Breeding Industry, College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
3. Key Laboratory of Livestock and Poultry Multi-Omics, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
Interests: feed additives; fatty liver syndrome; lipid metabolism; genetics and breeding; immunology; gut microbiology; reactive oxygen species (ros); autophagy; follicular atresia; chicken chondrocyte proliferation
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Over the last few decades, the incidence of metabolic disorders in poultry production has increased, accounting for huge economic losses in the poultry industry. This has been exacerbated owing to the rapid improvements in the genetic potential of poultry for faster growth and improved feed efficiency. Metabolic problems such as pulmonary hypertension syndrome, muscle myopathy, skeletal disorders, ascites, sudden death fatty liver hemorrhagic syndrome, etc., have become prevalent in poultry. These disorders are not related to infectious diseases; rather, they occur due to dysfunctions in metabolic processes, including the inability of the body to keep up with the demand for an increased metabolism, rapid growth rate, or higher egg production, resulting in morbidity and/or mortality. However, implementing appropriate modifications to the environment, nutrition, and managerial needs of poultry can help ameliorate these events.
This Special Issue aims to collate original research and review articles addressing metabolic disorders affecting poultry productivity, health, and welfare. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) disorders occurring due to genetic causes, nutritional challenges, environmental or management conditions, and, where necessary, the intervention strategies adopted to alleviate these metabolic problems and optimize poultry production.
We invite you to share your recent findings through this Special Issue.
Dr. Victoria Anthony Uyanga
Dr. Felix Kwame Amevor
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- poultry
- metabolic disorder
- skeletal disorders
- nutritional deficiencies
- heat stress
- ascites
- sudden death syndrome
- fatty liver hemorrhage syndrome
- nutrition
- welfare
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