As one of the metabolites responsible for the smell of conifers, alpha-pinene is a fitting choice for our festive Metabolite of the month.
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Animals are sentient beings. As such they experience pain and suffering. Veterinarians and other animal care professionals and organizations throughout the world persistently try to mitigate this by providing a diverse range of services, including preventive approaches that aim to identify early warning signs of potentially acute or chronic diseases, rehabilitation from alteration trauma, referral to specialists when required; proactively maintaining animals’ optimal health and improving their welfare in the home and community environments.
How to tackle health issues in animal husbandry?
Metabolomics contributes to advances in sustainable, productive livestock animal husbandry and animal welfare based on the assessment of health of farm animals.
Targeted metabolomics as a tool to monitor sow and piglet health in swine breeding
Metabolomics helps detect potentially catastrophic health issues in pregnant sows and weaning piglets
Metabotypes applied to dairy production
Metabotypes help categorize dairy cows with different lactation yields
Could probiotics replace antibiotics?
How can the use of antibiotics in animal farming be reduced? Probiotics might be a solution.