Proteomics is a field with growing interest in almost every area of life sciences. Proteomic techniques, along with potential and obtained results have long been key components of biomedical and pharmaceutical research. In agriculture, animal and veterinary research however, use of proteomics is still limited, despite the large number of potential applications. As a result, there is a pressing need for wider use and dissemination of proteomics in animal and veterinary science research. This book meets this need by bridging the gap between experts in the technology of proteomics and those at the forefront of research into many facets of animal physiology and pathophysiology.The book encompasses a wide range of topics: from muscle and meat proteomics to acute phase proteins and proteomics in aquaculture, to name but a few. The book summarily presents the state of the art in farm animal proteomics research in Europe, providing readers with interesting examples of the applications of this set of advanced technologies as well as useful contact details of colleagues with expertise in the field.The book will be of interest to scientists at the cutting edge of animal and veterinary research who are currently, or are considering, analytical investigation and identification of protein in animal tissue and in pathogens in health and disease. Furthermore the book will provide an insight for proteomic specialists in demonstrating the breadth of applications that their technology can have in animal and food research.

Proteomics in farm animals: going south.- Part I - Invited plenary communications.- Mass spectrometry for the veterinary and farm animal world.- Protein synthesis pipelines for study of protein-protein interactions.- Dinosaurs and other farm animals.- Proteomics strategies to trace illegal growth-promoters in cattle.- Assessing fish quality in aquaculture: a proteomics approach.- From meat to food: the proteomics assessment.- Ruminant saliva: accessory proteins of homeostasis, olfaction and defence.- Proteomics of foes and friends adapted to milk environment: focus on Grampositive bovine mastitis bacteria and probiotics.- Tick-borne diseases in cattle: applications of proteomics and the development of new generation vaccines.- The applications of proteomics to animal models of leptospirosis: in vivo veritas.- Part II - Proteomics and animal health.- Changes in the proteome of the H295R steroidogenesis model associated with exposure to the mycotoxin zearalenone and its metabolites, - and -zearalenol.- Proteomic analysis of host responses to Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium infection in gut of naturally infected Iberian pigs.- Biochemical and proteomic investigation of bovine nasal secretion.- The behaviour of ceruloplasmin as an acute phase protein in obese and infected rabbits.- Modifications of the acute phase protein haptoglobin in dairy cows.- Rapid protein production pipeline in advanced inducible Leishmania tarentolae expression system.- Brucellosis and proteomics: an approach in Albania.- Saliva proteomics: tool for novel diagnosis for farm animal diseases from body fluids.- Proteomics in biomarker detection and monitoring of pancreas disease (PD) in atlantic salmon (Salmo salar).- Results of proteomic mapping into milk infected by Streptococus agalactiae.- Adhesion of Francisella to endothelial cells is also mediated by OmpA:ICAM-1 interaction.- Proteins overexpressed in ovine pulmonary adenocarcinoma.- Relevance of paraoxonase-1, platelet-activating factor acetylhydrolase and serum amyloid A in bovine mastitis.- Proteomic characterization of serum amyloid A protein in different porcine body fluids.- Comparative exoproteomics of Staphylococcus epidermidis of human and bovine origin to identify bacterial factors involved in adaptation into bovine host.- Methodology of proteomic mapping into milk infected by Streptococus agalactiae.- Part III - Proteomics in animal production.- Proteome analysis of muscles longissimus dorsi of Hungarian Merino and Tsigai sheep breeds.- Muscle proteomics profiles in sheep: the effect of breed and nutritional status.- Cellular and molecular-large scale features of fetal perirenal and intermuscular adipose tissues in bovine.- Vegetable based fish feed changes protein expression in muscle of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss).- The proteomic insight of the Italian dry cured ham manufacturing.- IGF-1 free circulating protein and its gene-expression in linseed-rich diet quail.- A longitudinal proteomic approach to investigate liver metabolism in periparturient dairy cows with different body fat mobilization.- The effect of colostrum intake on blood plasma proteomic profiles of newborn lambs.- Oxidative stress and acute phase response associated to changes in housing from pen to individual stalls in reproductive sows.- Two-dimensional proteomics as a tool to evaluate nutritional effects in farmed fish.- Serum proteomic analysis in bovine mastitis.- From protein markers to phenotyping tools for evaluation of beef tenderness.- Immunoreactive proteins of Mycobacterium avium subsp. Paratuberculosis.- Acute phase protein expression in different visceral and subcutaneous fat depots from clinically healthy dairy cows.- The plasma proteome and acute phase proteins of broiler chickens with gait abnormalities.- Proteomic analysis of visceral and subcutaneous adipose tissue in goats.- Farm animal proteomics in toxicological studies: useful tool or waste of time? What to learn from rodent studies.- The role of SPEF2 in male fertility.- Proteomic analysis of cryoconserved bull sperm to enhance ERCR classification scores of fertility.- Proteomics biomarkers for pork quality.- Proteomics as a tool to understand fish stress in aquaculture.- A peptidomic approach to biomarker discovery for bovine mastitis.- Acknowledgements.- Major sponsors.- Organizing support.- Individual contributions.