Nutritional interventions to improve the resilience of livestock under biotic and abiotic stress.
Abiotic and biotic stressors, such as heat stress or pathogenic microorganisms, can impact livestock performance, health, and welfare.
Thus resilience, as the ability to cope with short-term abiotic and biotic stressors and return to a steady state is crucial in farm animals to guarantee health, welfare, and finally performance.
In this context nutrition can play a pivotal role in enhancing animal resilience by sustaining their immune response, promoting gut health, and maintaining proper oxidative balance.
The aim of the project is to consider nutritional interventions (additives, alternative ingredients, functional feeds, etc.) to support resilience in livestock exposed to different biotic and abiotic stressors, with specific focus on performance, gut health, oxidative status, immune response, and welfare.
MSc in Veterinary Biotechnological Sciences at the University of Milan (UNIMI) in 2024.
Master thesis on the evaluation of microRNA circulation of Echinococcus granulosus in the serum of patients affected by cystic echinococcosis.
BSc in Animal Science and Technology of Animal Production at the University of Parma (UNIPR) in 2022.
Bachelor’s thesis on the Equine laminitis and nutritional and metabolic cause Deep interest in improving livestock resilience through nutrition and molecular techniques.
Publications: Orcid
Supervisor Prof. Alessandro Agazzi
Co-supervisor Prof. Cristina Lecchi
