A5072048303- Meat and Animal Product Quality
- Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock
- Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
- Animal Nutrition and Physiology
- Infrared Thermography in Medicine
- Veterinary Equine Medical Research
- Computational Drug Discovery Methods
- Human-Animal Interaction Studies
- Thermography and Photoacoustic Techniques
- Rabbits: Nutrition, Reproduction, Health
- Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies
- Click Chemistry and Applications
- Cancer-related gene regulation
- 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage
- Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
- Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses
- thermodynamics and calorimetric analyses
- Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Wood Treatment and Properties
- Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence
- Milk Quality and Mastitis in Dairy Cows
- Melanoma and MAPK Pathways
- Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
- Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Microbial Inactivation Methods
Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta
2023-2024
San Raffaele University of Rome
2023
University of Milan
2011-2022
University of Bologna
2012-2017
Associazione Italiana per l'Agricoltura Biologica
2013
Politecnico di Milano
2012
Centro Ricerche Produzioni Animali
2012
Università degli Studi Internazionali di Roma
2012
EDALab (Italy)
2012
The aim of the present study was to test infrared thermography (IRT), under field conditions, as a possible tool for evaluation cow udder health status. Thermographic images (n. 310) from different farms 3) were collected and evaluated using dedicated software application calculate automatically in standardized way, thermographic indices each udder. Results obtained have confirmed significant relationship between surface skin temperature (USST) classes somatic cell count milk samples....
The aim of this pilot study was to document the effects endurance training at different intensities on heart rate (HR), blood count, serum cortisol, and maximal temperatures body locations, namely eye, crown, pastern pasterns, gluteus longissimus dorsi muscle (mm), measured by infrared thermography technique (IRT) in horses trained for endurance. Possible associations among studied parameters were also investigated. Our hypothesis that temperature, IRT after would vary depending intensity be...
Infrared thermography is a contactless imaging technique, useful to measure surface temperature at distance which has been widely applied in animal production. The possible applications within the pig husbandry include sow heat detection, reduction of incidence neonatal mortality, recognition febrile state caused by pathogens, study metabolic efficiency, evaluation stress heat, constraints, or aggressive interaction and meat quality prediction. Even if this technique could be easily...
In Italy, organic egg production farms use free-range housing systems with a big outdoor area and flock of no more than 500 hens. With additional devices and/or farming procedures, the whole could be forced to stay in for limited time day. As consequence, ozone treatments areas performed order reduce levels atmospheric ammonia bacterial load without risks, due by its toxicity, both hens workers. However, an automatic monitoring system, sensor able detect presence animals, would necessary....
Equine-assisted interventions (EAIs) are well-known complementary practices combining physical activity with emotional/cognitive stimulation. They especially suited for children autism spectrum disorders (ASD) who need a high degree of and psychological enrichment. Even though EAIs have become common practice, stress responses in horses interacting individuals that can manifest inappropriate behaviours, such as ASD children, not been thoroughly investigated. Our multicentre study aimed to...
The authors describe the thermography technique in animal production and veterinary medicine applications. thermographic lends itself to countless applications biology, thanks its characteristics of versatility, lack invasiveness high sensitivity. Probably major limitation most important aspects for application lies ease use extreme sensitivity.This review provides an overview possible thermo visual inspection, but it is clear that every phenomenon connected temperature variations can be...
The authors, after a description of the physics infrared thermographic technique (IRT), analyze reading images and main applications in veterinary field, compared to existing literature on subject their experimental researches. IRT lends itself countless biology, thanks its characteristics versatility, lack invasiveness high sensitivity. Probably major limitation application animal lies ease use extreme sensitivity.From September 2009 October 2010, investigation with thermo camera took into...
The environment in which a laboratory animal is housed can significantly influence its behaviour and welfare, acting as potential confounding factor for those studies it utilised. This study investigated the impact of two Individually Ventilated Cage (IVC) housing systems on anxiety-related welfare indicators common strains mice. Subjects were juvenile female C57BL/6J BALB/c mice (N=128) groups four different IVC 7weeks. System One had air delivery at cage 'cover' level 75 ACH (Air...
The principles of Refinement, Replacement and Reduction (3R's) should be taken into account when animals must used for scientific purpose. Here, a / Refinement approach was applied to the procedure spinal cord injury (SCI), an animal model in rehabilitation medicine research, order improve quality experiments, avoiding unnecessary suffering. aims this investigation were 1- assess acute surgical pain mice subjected SCI, 2- compare efficacy commonly analgesia (three buprenorphine subcutaneous...
The development of a monitoring system to identify the presence laying hens, in closed room free-range commercial organic egg production farm, was aim this study. This based on infrared (IR) technology and had, as final target, possible reduction atmospheric ammonia levels bacterial load. Tests were carried out for three weeks involved 7 ISA (Institut de Sélection Animale) brown hens. first 5 days used set up detection sensor, while other 15 evaluate accuracy resulting system, terms...
The aim of this study was to test infrared thermography (IRT) as a possible tool for scoring teat color changes after cluster removal; thus, indirectly, classify the short-term stress teats caused by milking machines. Thermographic images (n = 137) from three farms were collected and evaluated calculate average maximum skin surface temperatures (SSTs) at base, center, tip each (Tavg,B, Tavg,C, Tavg,T, Tmax,B, Tmax,C, Tmax,T). Obtained results confirmed significant relationship between...
The aim of this study was to investigate the effects regular daily handling on weight gain and fear reaction towards a new environment human beings in domestic kits (Tonic Immobility test: TI, Emergence ET). Two groups same fed diet were analysed: handled group control (17 litters, 9 kits/litter per group). No differences recorded. During ET at 33 days age, took less time enter arena than kits. TI duration shorter kits, which required more inductions group. It found that minimal contact...
Free range systems can improve the welfare of laying hens. However, access to environmental resources be partially limited by social interactions, feeding hens, and productivity, not stable damaging behaviors, or negative events, observed more frequently than in conventional housing systems. In order reach a real improvement hens’ study their performances behaviors is necessary. With this purpose, many have been developed. most them do detect multiple occupation nest negatively affecting...
In order to evaluate the relationships between deck level, body surface temperature and carcass damages after a short journey (30 min), 10 deliveries of Italian heavy pigs, including total 1400 animals from one farm, were examined. Within 5 min arrival at abattoir, vehicles unloaded. Environmental relative humidity recorded Temperature Humidity Index (THI) was calculated. After unloading, maximum temperatures dorsal ocular regions measured by thermal camera on groups pigs each unloaded...
A rigorous methodology for mapping thermal and RGB images on three-dimensional (3-D) models of building façades is presented. The developed method differs from most existing approaches because it relies the use coupled with 3-D derived terrestrial laser scanning surveying. primary issue an accurate texturing coregistration geometric model façade in same reference system. This task done by using a procedure standing out other adopted current practice, which are mainly based independent...
Tail docking has been used in the pig industry to decrease occurrence of tail biting behavior. This abnormal behavior a multifactorial origin since it is response simultaneous environmental, nutritional and management changes. Given calming properties Passiflora incarnata, we hypothesized that dietary supplementation with extract weaned pigs could result modification physiologic indicators linked stress. Weaned piglets (n = 120, mean body weight 9.07 ± 2.30 kg) were randomly allocated one...
Infrared thermography is a contactless imaging technique, useful for measuring surface temperature at distance, which has been widely applied in animal production. The possible applications within the pig husbandry include sow heat detection, reduction incidence of neonatal mortality, recognition febrile state caused by pathogens, study metabolic efficiency, evaluation stress heat, constraints, or aggressive interaction, and meat quality prediction. Even if this technique could be easily...
This paper presents two methodologies able to map a block of IR thermal and RGB images on 3D models derived from terrestrial laser scanning surveying. Proposed methods stand out other traditional approaches that are mainly based the projection single through approximate models. The first method is rigorous photogrammetric orientation bundle adjustment integrating both data. Then, another complementary solution use calibrated 'bi-camera' system illustrated. Both allows one texture building...
The aim of this research was to study the effects group size and environmental enrichment on behaviour growth 108 hybrid growing rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus). We compared (time budget reactions specific behavioural tests: "tonic immobility" "emergence test") live weight housed in cages with a different number per cage (2, 3 4; same density:14 rabbits/m2). Half were enriched wooden stick (Robinia Pseudoacacia, length: 20 cm – diameter: 6 cm, cylindrical) hanging from ceiling cage. animals...