Nutrient Utilization, Requirements and Nutrigenomics in Sheep and Goats
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Small Ruminants".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 June 2024 | Viewed by 4534
Special Issue Editor
Interests: nutrition; goats; ruminants; Physiology; forage; ruminant nutrition; Nutritional Biochemistry; nutritional physiology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The economic and social impacts of sheep and goat production in the improvement of living standards and alleviation of poverty in rural communities are recognized throughout the world. Understanding nutrient utilization by sheep and goats enhances the efficiency of production systems, maximizes resource economy, and minimizes the carbon footprint. Nutrient requirements can be one of the most important considerations for precision nutrition in sheep and goat production. Requirements and utilization of structural and nonstructural carbohydrates, degradable and bypass proteins, lipids, minerals, and vitamins are essential parts of this important scientific understanding. Nutrient requirements are affected by multiple factors such as individuality, genetics, climates, diet, age, and physiological stages, and continuous update of knowledge is essential. Recent advancements in nutrigenomics have led to improved knowledge on the molecular interaction between nutrients and other dietary bioactives with respect to the genome, effect of food constituents on gene expression, and influence of genetic variation on nutrition and, therefore, contributed to a better understanding of nutrient utilization and requirements. Such understanding allows optimizing and customizing nutrition with respect to a subject’s genotype and offers great potential for a more precise determination of nutrient requirements in sheep and goats. This Special Issue aims to promote better understanding of nutrient utilization and requirements in sheep and goats from the perspectives of traditional nutrition and nutrigenomics.
Prof. Dr. Christopher D. Lu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- nutrition
- nutrient requirements
- sheep
- goats
- nutrigenomics
- utilization