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Dr. Chris R. Pavey

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CSIRO Land and Water, Winnellie, PMB 44, Darwin, NT 0822, Australia
Interests: predator-prey interaction; habitat; threatened species policy and management, survey and monitoring of terrestrial vertebrates

Dr. Michele Pazzola

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Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Sassari, Via Vienna 2, 07100 Sassari, Italy
Interests: sheep; goat; local breeds; milk traits; milk coagulation properties and cheese-making ability; genetics

Prof. Dr. Christian Peham

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Movement Science Group, Clinical Centre for Equine Health and Research, Clinical Department for Small Animals and Horses, University of Veterinary Medicine, 1210 Vienna, Austria
Interests: biomechanics; movement analysis; modelling; simulation; material testing
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Dr. Jaana Peippo

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Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Helsinki, Finland
Interests: in vivo and in vitro embryo production; factors affecting oocyte and embryo quality; sex-related development in embryos; cryopreservation of embryos; embryo diagnostics (genomic selection in embryos, embryo transcriptomics); lipid metabolism in relation to reproduction; functional characterization of reproduction; species: cattle, sheep, reindeer, zebrafish

Dr. Marie Pelé

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ETHICS, Lille Catholic University, F-59000 Lille, France
Interests: animal behaviour; animal cognition; comparative psychology; drawing behaviour; human-animals interactions; primates
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Prof. Dr. Angelo Peli

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Department for Life Quality Studies, University of Bologna, 47921 Rimini, Italy
Interests: animal welfare; veterinary legislation; ethics; animal used for experimental purposes; animal health (ruminants)

Prof. Dr. David Sánchez Peñaranda

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Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Agronómica y del Medio Natural, Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain
Interests: animal and fish reproduction; aquaculture nutrition; embryo and gamete quality

Dr. Johanna Penell

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Department of Clinical Sciences, Division of Veterinary Nursing, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 75007 Uppsala, Sweden
Interests: canine; equine; feline; longevity, morbidity; epidemiology, statistical analyis; gut microbiota; one health aspects
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Prof. Dr. Maria Grazia Pennisi

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1. Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Messina, Via Palatucci 13, 98168 Messina, Italy
2. “I Periodeuti” ASC, 89122 Reggio Calabria, Italy
Interests: veterinary diagnostics; parasitic diseases; zoonotic diseases
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Dr. Juan Manuel Peralta-Sánchez

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Departament of Zoology, Faculty of Biology, University of Seville. Avda. de la Reina Mercedes 6, 41012 Seville, Spain
Interests: evolutionary biology; behavioural ecology; microbial ecology; highthroughput sequencing; microbiota; bacterial community; bacterial cultures

Prof. Dr. Danilo Florentino Pereira

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Department of Management, Development, and Technology, School of Sciences and Engineering, São Paulo State University, Tupã 17602-496, SP, Brazil
Interests: laying hens; animal welfare; comfort; egg quality
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Prof. Dr. Montse Pérez

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AquaCOV, Centro Oceanográfico de Vigo (IEO, CSIC), 36390 Pontevedra, Spain
Interests: aquaculture; genetics; parentage; traceability; molecular identification; Taxonomy; gene expression

Prof. Dr. Trinidad Pérez

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Department of Functional Biology, University of Oviedo, 33006 Oviedo, Spain
Interests: population genetics; conservation genetics; endangered species; phylogenetics
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Prof. Dr. Alejandro Pérez-Écija

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1. Department of Animal Medicine and Surgery, University of Cordoba, Campus Rabanales, 14014 Cordoba, Spain
2. Veterinary Teaching Hospital, University of Cordoba, Campus Rabanales, 14014 Cordoba, Spain
Interests: donkeys; mules; clinical pathology; hematology; pathology; internal medicine
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Dr. Alesso Filippo Peritore

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Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Science, University of Messina, 98166 Messina, Italy
Interests: environmental pollutants; ecotoxicology; inflammation; marine biotechnology; biochemistry
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Prof. Dr. Stefania Perrucci

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Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Pisa, Viale delle Piagge 2, 56124 Pisa, Italy
Interests: endo and ectoparasites (helminths, protozoa, arthropods); animals (domestic, wild, exotic); zoonotic parasite species
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Dr. Adel Pezeshki

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Department of Animal and Food Sciences, Oklahoma State University, 206c Animal Science Building, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA
Interests: branched-chain amino acids; bioactive peptides; glycemic control; metabolic health
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Prof. Dr. Kurt Pfister

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Comparative Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Leopoldstrasse 5, 80802 Munich, Germany
Interests: ectoparasites; ticks; fleas; biology; strongyles; epidemiology; targeted treatment; anthelmintic resistance; dogs; horses; cats

Dr. Antonio José Piantino Ferreira

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Department of Pathology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of São Paulo, Av. Prof. Orlando M. Paiva, 87, São Paulo 05508-270, Brazil
Interests: enterobacterial research in birds; broiler chickens; genome; avian diseases; avian pathology

Dr. Alessandra Piccirillo

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Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science, University of Padua, 35020 Legnaro, PD, Italy
Interests: molecular microbiology; food-borne zoonoses; antimicrobial use; antimicrobial resistance; microbiome; resistome
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Dr. Alexander Piel

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1. Department of Anthropology, University College London, London, UK
2. Department of Human Origins, Max Plank Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
3. Greater Mahale Ecosystem Research and Conservation Project, Busongola, Tanzania
Interests: primate; communication; ecology; Africa; human evolution; Great ape

Dr. Rachel Pilla

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1. Gastrointestinal Laboratory, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
2. Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, University of Milan,Via dell’Università 6, 26900 Lodi, Italy
Interests: characterization of intestinal microbiota; gastrointestinal diseases; metabolites in animals
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Dr. Stefania Pinna

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Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna, Via Tolara di Sopra 50, Ozzano dell’Emilia, 40064 Bologna, Italy
Interests: surgery studies; orthopaedics; small animal

Dr. Isabel Pires

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1. CECAV-Veterinary and Animal Research Center, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, 5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal
2. Associate Laboratory for Animal and Veterinary Sciences (AL4AnimalS), 5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal
3. Veterinary Sciences Department, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, 5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal
Interests: pathology; veterinary forensics; forensic veterinary medicine; wildlife conservation; wildlife crime
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Dr. William C. Pitt

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USDA APHIS Wildlife Services, National Wildlife Research Center, Hawaii Field Station, Hilo, HI 96720, USA
Interests: conservation biology; biological Invasions; invasive species; island ecosystem

Prof. Dr. Alejandro Plascencia

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Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Zootechnics, Autonomous University of Sinaloa, Culiacan 80260, Mexico
Interests: ruminal fermentation; ruminal metabolism; ruminant nutrition; feed evaluation; feed additives; digestion; performance
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Dr. Roberto Plasenzotti

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Core Facility Animal Breeding and Husbandry, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
Interests: laboratory animals; rabbits; microbiome; animal welfare; The 3Rs; blood rheology; transgene mice
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Prof. Dr. Federico Abel Ponce de Leon

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Department of Animal Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55108, USA
Interests: molecular genetics; genomic; animal breeding; animal cytogenetics

Prof. Dr. Francisco Ponce-Gordo

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Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Complutense University of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Interests: parasitic ciliates; Balantidium; Balantioides; Entamoeba; trichomonads; intestinal parasites

Dr. Péter Pongrácz

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Department of Ethology, Institute of Biology, Eötvös Loránd University, 1117 Budapest, Hungary
Interests: animal cognition; acoustic and visual communication; social learning; applied ethology and welfare

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