A5011600762- Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
- Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock
- Dyeing and Modifying Textile Fibers
- Human-Animal Interaction Studies
- Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
- Agricultural Systems and Practices
- Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability
- Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis
- Milk Quality and Mastitis in Dairy Cows
- Livestock Management and Performance Improvement
- Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
- Animal Diversity and Health Studies
- Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology
- Food Supply Chain Traceability
- Diverse academic and cultural studies
- Gut microbiota and health
University of Milan
2019-2024
The aim of this study was to compare the diversity and composition fecal bacteria in goats cows offered same diet evaluate influence animal species on gut microbiome. A total 17 female (Blond Adamellan) 16 (Brown Swiss) kept an organic farm were fed pasture hay. Bacterial structure feces examined by high-throughput sequencing using V4-V5 region 16S rRNA gene. Alpha measurements bacterial community showed no statistical differences richness between two groups ruminants. However, Pielou...
Introduction Following the increasing interest about development of indicators positive welfare and affective state in farm animals, aim this research is to present some preliminary results on application a prototype protocol based exclusively measures suggest potential benefits that can promote welfare. Methods The was applied 20 loose housing dairy cattle farms (6 deep litter with straw, 14 cubicles) included only emotional states: feeding resting synchronization, rumination during...
Optimal milking management leads to an increase in production efficiency while respecting animal welfare and health. Not all farms can equip themselves with high level technological systems for economic, generational structural reasons. The aim of the study was assess performances, cow behaviour microclimatic condition farm areas using integrated data collection system based on surveys low-cost sensors. use video recordings mobile electronic flowmeters highlighted significant differences...
Effective precision livestock farming requires the availability of reliable and up-to-date data characterizing animals environment interest. This work presents design, architecture, implementation a wireless acoustic sensor network for monitoring goat farms on 24/7 basis. In addition, we define hierarchical organization involved sound classes exhaustively covering every aspect encountered vocalizations. Moreover, developed an annotation tool tailored to specifics problem at hand, i.e. big,...
The present study aims to understand the influence of a reduced amount straw litter on goats' lying comfort and hygienic characteristics milk straw. Lying behaviour (frequency, posture, location social context) 24 Alpine goats subjected two different treatments (Regular: 2 kg/straw/head + 1 kg straw/head/day, n = 12; Scarce: straw/head 0.5 12) was observed from video recordings using scan sampling method at 15-min intervals in March 2017. Moreover, samples were submitted microbiological...