Roadmap for Immunomodulators

What are we trying to achieve and why? What is the problem we are trying to solve?

Establishing the nutrition requirements to maintain optimal immune response.
Evaluating nutritional compounds (e.g., metals, vitamins).

What are the scientific and technological challenges (knowledge gaps needing to be addressed)?

Define the nutrient requirements in sub-optimal sanitary conditions (species-specific).
– boosting the immune response after vaccination or immune stimulation (e.g., amino acids like Trp of Thr in pigs are primarily involved in the immune response and their utilisation are prioritised for this function than for the animal growth)

What approaches could/should be taken to address the research question?

Define nutrients and the appropriate dosage to sustain immune response.

What else needs to be done before we can solve this need?

Measuring the improvement of the immune response with specific supra-nutritional nutrients supplementation in specific conditions.

Existing knowledge including successes and failures