Animals

Dr. Mark Oliver

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The Liggins Institute, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Interests: growth; endocrinology; metabolism; welfare; perinatology; pregnancy; nutrition; ethics; behaviour; pain

Dr. Miquel Planas Oliver

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CSIC - Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas (IIM), Vigo, Spain
Interests: syngnathidae; fish; rearing; aquaculture; biology; ecology; stable isotopes; food web
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Prof. Dr. Ike Olivotto

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Department of Life and Environmental Sciences (DiSVA), Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
Interests: aquaculture; fish physiology; fish nutrition; fish reproduction; insect meal; alternative protein sources; microplastics
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Prof. Dr. Ettore Olmo

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Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell'Ambiente, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Via Brecce Bianche, IT-60131 Ancona, Italy
Interests: evolutionary biology; vertebrate genome; cytogenetics
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Dr. Pablo Orozco-terWengel

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School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Sir Martin Evans Building, Museum Avenue, Cardiff CF10 3AX, UK
Interests: population genetics; genomics; conservation; evolution; phylogenetics; bioinformatics

Dr. Aurora Ortín

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Departamento de Patología Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón-IA2, Universidad de Zaragoza-CITA, C/Miguel Servet 177, 50013 Zaragoza, Spain
Interests: welfare and pathology of small ruminants
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Dr. Fabio Ostanello

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Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna, Ozzano dell'Emilia, BO, Italy
Interests: swine; hepatitis E virus (HEV); epidemiology; veterinary public health; infectious diseases; diagnosis
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Prof. Dr. Takeshige Otoi

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Laboratory of Animal Reproduction, Faculty of Bioscience and Bioindustry (Ishii campus), Tokushima University, Ishii, Myozai-gun, Tokushima 779-3233, Japan
Interests: in vitro fertilization; genome editing

Dr. Rowena Packer

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Department of Clinical Science and Services, Royal Veterinary College, Hatfield, UK
Interests: animal behaviour; animal health; animal welfare; human–animal interactions; human behaviour change; companion animals; dogs; brachycephaly; epilepsy
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Dr. Barbara Padalino

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Department of Agricultural and Food Science (DISTAL), University of Bologna, Viale Fanin 50, 40127 Bologna, Italy
Interests: equine internal and sports medicine; exercise physiology; horse behavior and welfare; equitation science; animal behavior and welfare; animal transport; human-animal interaction; animal welfare science
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Dr. Romain Paillot

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Faculty of Science & Engineering, School of Agriculture, Animal and Environmental Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK
Interests: equine infectious diseases; immunology; vaccination; equine influenza
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Dr. Elisabetta Palagi

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1. Ethology Unit, Department of Biology, University of Pisa, Via Volta 6, 56126 Pisa, Italy
2. Natural History Museum, University of Pisa, Via Roma 79, 56011 Calci, PI, Italy
Interests: intra- and inter-species communication; social behaviour; animal cognition; animal awareness; multimodal communication; conflict management; sexual behaviour; emotional contagion; motor resonance; human nonverbal communication
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Dr. Maria Grazia Palmerini

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Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L’Aquila, 67100 L’Aquila, Italy
Interests: reproduction; infertility; assisted reproductive technology; cryopreservation; environmental pollutants; oocyte; ovarian follicles; spermatozoa; embryos; histology; electron microscopy
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Dr. Duccio Panzani

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Dipartimento di Scienze Veterinarie, Università di Pisa, Via Livornese (Lato Monte), 1289, 56122, San Piero a Grado, Pisa, PI, Italy
Interests: animal reproduction; donkeys

Prof. Dr. Marina Paolucci

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Department of Sciences and Technologies, University of Sannio, 82100 Benevento, Italy
Interests: animal nutrition; feed manufacturing; animal product shelf-life; bioactive molecules; biopolymers
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Prof. Dr. Lysimachos G. Papazoglou

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Unit of Surgery and Obstetrics, Companion Animal Clinic, School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of HealthSciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54627 Thessaloniki, Greece
Interests: small animal soft tissue surgery; cardiothoracic, abdominal, upper airway, plastic, reconstructive and oncologic surgery of the dog and cat

Prof. Dr. María-Teresa Paramio

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Departament de ciencia Animal i Dels Aliments, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Spain
Interests: goat; sheep; reproduction; oocyte competence; in vitro fertilization; embryo development; female fertility

Dr. Mateus J. R. Paranhos Da Costa

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UNESP, Faculdade de Ciências Agrarias e Veterinárias, Departamento de Zootecnia, Pesquisador CNPq, 14884–900, Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil
Interests: animal welfare; animal behaviour; animal production; poultry welfare; horses welfare; beef and dairy cattle welfare

Dr. Inmaculada Parrilla Riera

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Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Department of Animal Medicine and Surgery, University of Murcia, 30071 Murcia, Spain
Interests: animal reproduction; reproductive biotechnologies related to spermatozoa and embryos
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Prof. Dr. Vincenzo Parrino

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Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical, and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, 98168 Messina, Italy
Interests: flow cytometry; bivalve immunology; blood parameters; hemocytes; insecticides toxicology
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Dr. Juan José Pascual

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Institute for Animal Science and Technology, Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
Interests: rabbit reproductive biology; insect nutrition
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Prof. Dr. Luis Miguel Pastor

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Department of Cell Biology and Histology, Medical School, IMIB-Arrixaca, Regional Campus of International Excellence “Campus Mare Nostrum”, University of Murcia, 30120 Murcia, Spain
Interests: testes histology; testicular apoptosis; seasonal reproduction; aging testes; sertoli cells; leydig cells
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Prof. Dr. Grazia Pastorelli

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Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Milano, Via dell’Università 6, 26900 Lodi, Italy
Interests: animal nutrition; pig welfare; oxidative stress; feed additives; botanicals; meat quality
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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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Clinic for Horses, Division of Movement Science Group, 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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Dr. Angelo Peli

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1. Department of Veterinary Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
2. Service for animal Welfare in the University Teaching and Scientific Facilities, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Interests: animal welfare; veterinary legislation; ethics; animal used for experimental purposes; animal health (ruminants)

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

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