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The importance of monitoring cortisol in the agri-food sector: a systematic review
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Cortisol monitoring in the agri-food sector is considered a valuable tool due to its direct
correlation with growth, reproduction, the immune system, and overall animal welfare. Strategies
to monitor this stress hormone and its correlation to food quality and security have been studied
in fish farming and the livestock industry. This review discusses studies on monitoring cortisol
in the food industry for the first time. The impact of cortisol on animal production, quality, and
the security of food products, and the analytical procedures commonly implemented for sample
pre-concentration and quantification by liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry, are
reviewed and discussed according to the results published in the period 2012–2022. Aquaculture,
or fish farming, is the leading agri-food sector, where cortisol’s impact and usefulness are better
known than in livestock. The determination of cortisol in fish not only allows for an increase in
the production rate, but also the ability to monitor the water quality, enhancing the sustainable
development of this industry. In cattle, further studies are needed since it has mainly been used to
detect the administration of illicit substances. Current analytical control and monitoring techniques
are expensive and often depend on invasive sampling, not allowing fast or real-time monitoring.
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Stress monitoring Cortisol Animal welfare Food industry Extraction LC-MS/MS . Faculdade de Ciências Exatas e da Engenharia
Citation
Aguiar, D.; Marques, C.; Pereira, A.C. The Importance of Monitoring Cortisol in the Agri-Food Sector—A Systematic Review. Metabolites 2023, 13, 692. https:// doi.org/10.3390/metabo13060692
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MDPI