In animal husbandry production, stress response often happens inevitably (e.g., heat stress, weanling stress, refueling stress, immune stress, oxidative stress, mycotoxicosis, heavy metal poisoning, etc.). Stress response could 1) activate hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis and increase glucocorticoids secretion, which could affect food intake via changing appetite peptides expression in the hypothalamus or gut, 2) affect food digestion and absorption via changing the expression of nutrient transporters and secretion of digestive enzymes, 3) affect the intestinal barrier via changing the intestinal microbiome and damaging the intestinal structure, 4) cause immune responses via increasing the level of inflammatory factors and inhibiting the level of immune factors, 5) affect the skeletal muscle development via changing the protein synthesis and decomposition, 6) affect the lipid deposition via changing the glucolipid metabolism, and 7) affect the hair growth. The new mechanisms underlying stress affecting metabolism and physiological responses need to be further clarified. Besides, the mitigation measures for stress affecting health are imperative.
The goal of the Research Topic is to shed lights on these mechanisms and eventually help to reduce or relieve stress-induced body response or damage via different approaches, especially via nutrients and drug additives.
We welcome the submissions of Original Research and Review on the sub-topics below:
1) The mechanisms of stress affecting organism’s metabolism and physiological response (appetite change, immune response, protein or glucolipid metabolism, cell proliferation and apoptosis, intestinal barrier etc.).
2) The function and relevant mechanisms of dietary or water addition of conventional nutrients (e.g., amino acids and vitamin), plant extracts (e.g., essential oil, astragalus polysaccharides), acidulating agents, microorganisms (e.g. lactobacillus, bacillus saccharomycetes) and metabolites (e.g., short chain fatty acid, antibacterial peptides), or other drug additives in relieving stress response.
3) The function and relevant mechanisms of different management style (e.g., environmental improvement, delayed weaning) in relieving animal stress response.
In animal husbandry production, stress response often happens inevitably (e.g., heat stress, weanling stress, refueling stress, immune stress, oxidative stress, mycotoxicosis, heavy metal poisoning, etc.). Stress response could 1) activate hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis and increase glucocorticoids secretion, which could affect food intake via changing appetite peptides expression in the hypothalamus or gut, 2) affect food digestion and absorption via changing the expression of nutrient transporters and secretion of digestive enzymes, 3) affect the intestinal barrier via changing the intestinal microbiome and damaging the intestinal structure, 4) cause immune responses via increasing the level of inflammatory factors and inhibiting the level of immune factors, 5) affect the skeletal muscle development via changing the protein synthesis and decomposition, 6) affect the lipid deposition via changing the glucolipid metabolism, and 7) affect the hair growth. The new mechanisms underlying stress affecting metabolism and physiological responses need to be further clarified. Besides, the mitigation measures for stress affecting health are imperative.
The goal of the Research Topic is to shed lights on these mechanisms and eventually help to reduce or relieve stress-induced body response or damage via different approaches, especially via nutrients and drug additives.
We welcome the submissions of Original Research and Review on the sub-topics below:
1) The mechanisms of stress affecting organism’s metabolism and physiological response (appetite change, immune response, protein or glucolipid metabolism, cell proliferation and apoptosis, intestinal barrier etc.).
2) The function and relevant mechanisms of dietary or water addition of conventional nutrients (e.g., amino acids and vitamin), plant extracts (e.g., essential oil, astragalus polysaccharides), acidulating agents, microorganisms (e.g. lactobacillus, bacillus saccharomycetes) and metabolites (e.g., short chain fatty acid, antibacterial peptides), or other drug additives in relieving stress response.
3) The function and relevant mechanisms of different management style (e.g., environmental improvement, delayed weaning) in relieving animal stress response.