Antioxidants in Animal Production, Reproduction, Health and Welfare

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: abdominal fat color; active yeast; anti-inflammatory; antimicrobial activity; antinutrient; antioxidant; antioxidant biomarker; antioxidant status; antioxidants; apoptosis; Bax; Bayesian inference; Bcl-2; bee pollen; biochemical parameters; biochemistry; Biology, life sciences; blood; blood biochemical constituents; blood hematology; blood parameters; boswellic acid; broiler; broiler chickens; broilers; caprine; carcass; carcass traits; cardiac injury markers; cecal health; cecal microbiota; chicken; copper toxicity; cornelian cherry extract; correlation coefficients; cryopreservation; cyclic heat stress; date palm (pollen extract); dietary protein level; doxorubicin; Duroc breed boars; Eimeria tenella; endurance; enzyme; exercise; feed efficiency; feeding time; fermentation; fertility; fertility-related markers; fiber; fipronil; folic acid; fructooligosaccharide; gene expression; glucose transporter; growth; growth performance; gut health; haemato-biochemical parameters; heat stress; hematological parameters; hematology; high temperature; histopathology; Holstein; immune response; immunity; inflammation; laying hen performance; liver histology; lysozyme; Mathematics and Science; meat fatty acid profile; meat quality; meta-analysis; microbiota; nano particles; nitric oxide; nitrocompounds; nitroethanol; nitropropanol; nutrient density; olive oil; oocyst shedding; oregano essential oil; Oreochromis niloticus; oxidative biomarker; oxidative stress; pathogens; PCNA; phenolic antioxidant; phenols; phytogenic; phytogenic feed additive; polyphenolics; polyphenols; poultry; prebiotic; pregnancy; productive performance; propolis; quails; rabbit; redox status; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; Research and information: general; sea bass; selenium; semen; semen additives; semen cryopreservation; serum metabolites; sperm ultrastructure; spermatozoa; spirulina; Spirulina platensis; tannin; temperature; TGF-β1; trace element; Turraea fischeri; undenatured type II collagen; vitamin C; vitamin E; volatile fatty acids; zinc; Zoology and animal sciences
• ISBN: 3036589694; 9783036589688; 3036589686; 9783036589695
• DOI: 10.3390/books978-3-0365-8968-8

The exposure of animals to environmental stresses (restraint, bad housing conditions, irradiation, pollution, diseases, and heat stress) and endogenous stresses (metabolic and physiological disorders) can seriously disrupt the redox homeostasis, leading to impairments in animals’ health and overall performance. Under these circumstances, the self-antioxidant defense system may not be enough to neutralize ROS effects. In this context, the utilization of an exogenous source of antioxidants, mainly dietary sources, may present an effective and cost-effective solution. There are a plethora of substances, either naturally occurring or synthesized (organic acids, minerals, vitamins, hormones, and specific feed additives originating from plants such as essential oils and polyphenols), known for their antioxidant activity, that can be used to maintain adequate redox status in animals in order to preserve their well-being and/or productivity. This area of research still needs more investigations in order to clearly elucidate the effective antioxidant substances that could be used in practical applications, with an emphasis on their biological mechanisms during different physiological conditions and health statuses. We intend to bring together current research concerning the role of antioxidant substances either from natural sources or those synthesized for improving animal production, reproduction, health, and welfare.