Abstract: Metabonomics is a new developing “omics” in recent years by using some modern analysis techniques including nuclear magnetic resonance, mass spectrometry and so on, which has been widely used in pathophysiology, pharmacology and toxicology, and has expansive application foreground though it is relatively new in animal nutrition and feed research fields. In this article, the authors briefly review the concept and research method of metabonomics and its applications in animal nutrition and feed research, which provides reference for more comprehensive and in-depth research on animal nutrition and feed by applying metabomomics.

Key words: metabonomics; animal nutrition; feed; application progress