Bando-PNRR DM630
New technologies and feeding management in animal production.
New technologies in feed production are being improved, favored by policies aimed at reducing food waste and increasing circularity in the food/feed industry.
For this reason, new products need to be tested on food-producing animals to assess their nutritional value and potential in the animal production sector.
The sustainability of dairy ruminant production also needs to be enhanced, as ruminant production is a major contributor, accounting for 80% of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and 75% of ammonia emissions.
Panghea Natural and Chemical Innovation Spa is a feed company based in Milan, specialized in livestock feeding, and is a partner in this project.
The project aims to study new technologies applied to feed production and feeding management, including the supplementation of feed additives that can improve dairy ruminant production and reduce environmental impact.
To achieve this goal, I plan to utilize in vivo and ex vivo methods to better highlight differences at both the animal and molecular levels.
I will analyze samples using omics approaches, including transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics.
Throughout the project, I will conduct literature searches, formulate hypotheses, and design trials.
I will begin by carrying out in vivo and in vitro trials with dairy cows, collecting and analyzing samples, and writing manuscripts. Building on this, I will proceed to the second phase, focusing on in vivo and in vitro trials with dairy goats, where I will continue to collect and analyze samples and complete the corresponding
manuscripts. In the first six months of my third year, I plan to engage in an international exchange to facilitate manuscript and thesis writing.
During this process, I will gain valuable experience from this project, such as literature-supported conception, studying and drawing up of research proposals (for private national/international companies or national/European Agencies), organizing and setting up experiments, coordinating within a team, collecting and analyzing data, interpreting results, and drafting scientific articles for publication in international peer-reviewed journals.
Additionally, I will attend national and international conferences to present the results obtained.
MSc in Agriculture from the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences.
During my master’s studies, I focused on researching the gut functional characteristics of failure to thrive suckling piglets and how to nutritionally modulate the gut health of weaned piglets.
Publications: Orcid
Supervisor Prof. Giovanni Savoini
Co-supervisor Prof. Alessandro Agazzi
