Unraveling Ruminant Feed Efficiency Through Metabolomics: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Advancements in metabolomic technologies have revolutionized our understanding of feed efficiency (FE) in livestock, offering new pathways to enhance both profitability and sustainability in ruminant production.

Methods

This review offers a critical and systematic evaluation of the metabolomics methods used to measure and assess FE in ruminants. We conducted a comprehensive search of PubMed, Web of Science, and Scopus databases, covering publications from 1971 to 2023. This review synthesizes findings from 71 studies that applied metabolomic approaches to uncover the biological mechanisms driving interindividual variations in FE across cattle, sheep, goats, and buffaloes.

Results

Most studies focused on cattle and employed targeted metabolomics to identify

SUBMITTER: Nunes AT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11678121 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature