Metadata for animal samples

The following table contains an overview of the core and partially harmonised metadata attributes. For ease of use, the Metalog website shows more descriptive field names. The table contains both the name shown in the download files and the one shown here on the website. Click the icons in the table to see more information for each field.

Field name
Label shown on website
Count
Most common values
access_status
11218
public, restricted
age_years
age (years)
2777
1, 2, 5
artificial
artificial or special treatment
176
cultivation, paleosample, post-mortem
diet
diet
2761
herbivore, omnivore, complete primate diet
environment_feature
source material environment
11218
intestine environment [ENVO:2100002], rectum [UBERON:0001052], rumen [UBERON:0007365]
environment_material
source material
11218
fecal material [ENVO:00002003], ruminal fluid [UBERON:0010228], lumen of digestive tract [UBERON:0006909]
filtration_lower_threshold_um
lower size cutoff (collection filter pore size, µm)
74
0.45, 0, 2
filtration_upper_threshold_um
upper size cutoff (pre-filter pore size, µm)
141
900-483000, Infinity, 12
geographic_location
country/ocean region
11218
China, United States, Australia
housing_lab
housing lab
1823
Jiangxi Agricultural University, Beef and Sheep Research Centre of Scotland's Rural College, UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), Porton Down
intervention
kind of intervention
1446
ABX, antibiotics, diet
latitude
11174
-34.1273, 39.9, 22.81521043
location
10647
Australia: NSW, China: Guangxi, China
location_resolution
resolution of location info
11218
region, country, city
longitude
11174
150.7387, 116.41, 108.3275397
medication
medication
205
ATC QI09AE03, Amoxicillin, Colistin
pooled_individuals
number of pooled individuals
4784
1, 25, 5
provider
provider of animal
1637
Guangdong Medical Labora- tory Animal Center, Beef and Sheep Research Centre of Scotland's Rural College, Mauritian or South-East Asian
sample_alias
11218
Allaway_2020_dogs.sample_met_1, Allaway_2020_dogs.sample_met_10, Allaway_2020_dogs.sample_met_11
sex
sex
4850
female, male, castrated male
strain
breed or strain
1386
Guang Xi swamp buffalo, Labrador Retriever, hybrid buffalo
study_code
11218
Gaio_2020_pig, Tong_2022_buffalo, Chen_2021_pig
subject_disease_status
disease status
4167
COHORT, CTR, diarrhea
subject_id
11218
Guo_2018_panda.subject_P2, Guo_2018_panda.subject_P1, Guo_2018_panda.subject_R2
timepoint
days since first sample
11153
0, 7, 14
timeseries_available
time series data available?
11218
no, yes
timeseries_count
time series: count of timepoints
11218
1, 4, 10
timeseries_duration
time series: length in days
11159
0, 43, 30
weight_kg
weight (kg)
547
6, 7, 4

Field name
Label shown on website
Count
Most common values
added_matter
14
penicillin, streptomycin, chloramphenicol
age_days
590
28, 35, 42
age_range
age range (years)
845
adult, <1, calf
antibiotic
7
40mg oxytetracycline hydrochloride
captivity_status
captivity status
11013
domestic, wild, captive
captivity_status_full
123
5 Months, 1 Month, Long
depth_meters
depth (meters)
178
1.5, 1870, 1164
diet_full
4
dried ants: 10g, dried termites: 10g, and water: 80g
elevation_meters
elevation (meters)
351
1046.5, 204.7, 1193.7
host
169
Ifremeria nautilei, Alviniconcha strummeri, Alviniconcha boucheti
host_common_name
68
Pere David's deer, Giant panda, North Atlantic Right Whale
host_scientific_name
286
Pan troglodytes verus, Apis mellifera carnica, Pan troglodytes
intervention_full
12
no immunosuppressive therapy, glucocorticoids (either prednisone or dexamethasone) and chemotherapy (cytarabine)
medication_full
205
Escherichia live bacterial vaccines, amoxicillin, colistin
note
74
HiSeq2500, Early stage worker, New stage worker
phenotypic_information
129
Lean to normal, Overweight to obese
sample_collection_timepoint
68
35 days, 14 days, 0 days
sample_description
4575
not applicable, F corresponds to Farm number; S corresponds to sample number, Keywords: GSC:MIxS;MIMS:5.0
sample_title
9867
Metagenome or environmental sample from pig gut metagenome, Metagenome or environmental sample from gut metagenome, Metagenome or environmental sample from chicken gut metagenome
study_accession
492
PRJNA556790, PRJNA563508, PRJNA574146
time_period
9
600-1050 AD