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Current Research on Salivary Analytes in Pigs

A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Pigs".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2024 | Viewed by 2706

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Dr. Fernando Tecles

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Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Clinical Analysis of the University of Murcia (Interlab-UMU), Department of Animal Medicine & Surgery, Veterinary School, Campus Mare Nostrum, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain
Interests: stress biomarkers; equine; ruminants; swine; stress; companion animals; non-invasive samples; animal welfare; pain and distress
Dr. Alberto Muñoz-Prieto

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Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Clinical Analysis of the University of Murcia (Interlab-UMU), Department of Animal Medicine & Surgery, Veterinary School, Campus Mare Nostrum, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain
Interests: biomarkers; non-invasive techniques; saliva; stress; swine; inflammation; infectious diseases; One-Health
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Dear Colleagues, 

Saliva has gained great importance in recent years for the detection and measurement of biomarkers, since it is easily collected without the necessity of trained staff or any sophisticated material. The development of saliva as a biological sample has been especially important in porcine species because the collection of other traditional biological samples such as blood is difficult and stressful, requiring animal restraint, whereas saliva can be easily collected with minimum disturbance. In this species, saliva has been used to measure a comprehensive panel of biomarkers, including stress, immunity, inflammation and redox homeostasis, as well as for the detection of specific infectious agents. Moreover, several of the analytical parameters traditionally measured in blood have also been quantified in saliva, leading to the coinage of a new term: ‘saliochemistry’. In addition, saliva in pigs has been used to identify new biomarkers by ‘omics techniques’ and develop new, more robust, and sensitive assays for biomarker quantification. This Special Issue aims to gather high-quality research regarding biomarkers to evaluate health status, stress and welfare in porcine species. The research can be basic, such as discovering new biomarkers or the development of new assays, but it can also be focused on applying traditional and/or new biomarkers in real-life situations.

Dr. Fernando Tecles
Dr. Alberto Muñoz-Prieto
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • biomarkers
  • pigs
  • saliva
  • stress
  • welfare
  • health
  • distress
  • diseases
  • infectious diseases

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Saliva Sampling Material Matters: Effects on the Results of Saliva Analysis in Pigs
by Alba Ortín-Bustillo, María Botía, Marina López-Arjona, Luis Pardo-Marín, José J. Cerón, Silvia Martínez-Subiela, María José López-Martínez, Asta Tvarijonaviciute, Alberto Muñoz-Prieto, Camila P. Rubio, Silvia Martínez-Miró, Damián Escribano and Fernando Tecles
Animals 2023, 13(24), 3757; https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13243757 - 05 Dec 2023
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The use of saliva as a biological sample from pigs is of high practical interest because blood collection from pigs is difficult and stressful. In this study, the influence of two different materials, a cotton roll and a polypropylene sponge, in porcine saliva [...] Read more.
The use of saliva as a biological sample from pigs is of high practical interest because blood collection from pigs is difficult and stressful. In this study, the influence of two different materials, a cotton roll and a polypropylene sponge, in porcine saliva collection was evaluated. For this purpose, the effect of the material used for sampling was evaluated in a panel of 13 analytes, including those related to stress (cortisol and oxytocin), inflammation and immunity (adenosine deaminase, haptoglobin and myeloperoxidase), redox homeostasis (the cupric reducing ability of saliva, the ferric reducing activity of saliva, and the Trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity), and sepsis (procalcitonin), as well as other routine analytes related to metabolism and different tissues and organs, such as lactate dehydrogenase, creatine kinase, urea, and total protein concentration. The polypropylene sponge provided a higher sample volume than the cotton roll. Although the results of some salivary analytes were equivalent for both materials, other analytes, such as creatine kinase, haptoglobin and total proteins, showed significant differences depending on the material used for saliva collection. Therefore, the type of material used for salivary collection in pigs should be considered when interpreting the results of analyses of the salivary analytes. Full article
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Advances in Research on Pig Salivary Analytes: A Window to Reveal Pig Health and Physiological Status
by Lixiang Zheng, Lidan Shi, Xiangzhe Wu, Panyang Hu, Ben Zhang, Xuelei Han, Kejun Wang, Xiuling Li, Feng Yang, Yining Wang, Xinjian Li and Ruimin Qiao
Animals 2024, 14(3), 374; https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14030374 - 24 Jan 2024
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Saliva is an important exocrine fluid that is easy to collect and is a complex mixture of proteins and other molecules from multiple sources from which considerable biological information can be mined. Pig saliva, as an easily available biological liquid rich in bioactive [...] Read more.
Saliva is an important exocrine fluid that is easy to collect and is a complex mixture of proteins and other molecules from multiple sources from which considerable biological information can be mined. Pig saliva, as an easily available biological liquid rich in bioactive ingredients, is rich in nucleic acid analytes, such as eggs, enzymes, amino acids, sugars, etc. The expression levels of these components in different diseases have received extensive attention, and the analysis of specific proteins, metabolites, and biological compositions in pig saliva has become a new direction for disease diagnosis and treatment. The study of the changes in analytes in pig saliva can provide a new strategy for early diagnosis, prognosis assessment, and treatment of diseases. In this paper, the detection methods and research progress of porcine salivary analytes are reviewed, the application and research progress of porcine salivary analytes in diseases are discussed, and the future application prospect is presented. Full article
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