Mechanisms in Lamb Endocrinology and Hormone Action
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Small Ruminants".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2022) | Viewed by 3147
Special Issue Editors
Interests: neuroendocrinology; stress; opioids; growth; development; metabolism; probiotics; sheep; animal models
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Interests: poultry science; chicken processing; poultry nutrition; poultry welfare; poultry physiology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Sheep were one of the earliest animals domesticated for human use. Sheep and lamb farming are a key source of meat, milk, wool and important for the global livestock sector, and efforts are made to select the best breeds to improve production yields and performance. Lamb and sheep are an important biomedical model, and since the global analysis of gene expression in many tissues has provided tools for supporting functional annotation of sheep genes, scientists have developed a model transcriptome for ruminants and insight into gene, cell, and tissue function at many developmental stages.
The growth and development of lamb as well as other physiological functions are regulated by the endocrine system; however, the mechanisms of hormones action are not fully understood. For these reasons, the new Special Issue shall focus on the development and validation of important endocrinal indications/parameters, the testing and refinements of existing indicators, and the assessment of their reliability and feasibility.
This Special Issue invites both reviews and research papers on all aspects of lamb endocrinology. The goal of the issue is to provide both interdisciplinary and global perspectives; the list below highlights some of the possible research topics of interest:
- Molecular mechanism of hormone action;
- Endogenous opioid peptides;
- Implications of hormonal regulation of stress response in lamb;
- Hormonal regulation of lamb metabolism;
- Endocrinology of feeding mechanisms;
- Gastrointestinal hormones;
- Hormonal regulation of growth;
- Endocrinology of photoperiod;
- Neuroendocrinology of pain sensation;
- Neuroimmunoendocrine interactions in lamb development.
Prof. Dr. Krystyna Pierzchala-Koziec
Prof. Dr. Colin Scanes
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- hormone action
- lamb metabolism
- neuroendocrinology
- stress hormones
- growth hormone
- IGF-1
- ghrelin
- leptin
- opioids
- photoperiod
