Biomarkers of fitness and welfare in dairy animals: healthy living
| Autor: | M. Zachut, André M. Almeida, Marcela Šperanda, Ali Mobasheri, Lorenzo E. Hernández-Castellano, Gianfranco Gabai |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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PSYCHOSOCIAL STRESS
media_common.quotation_subject biomarkers dairy animals fitness health stress Context (language use) Biology Animal Welfare 03 medical and health sciences MAMMARY-GLAND Animals ADRENAL AXIS ACTIVATION Organism 030304 developmental biology media_common DHEA-S RESPONSE GOAT BREEDS 0303 health sciences ADIPOSE-TISSUE PROTEOME HEART-RATE-VARIABILITY HAIR CORTISOL Dairy herds Biomarkers 0402 animal and dairy science 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences General Medicine 040201 dairy & animal science Dairying Risk analysis (engineering) Cattle Animal Science and Zoology MILK-PRODUCTION Welfare NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR Food Science |
| Zdroj: | de Almeida, A M, Zachut, M, Hernandez-Castellano, L E, Speranda, M, Gabai, G & Mobasheri, A 2019, ' Biomarkers of fitness and welfare in dairy animals : healthy living ', Journal of Dairy Research, vol. 86, no. 4, 0022029919000803, pp. 379-387 . https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022029919000803 Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP) instacron:RCAAP |
| DOI: | 10.1017/S0022029919000803 |
| Popis: | Invited Review Increased animal productivity has reduced animal fitness, resulting in increased susceptibility to infectious and metabolic diseases, locomotion problems and subfertility. Future animal breeding strategies should focus on balancing high production levels with health status monitoring and improved welfare. Additionally, understanding how animals interact with their internal and external environment is essential for improving health, fitness, and welfare. In this context, the continuous validation of existing biomarkers and the discovery and field implementation of new biomarkers will enable us to understand the specific physiological process and regulatory mechanisms used by the organism to adapt to different environmental conditions. Thus, biomarkers may be used to monitor welfare and improve management and breeding strategies. In this article, we describe major achievements in the establishment of biomarkers in dairy cows and small ruminants. This review mainly focuses on the physiological biomarkers used to monitor animal responses to, and recovery from, environmental perturbations. We highlight future avenues for research in this field and present a timely positioning document to the scientific community info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion |
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