Animal phenotyping (e.g., FAANG, PigWeb) generate vast datasets critical for genomics,welfare, and precision livestock farming. However, inconsistent metadata collectionhampers data integration, reproducibility, and reuse across species and projects.We propose a unified minimal metadata standard for animal phenotyping by adapting theMIAPPE (Minimum Information About Plant Phenotyping Experiments) checklist, a well-establishedframework in plant science, to address animal-specific requirements.
Fischer et al. (Thu,) studied this question.