Research Advances in Nutritional Immunology in Non-ruminants: Immune Status and Antioxidant Capacity, 2nd Edition
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal Nutrition".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2024 | Viewed by 191
Special Issue Editor
Interests: dietary immune modulation of non-ruminants; probiotics; prebiotics; inflammation; functional foods; medicinal plants; intestinal immunity and microbiome; milk and neonatal immunity
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In modern animal nutrition, there is a need to pay more attention not only to the growth performance results of reared animals but also to their health and well-being. Over the years, people have relied on the use of antibiotics in feed as growth promoters and disease prevention. However, the use of antibiotics has led to the emergence of pathogens that are resistant to antimicrobials. In order to use safer alternatives to antibiotics to improve growth performance and immune response, many novel feed materials (insects, algae, fermented products, etc.) and feed additives (bacteriocins, bacteriophages, postbiotics, etc.) have been used under experimental conditions. However, there remains much to learn regarding the effects they have on animal physiology and health.
This Special Issue will focus on the effects that various dietary factors included in animal diets have on gut microbiota regulation, immune physiological responses, and antioxidant capacity in non-ruminants. You are cordially invited to contribute to this theme or related research topics that improve our knowledge and understanding of the impact that nutrition has on the immune system of non-ruminant animals.
Prof. Dr. Radiah C. Minor
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- non-ruminants
- animals nutrition
- feed additive
- antioxidant capacity
- immune response
