XIX Congress of Animal Science and Production Association
Agenda for oral presentations
Tuesday June 7
Animal Breeding and genetics
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Francesco Tiezzi, Mauro Penasa, Alessio Cecchinato, Christian Maltecca, Giovanni Bittante
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Genetic and environmental factors affecting fertility in Italian Brown Swiss cows
Cristina Sartori, Roberto Mantovani
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Effects of inbreeding on fighting ability in Aosta Chestnut and Aosta Black Pied cattle
Mara Battagin, Mauro Penasa, Martino Cassandro
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Flow analysis of Holstein bulls daughters during progeny test
Ezequiel Luis Nicolazzi, Riccardo Negrini, Raffaele Mazza, Giordano Mancini, Fatima
Chegdani, Marco Milanesi, Francesco Filippini, Andrea Albera
Searching for signatures of selection in Italian cattle breeds using the 54k SNP panel
Licia Colli, Alessandro Achilli, Hovirag Lancioni, Marco Pellecchia, Marcin Rzepus,
Giordana Lucente, Paolo Ajmone-Marsan
Phylogeography of the maternal line of European goats by whole mitochondrial DNA
sequence analysis
Alessia Ranieri, Francesca Martuzzi, Antonio Lucio Catalano, Franca Vaccari Simonini
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Linear measurements in gait analysis of Bardigiano horses
Emanuela Tullo, Stefano Biffani, Julio Cesar Alvarez, Rita Rizzi
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Genetic variability and population structure in the Carora dairy breed
Marta Raschetti, Stefania Chessa, Giulio Pagnacco, Denis Guiatti, Misa Sandri, Anna
Caroli, Bianca Castiglioni
Association analyses of candidate SNP on meat quality traits in swine
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Dairy Production
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Adriana Bonanno, Antonino Di Grigoli, Gabriele Tornambè, Vincenzo Bellina,
Francesca Mazza, Massimo Todaro
Effects of nutritional level on lactation response of Girgentana goats with different
CSN1S1 genotype
Salvatore Claps, Maria Antonietta Di Napoli, Anna Rocchina Caputo, Lucia Sepe,
Vincenzo Fedele, Giovanni Annicchiarico, Domenico Rufrano
Syalyl oligosaccharides content in colostrum and early milk of two goat breeds
Antonino Di Grigoli, Alfonso S. Frenda, Gabriele Tornambè, Adriana Bonanno
Effects of grazing Trifolium subterraneum and Lolium multiflorum in various
proportions on forage intake and milk production of dairy ewes
Rami T. Kridli, Abdullah Y. Abdullah, Mohamed Momani Shaker
Body measurements of Awassi, F1 Charollais-Awassi and F1 Romanov-Awassi ram and
ewe lambs
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Tuesday June 7
Animal welfare, health and behavior
Sala Informatica
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Leonardo Nanni Costa, Diego Magnani, Pietro Calà, Simona Cafazzo, Elisabetta
Razzuoli, Massimo Amadori
Relationship between body temperature and reactivity to backtest in post-weaned
piglets
Grazia Pastorelli, Raffaella Rossi, Paolo Candotti, Carlo Corino
Evaluation of stress due to mixing in piglets
Raffaella Rossi, Grazia Pastorelli, Carlo Corino
Influence of dietary plant antioxidant on oxidative status and immune parameters
in post weaning piglet
Simona Vagni, Luciana Rossi, Carlo Polidori, Francesca Saccone, Loris Giovanni
Alborali, Vittorio Dell'Orto
Multifactorial approach to induce E.coli diarrhoea in weaned piglets
Luciana Bava, Anna Sandrucci, Alberto Tamburini, Maddalena Zucali
Effects of season and cow cleanliness on teat apex score and milk somatic cell
count
Roberto Tocci, Clara Sargentini, Alessandro Giorgetti
Morphological, chemical and physical properties on hoof of Maremmano Horse,
Monterufoli Pony and Amiata Donkey
Stefano Schirru, Elisabetta Daga, Antonino Paba, Ilaria Duprè, Laura Mara, Marilia
Gallus, M. Francesca Scintu, Roberta Comunian
A survey on the microbiological features of semen from Sarda breed rams
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Wednesday June 8
Animal breeding and genetics
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Poster
Jan Thjis van Kaam, Attilio Rossoni, Daniele Vicario, Stefano Biffani, John L.
Williams, Paolo Ajmone-Marsan, Nicolò P.P. Macciotta
Genomics in Italian dairy cattle (invited)
Paolo Ajmone-Marsan, Ezequiel Luis Nicolazzi, Raffaele Mazza, Lorenzo Bomba, Licia
Colli, Riccardo Negrini
Genome wide association studies of dairy production traits in Italian dairy cattle
Maria Annunziata Pintus, Daniele Vicario, Attilio Rossoni, Jan Thjis van Kaam, Nicolò
Pietro Paolo Macciotta
Use of a principal component approach to predict direct genomic values for dairy
traits in Italian cattle breeds
Silvia Bongiorni, Susana Bueno, Giordano Mancini, Giovanni Chillemi, Bianca Moioli,
Sebastiana Failla, Alessio Valentini
Deep mRNA sequencing for transcriptome profiling of skeletal muscle tissues
Coffee break
Just Jensen
How can new technologies for genetic improvement ensure local competitiveness
of animal production sector and contribute to global food security? (invited)
Niccolò Pietro Paolo Macciotta, Silvia Sorbolini, Giustino Gaspa, Daniele Vicario,
Alessio Valentini
Prediction of direct genomic values for beef traits in Simmental cattle
Mario Graziano Usai, Tiziana Sechi, Giovanni Battista Congiu, Francis Barillet,
Antonello Carta
Using the ovine SNP50 beadchip to detect QTL affecting milk traits
Tiziana Sechi, Sabrina Miari, Giuliana Mulas, G. Battista Congiu, Annalisa Pernisa, Lia
Crasta, Stefania Sechi
Detection of polimorphisms on ovine fatty acid synthase (FASN) gene to study their
effects on fatty acid composition of milk fat
Sabrina Miari, Giuliana Mulas, Lia Crasta, Annalisa Pernisa, Antonello Carta
Genetic polymorphisms at intron 4 of ovine stearoyl CoA desaturase (SCD) gene are
candidate to affect CLA content in milk
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Donato Matassino, Carmela Maria Assunta Barone, Nadia Castellano, Gianluca
Gigante, Michela Grasso, Antonio Zullo
Effect of autochthonous bovine genetic type on some quanti-qualitative
characteristics of milk
Francesca Ciotola, Sara Albarella, Maria Pia Pasolini, Natascia Cocchia, Luigi Auletta,
Vittorio Barbieri, Vincenzo Peretti
Cytogenetic and genetic characterization of an intersex Arabian horse
Denis Guiatti, Sandy Sgorlon, Stefania Chessa, Marta Raschetti, Bruno Stefanon
Targeting DNA variability in the promoter region of candidate genes to carcass traits
of heavy pigs
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Stefania Dall'Olio, Luca Fontanesi, Luca Buttazzoni, Maurizio Gallo, Vincenzo Russo
Single nucleotide polymorphisms in several genes are associated with prolificacy in
Italian Large White sows
Luca Fontanesi, Giuliano Galimberti, Daniela Giovanna Calò, Emilio Scotti, Pier Luigi
Martelli, Raffaele Fronza, Rita Casadio, Vincenzo Russo
Genome wide association study for backfat thickness in Italian Large White pigs
using a selective genotyping approach
Paolo Zambonelli, Roberta Davoli, Silvia Braglia, Luca Buttazzoni, Vincenzo Russo
Development of molecular markers in pig genes and association with meat pH
Roberta Davoli, Silvia Braglia, Paolo Zambonelli, Marco Comella, Roberta Camera,
Vincenzo Russo
Transcription profile of liver tissue to identify genes related to stress response in
pigs of different breeds
Maria Gargani, Riccardo Fortunati, Lorraine Pariset
A novel point mutation within the EDA gene involved in X-linked anhidrotic
ectodermal dysplasia in Friesian breed
Stefano Capomaccio, Nicola Vitulo, Alessandro Albiero, Gianni Barcaccia, Giorgio
Valle, Maurizio Silvestrelli, Michela Felicetti, Andrea Verini-Supplizi, Katia Cappelli
Analyses of exercise transcriptome using RNA-Seq
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Nutrition and feeding
Sala Auditorium
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Poster
Paolo Pezzi, Alessandro Gramenzi, Giorgio Vignola, Lamberto Lambertini, Giampiero
Mazzone
Organic acids evolution in corn silage
Alberto Palmonari, Giorgia Canestrari, Nicola Panciroli, Mattia Fustini, Andrea
Formigoni
Chemical and nutritional composition of alfalfa at different stages of maturity
Andrea Cabiddu, Simona Spada, Margherita Addis, Valeria Giovanetti, Lorenzo Salis,
Maria Sitzia
Influence of protein fraction content on polyunsaturated fatty acid levels in different
forage species
Mirko Cattani, Franco Tagliapietra, Matteo Guadagnin, Lucia Bailoni
Repeatability of in situ and in vitro digestibility measured at 24 or 48 h of incubation
Matteo Guadagnin, Charles Jamie Newbold, Alejandro Belanche, Valerio Bondesan,
Lucia Bailoni
Effects of soybean and rapeseed cake on in vitro rumen fermentation and microbial
yield
Patrizia Carta, Ignazio Ibba, Antonello Cannas
Development of a calibration curve to estimate dairy cattle dietary particle size with
NIRS
Coffee break
Luciana Rossi, Serena Reggi, Simona Vagni, Corrado Fogher, Antonella Baldi
Evaluation of gastric degradability of antigenic protein expressed in tobacco seeds
Sara Minieri, Stefano Rapaccini, Arianna Buccioni, Mauro Antongiovanni
Effect of quebracho tannin on fatty acid profile in rumen solid associated bacteria on
soybean and linseed oils supplemented diets. An in vitro study
Mariella Ferroni, Chiara Riva, Laura Alessandrini, Andrea Arcari, Raffaella Rebucci,
Giovanni Savoini, Antonella Baldi, Anna Bernardi, Dario Narducci
Enzyme-based sensor for non-invasive monitoring of ruminal parameters: in vitro
results
Serena Calabrò, Pier Paolo Danieli, Monica Isabella Cutrignelli, Riccardo Primi,
Raffaella Tudisco, Salvatore Del Puglia, Federico Infascelli, Bruno Ronchi, Vincenzo
Piccolo
In vitro fermentation characteristics of spineless safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.
var. inermis Schweinf) grown under different agronomic conditions in a
Mediterranean environment
Franco Tagliapietra, Mirko Cattani, Stefano Schiavon
Relationships between end products of fermentation using the gas production
technique
Stefania Colombini, Luca Rapetti, Gianluca Galassi, Luca Malagutti, G. Matteo
Crovetto
Comparison of forage sorghum with grain sorghum and corn silage in diets of
lactating cows
Paolo Berzaghi, Jacopo C. Ferlito, Lorenzo Serva
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Determination of minerals in forages using X ray fluorescence
Guido Invernizzi, Alessandro Agazzi, Andrea Fanelli, Serena Maroccolo, Mariella
Ferroni, Vittorio Dell'Orto
Diet digestibility by total fecal collection and insoluble acid ash in horses at
maintenance fed S. cerevisiae
Luigi Calamari, Francesca Petrera, Alessio Moini, Gérard Bertin
Effect of selenium supplementation on plasma glutathione peroxidase and
relationship with inflammatory markers in dairy cows
Lunch
Lorenzo Bomba, Michela Lizier, Andrea Minuti, Francesca Sibella, Fatima Chegdani,
Vania Patrone, Barbara Tondelli, Maria Luisa Callegari, Susanna Ferrari, Filippo Rossi,
Erminio Trevisi, Franco Lucchini
Nutrigenomics: a high fat diet influences gut gene expression in a mouse model
Mirco Corazzin, Stefano Bovolenta, Elena Saccà, Gianluca Bianchi, Edi Piasentier
Effect of whole linseed addition on the expression of some lipid metabolism genes in
the adipose tissue of Italian Simmental and Holstein young bulls
Alessandro Agazzi, Barbara Ripamonti, Simone Stella, Serena Maroccolo, Andrea
Fanelli, Guido Invernizzi, Erica Tirloni, Vittorio Dell'Orto, Giovanni Savoini
Specie-specific probiotic supplement in veal calves diet: effects on zootechnical and
microbial parameters in standard rearing conditions
Luca Lo Verso, Francesca Vitari, Valentina Carollo, Xianren Jiang, Valentino
Bontempo
Dietary supplementation of mannanooligosaccharides in nutritionally stressed
piglets: effects on gut health
Davide Priori, Paolo Trevisi, Irma Nisi, Stefano Messori, Paolo Bosi
Effect of fasting and refeeding on the expression of the complex of genes involved in
the control of the gastric ghrelin orexigenic signal of pigs
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Dairy production
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Federica Signorelli, Giulia Francesca Cifuni, Francesco Napolitano, Maria Miarelli
Mammary gland proteoma in sheep
Lucia Casini, Gian Battista Liponi, Biagina Chiofalo, Vittorio Lo Presti, Livio Magni,
Maria Claudia Curadi, Mario Orlandi, Domenico Gatta
Feeding system effect on chemical and fatty acids composition of Amiata ass's milk
Damiano Magistrelli, Ahmed A. Aufy, M. Elena Marescotti, Fabia Rosi, Daniela
Meggiolaro
Influence of day in milk and parity on milk and plasma IgA in dairy cows
Roberto Steri, Corrado Dimauro
Different approaches to modelling the temporal evolution of milk yield in small
ruminants
Sandy Sgorlon, Brigitta Gaspardo, Misa Sandri, Bruno Stefanon
Effect of plant compounds on BCC of dairy sheep under ACTH challenge
Cristina Giosuè, Giuseppe Maniaci, Gabriella Iannolino, Maria Luigia Alicata, Maria
Luisa Scatassa, Marco Alabiso
The effects of length of milking period on jennet milk production
Mina Martini, Iolanda Altomonte, Federica Salari
Evaluation of the milk fatty acid profile from core and membrane of milk fat globules
during lactation
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Meat production
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David Meo Zilio, Silvia Ballico, Michela Contò, Antonella Ficco, Sebastiana Failla
Quality of beef meat aged in moderate cooling room
Federico Vincenti, Stefano Giorgi, Corrado Costa, Francesca Antonucci, Federico
Pallottino, Paolo Menesatti, Miriam Iacurto
Effects of ventilation system on beef production and meat quality
Miriam Iacurto, Anna Garavaldi, Andrea Palomba, Maurizio Mormile, Federico
Vincenti
Effect of alternative proteins in the diet on physical-sensory beef quality
Ilario Bazzoli, Claudio Cipolat Gotet, Massimo De Marchi
Effect of crossbreeding with Belgian Blue sires on carcass weight and market value
of beef bulls and heifers
Ada Braghieri, Fabio Napolitano, Daniela Faraone, Gerardo Di Bello, Antonio
Girolami
Image analysis using Computer Vision System for meat color evaluation
Rosaria Marino, Marzia Albenzio, Mariangela Caroprese, Antonella della Malva,
Antonella Santillo, Agostino Sevi
Proteolysis changes in Podolian beef during ageing time: a proteomic study
Coffe break
Claudia Lotti, Andrea Martini, Elena Nelli, Irene Seppoloni, Nicolina Staglianò,
Giovanni Argenti
Effects of grazing on animals and on pastures in organic farms in central Italy
Andrea Martini, Claudia Lotti, Clara Sargentini, Roberto Tocci, Sara Gallai,
Alessandro Giorgetti
Organic meat from Italian Holstein young bulls
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Maria Sitzia, Marco Acciaro, Andrea Cabiddu, Carla Manca, Mauro Decandia
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"Agnello di Sardegna" PGI: lamb meat production under different livestock systems
Maria Grazia Manca, Gianni Battaccone, Roberta Boe, Gesumino Spanu, Anna
Nudda
Effect of natural and artificial milk on long chain fatty acid of meat from Sarda
suckling lambs
Giuseppe Conte, Evangelia Mourvaki, Marcello Mele, Massimiliano Lanza, Giorgio
Formisano, Pietro Pennisi, Luciano Morbidini, Guido Ferruzzi, Pierlorenzo Secchiari
Fatty acid oxidation of meat from lambs fed diets supplemented with extruded
linseed and olive cake
Andrea Serra, Manuel Scerra, Daniela Brogna, Giuseppe Luciano, Alessandro Priolo,
Marcello Mele
Effect of the length of pasture finishing on triglyceride and phospholipid fatty acid
composition of intramuscular fat from lamb meat
Massimo Trabalza-Marinucci, Laura Mughetti, Raffella Branciari, Angela Maurizi,
Gabriele Acuti, Dino Miraglia, David Ranucci
Influence of extruded linseed dietary supplementation on lipid profile and sensory
lamb meat quality
Giuseppe Luciano, Manuel Scerra, Andrea Serra, Daniela Brogna, Patricia LópezAndrés, Valentina Vasta, Massimiliano Lanza, Alessandro Priolo
Lamb meat oxidative stability as affected by the length of concentrate-based
finishing diet
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Wednesday June 8
Poultry and rabbit production
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Maria Pina Rosato, Angelo Manchisi, Michele Di Iorio, Nicolaia Iaffaldano
Does aging of turkey males affect the cryosurvival of spermatozoa?
Antonella Dalle Zotte, Marco Cullere, Zoltàn Sütő, Tamàs Donkó, Gàbor Milisitis
Effect of egg yolk/albumen ratio on hatched chick body composition and broiler
meat traits in dual-purpose genotypes by computer tomography
Massimiliano Petracci, Simone Rimini, Gerardo Manfreda, Claudio Cavani, Achille
Franchini
Effect of free range production system on chicken carcass and meat quality traits
Gerardo Manfreda, Alessandra De Cesare, Massimiliano Petracci, Claudio Cavani,
Achille Franchini
Effect of free range production system on safety and microbiological parameters
of poultry carcasses
Federico Sirri, Adele Meluzzi, Alessandra Roncarati, Paolo Melotti, Roberto
Donatini
Effect of protease supplementation on nitrogen excretion in broiler chicken
farming
Silvia Cerolini, Luisa Zaniboni, Chiara Cassinelli, Teresa Maria Gliozzi
Sperm DNA fragmentation after cryopreservation in meat type chicken breeders
Coffee break
Abdullah Y. Abdullah, Anas A. Al-Nabulsi, Mohammad A. Jamana'h
The effect of cold storage and carcass weight on the shelf life and quality
characteristics of whole and deboned broiler breast meat
Alessandro Dal Bosco, Cecilia Mugnai, Silvia Ruggeri, Cesare Castellini
Adaptability of different poultry genotypes to organic system
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Animal breeding and genetics
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Nicola Tormen
The trichological analysis in the study of local sheep sheeps
Elia Pintus, Silvia Sorbolini, Nicolò Pietro Paolo Macciotta
Use of locally weighted scatterplot smoothing (LOWESS) regression to study
genome signatures in Piedmontese and Italian Brown cattle breeds
Alessandro Crovetti, Lisa Nardi, Alessandro Giorgetti, Riccardo Bozzi
Genetic diversity of five Italian sheep breeds
Fabio Pilla, Elena Ciani, Elisabetta Castellana, Emiliano Lasagna, Mario Graziano
Usai, Mariasilvia D'Andrea, Progetto Italiano Biodiversità Ovini
Genetic diversity of seven Italian sheep breeds as inferred by genome-wide SNP
analysis
Alessandro Achilli, Hovirag Lancioni, Matteo Bianchi, Marco Mariotti, Lorraine
Pariset, Francesco Panella
A phylogenetic overview of three Italian Merino-derived breeds from a
mitochondrial DNA standpoint
Emiliano Lasagna, Simone Ceccobelli, Francesco Panella, Francesca Maria Sarti
Pagliarola population or Appenninica breed: a microsatellite discrimination
Coffee break
Marco Tolone, Salvatore Mastrangelo, Baldassare Portolano
Genetic structure and assignment test in five sheep breeds reared in Sicily using
microsatellites
Salvatore Mastrangelo, Maria Teresa Sardina, Valentina Riggio
Genetic diversity and phylogenetic relationships among four breeds reared in
Sicily using ß-lactoglobulin promoter region polymorphisms
Sara Casu, Sotero Salaris
A Fortran program to optimize selection schemes in dairy sheep
Stefania Sechi, Sotero Salaris, Ciriaco Ligios, Nicoletta Ponti, Gilles Foucras, Sara
Casu
Genetic parameters for antibody response to Mycobacterium avium spp.
Paratubercolosis (MAP) in natural infected flock
Fiorella Sbarra, Roberto Mantovani, Andrea Quaglia, Giovanni Bittante
Genetic parameters of performance tested traits in Maremmana and Podolica
breeds
Corrado Dimauro, Roberto Steri, Elia Pintus, Massimo Cellesi
Efficiency of the partial least-squares genotype imputation method for dense SNP
marker maps in cattle
Georgios Theodorou, Chiara Pecorini, Raffaella Rebucci, Francesca Saccone,
Cristina Lecchi, Eleonora Fusi, Ioannis Politis, Luciano Pinotti
Effect of hormones and growth factors on cell proliferation and expression of
urokinase related genes in a bovine mammary epithelial cell line
Elena Ciani, Ingrid Alloggio, Elisa Pieragostini
Evidence of HBAY and HBBAZebu globin genes in Grey Alpine cattle
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Thursday June 9
Nutrition and feeding
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Poster
Umberto Agrimi
Animal production and emerging issues in veterinary public health and food
safety (invited)
Coffee break
Paul Crosson
Whole farm systems modelling of greenhouse gas emissions from livestock
production systems (invited)
Giuseppe Bertoni, Andrea Minuti, Alan Parlatore, Erminio Trevisi
Survey on the contribution of animal origin foods in Italian dietary habits
Alberto Tamburini, Matteo Guerci, Chiara Penati, Luciana Bava, Maddalena Zucali,
Anna Sandrucci
Environmental impact of milk production in intensive farming systems: LCA
approach
Luca Rapetti, Stefania Colombini, Mario Pirondini, Chiara Penati
Intestinal digestible protein balance and milk urea in lactating goats
Giorgio Dalla Montà, Paolo Carnier, Luca Carraro, Luigi Gallo, Stefano Schiavon
Effect of low protein diets on growth performance, backfat thickness and N
excretion of heavy pigs
Elisa Marchiori, Enrico Sturaro, Maurizio Ramanzin
Wild Red deer (Cervus elaphus L.) grazing may seriously reduce forage production
in mountain grasslands
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Dairy production
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Denis Pretto, Martino Cassandro
Analysis of different milk payment systems in Veneto region dairy industries and
effect on economic value of milk quality traits
Claudio Cipolat Gotet, Ilario Bazzoli, Massimo De Marchi
Influence of the storage of milk on cheese yield
Alessandro Pistoia, Piera Poli, Laura Casarosa
Pecorino cheese quality as affected by milk storage time
Daniela Beghelli, Silvia Vincenzetti, Daniela Micozzi, Alberto Vita, Paolo Polidori
Antioxidant properties of donkey milk
Baldassare Portolano, Valentina Riggio, Salvatore Morreale
Receiver-operating characteristics curves for SCS in Valle del Belice dairy sheep
Alberto Sabbioni, Valentino Beretti, Luigi Tardini, Sandra Vezzali, Valerio Paini,
Paola Superchi
Lactation curves of Bianca Val Padana and Italian Friesian dairy cows reared in the
same herds
Andrea Summer, Massimo Malacarne, Marco Nocetti, Marco Pivetti, Daniele
Bussolati, Primo Mariani
k-Casein B content of herd milk for Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese
Massimo Malacarne, Andrea Summer, Giovanni Maria Pisani, Chiara Serena
Soffiantini, Piero Franceschi, Paolo Formaggioni, Maria Grazia Calzolari, Primo
Mariani
Mineral content and salt equilibria of milk from wild ungulates species
Federica Bellagamba, Fabio Caprino, Andrea Valiani, Gabriele Acuti, Dino Miraglia,
Raffaella Branciari, Massimo Trabalza-Marinucci, Vittorio Maria Moretti
Volatile organic compunds and free D-amino acids in ewes' milk as affetcted by
temperature treatments and total microbial count
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Thursday June 9
Animal welfare, health and behavior
Sala Auditorium
08.00-09.00
09.00-09.15
09.15-09.30
09.30-09.45
09.45-10.00
10.00-10.15
Poster
Annalisa Scollo, Paola Prevedello, Giuliana Rossetto, Francesco Tonon, Flaviana
Gottardo
Behaviour, glycaemia and growth performance of underweight piglets
Marta Brscic , Paolo Paparella, Chiara Lonardi, Giulio Cozzi
Farmers' opinion about the welfare of beef cattle and how it should be assessed
on-farm
Flaviana Gottardo, Paola Prevedello, Annalisa Scollo, Marta Brscic, Barbara
Contiero, Giulio Cozzi
Opinion of the Italian pig farmers about animal welfare topic.
Antonella Santillo, Giovanni Annicchiarico, Mariangela Caroprese, Rosaria Marino,
Antonio Muscio, Marzia Albenzio
Probiotic supplementation of milk replacer: effect on lambs performance
Giovanna Martelli, Eleonora Nannoni, Attilio Luigi Mordenti, Monica Grandi, Luca
Sardi
Production and bahavioral traits of heavy pigs subjected to two illumination
periods
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10.15-10.30
10.30-10.45
10.45-11.00
Coffee break
11.00-11.15
11.15-11.30
11.30-11.45
11.45-12.00
12.00-12.15
12.15-12.30
12.30-12.45
12.45-13.00
13.00-14.00
14.00-14.15
Lunch
Claudia Federici, Marisanna Speroni, Maurizio Capelletti, Daniele Giordano,
Giacomo Pirlo, Riccardo Aleandri
Some aspects of behavior of the progeny of a bull clone over the pre-weaning
period
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14.15-14.30
14.30-14.45
14.45-15.00
Fabio Abeni, Vincenza Pisacane, Claudia Federici, Marisanna Speroni, Maurizio
Capelletti, Giacomo Pirlo, Riccardo Aleandri
Body growth and haematological profile of heifer calves sired by a bull or its clone
Patrizia Morera, Loredana Basiricò, Nicola Lacetera, Bruno Ronchi, Alessandro
Nardone, Umberto Bernabucci
Heat stress modulates glucose partitioning in mice
Francesca Petrera, Vincenza Pisacane, Fabio Abeni
Haematological profile of periparturient Friesian and Modenese cows
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Thursday June 9
Aquaculture
Sala Infrmatica
08.00-09.00
09.00-09.15
09.15-09.30
09.30-09.45
09.45-10.00
10.00-10.15
Poster
Duilio Majolini, Marco Tazzoli, Angela Trocino, Francesco Pascoli, Daniela Bertotto,
Gerolamo Xiccato
Comparison of European sea bass (Dicentrachus labrax) from organic and semi
intensive rearing systems
Filippo Faccenda, Emilio Tibaldi, Giuliana Parisi, Oreste Franci, Fernando Lunelli
Growth performance of different rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) strains
reared in Trentino (Northern Italy)
Simone Serra, Giovanna Chessa, Sara Saba, Marco Trentadue, Silvana Manca,
Fabrizio Chessa, Nicola Fois, Antonio Pais
Comparative growth of the Mediterranean mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis
Lamarck, 1819) reared in three coastal areas of Sardinia
Rosanna Floris, Silvana Manca, Laura Mura, Nicola Fois
Study of the intestinal microflora of gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata Linneus,
1758) reared in off shore floating cages
Alessandra Roncarati, Adele Meluzzi, Federico Sirri, Luca Stocchi, Paolo Melotti
Optimization of reproduction and larval rearing of red porgy (Pagrus pagrus L.)
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10.30-10.45
10.45-11.00
11.00-11.15
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11.30-11.45
11.45-12.00
12.00-12.15
12.15-12.30
12.30-12.45
Coffee break
Tiziana Bongiorno, Francesca Tulli, Alessandro Sensidoni, Aurelio Zentilin, Lucilla
Iacumin
Effects of vacuum pack on the shelf life of live mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis)
Gloriana Cardinaletti, Francesco Plermo, Gilberto Mosconi, Roberto Salvatori,
Emilio Tibaldi
Effect of dietary grape seed extract in common sole
Francesca Tulli, Gloriana Cardinaletti, Maria Messina, Massimiliano Bruno
Growth performance and fatty acid metabolism in European grayling (Thymallus
thymallus, L.) fed diets differing in n-3 and n-6 PUFA levels
Genciana Terova, Samuela Corà, Simona Rimoldi, Elena Preziosa, Marco Saroglia
Sea bass intestinal oligopeptide transporter (PepT)-1: molecular cloning and mRNA
quantification during fasting and refeeding
Luca Parma, Pier Paolo Gatta, Anna Badiani, Patrizia Serratore, Lorenzo Mariani,
Alessio Bonaldo
Evaluation of very early weaning of common sole (Solea solea L.) using commercial
diets: implications on performances, larval quality and tank hygiene
Roberta Martelli, Antonella Dalle Zotte, Giulia Tasoniero, Antonio Bonelli, Doria
Benvenuti, Giuliana Parisi
Effect of cooking on lipid content and fatty acids profile of meagre (Argyrosomus
regius) fillets during the first three days of storage
Simona Rimoldi, Andrea Forchino, Genciana Terova, Fabio Brambilla, Micaela
Antonini, Marco Saroglia
Dicentracin gene expression in European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) fed with a
Bio-Mos® supplemented diet
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12.45-13.00
13.00-14.00
Lunch
Friday June 10
Nutrition and feeding
Sala Mercanti
08.00-09.00
09.00-09.15
09.15-09.30
09.30-09.45
09.45-10.00
10.00-10.15
Poster
Cristina Zanfi, Matteo Venuti, Mauro Spanghero
Digestibility of whole ear corn silage used as ingredient of fattening diets for pigs
Attilio Luigi Mordenti, Giacomo Biagi, Nico Brogna, Massimo Dall'Olio, Andrea
Formigoni
Effect of rumen-protected lysine on milk for Parmigiano-Reggiano production
Giuseppe Pulina, Alberto Stanislao Atzori, Gesumino Spanu, Salvatore Pier
Giacomo Rassu
Modulation of concentrate use in the diet of lactating Sarda ewes: technical and
economical aspects
Francesca La Terra, Margherita Caccamo, Mario Manenti, Giuseppe Azzaro,
Rosario Petriglieri, Giuseppe Licitra
Production response to changes in TMR composition in dairy cattle using a random
regression test-day model
Valentina Roscini, Evangelia Mourvaki, Simona Mattioli, Sonia Esposto, Maurizio
Servili, Guido Ferruzzi, Giuseppe Conte, Mariano Pauselli, Carmen Casoli
Effect of linseed and stoned olive pomace supplementation on fatty acid
composition and oxidative stability of milk from grazing ewes
10.15-10.30
10.30-10.45
Coffee break
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Friday June 10
Poultry and rabbit production
Sala Informatica
08.00-09.00
09.00-09.15
09.15-09.30
09.30-09.45
09.45-10.00
Poster
Angela Trocino, Duilio Majolini, Marco Tazzoli, Gerolamo Xiccato
Feeding growing rabbits with low dietary protein level and high soluble fibre to
starch ratio
Ivo Zoccarato, Laura Gasco, Francesco Gai, Luca Rotolo, Alberto Brugiapaglia,
Silvana Nicola
Effect of feed supplementation with dried leaves of sage (Salvia officinalis) on
performances and meat quality traits in rabbits
Fulvia Bovera, Antonia Lestingi, Stefania Marono, Francesco Iannacone, Carmelo Di
Meo, Alessandra Tateo
Effect of dietary mannanoligosaccharides on volatile fatty acids and ammonia
production in rabbit caecum
Antonia Lestingi, Fulvia Bovera, Francesco Iannacone, Stefania Marono, Giovanni
Piccolo, Antonino Nizza
Effect of dietary supplementation of mannanoligosaccharides on meat fatty acids
composition of rabbit
10.00-10.15
10.15-10.30
10.30-10.45
10.45-11.00
11.00-11.15
Coffee break
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Friday June 10
Meat production
Sala Maffei
08.00-09.00
09.00-09.15
09.15-09.30
09.30-09.45
09.45-10.00
10.00-10.15
10.15-10.30
Poster
Giuseppe Maiorano, Daniela Cianciullo, Siria Tavaniello, Luciano Morbidini, Angelo
Manchisi
Effect of sex on meat quality of Maremmano wild boar (Sus scrofa majori) x Duroc
sow reared outdoors
Alessio Cecchinato, Giorgio Dalla Montà, Luigi Gallo
Effect of low-protein diets on carcass traits and ham quality of heavy pigs
Luisa Antonella Volpelli, Adelaide Cino, Michele Comellini, Maria Cristina Ielo,
Giovanna Minelli, Domenico Pietro Lo Fiego
Fatty acid composition of subcutaneous adipose tissue of raw and seasoned ham
in three PDO dry-cured ham typologies
Giovanna Minelli, Adelaide Cino, Michele Comellini, Maria Cristina Ielo, Luisa
Antonella Volpelli, Domenico Pietro Lo Fiego
Influence of genetic type on the characteristics of intramuscular fat of pig thighs
destined for the PDO production
Gianni Battacone, Matteo Sini, Antonio Fenu, Anna Nudda
Long chain fatty acids distribution in different tissues of suckling piglets
Matteo Perini, Federica Camin, Edi Piasentier
Sources of variability of H,C,O,N and S stable isotope ratio in dry-cured ham
10.30-10.45
10.45-11.00
11.00-11.15
Coffee break
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