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
age_years
age (years)
2615
1, 2, 5
artificial
artificial or special treatment
176
cultivation, paleosample, post-mortem
diet
diet
2771
herbivore, omnivore, carnivore
environment_feature
source material environment
10950
intestine environment [ENVO:2100002], rectum [UBERON:0001052], rumen [UBERON:0007365]
environment_material
source material
10950
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
geographic_location
country/ocean region
10950
China, USA, Australia
housing_lab
housing lab
1664
Jiangxi Agricultural University, Beef and Sheep Research Centre of Scotland's Rural College, Nestle Purina Pet Care
intervention
kind of intervention
1396
ABX, antibiotics, diet
latitude
10906
-34.1273, 39.9, 22.81521043
location
10343
Australia: NSW, China: Guangxi, China
location_resolution
resolution of location info
10950
region, country, city
longitude
10906
150.7387, 116.41, 108.3275397
medication
medication
205
ATC QI09AE03, Amoxicillin, Colistin
pooled_individuals
number of pooled individuals
4798
1, 25, 5
provider
provider of animal
1478
Guangdong Medical Labora- tory Animal Center, Beef and Sheep Research Centre of Scotland's Rural College, China Agricultural University
sample_alias
10950
Allaway_2020_dogs.sample_met_1, Allaway_2020_dogs.sample_met_10, Allaway_2020_dogs.sample_met_11
sex
sex
4764
male, female, castrated male
strain
breed or strain
1386
Guang Xi swamp buffalo, Labrador Retriever, hybrid buffalo
study_code
10950
Gaio_2020_pig, Tong_2022_buffalo, Chen_2021_pig
subject_disease_status
disease status
4153
COHORT, CTR, diarrhea
subject_id
10950
Guo_2018_panda.subject_P2, Guo_2018_panda.subject_P1, Guo_2018_panda.subject_R2
timepoint
days since first sample
10885
0, 7, 14
timeseries_available
time series data available?
10950
no, yes
timeseries_count
time series: count of timepoints
10950
1, 4, 10
timeseries_duration
time series: length in days
10891
0, 43, 30
weight_kg
weight (kg)
471
6, 7, 4