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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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Laboratoire Animal Diagnostic, Beauregard 28, CH-2036 Corcelles-Cormondreche, Switzerland
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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Department of Anthropology, University College London, London, UK
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. William C. Pitt

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Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Smithsonian Institution, Front Royal, VA 22645, USA
Interests: conservation biology; biological Invasions; invasive species; island ecosystem

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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Laboratory Animal Service and Research, the Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Interests: laboratory animals; rabbits; microbiome; animal welfare; The 3Rs; blood rheology; transgene mice

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

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

Dr. Eric Nanthan Ponnampalam

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Animal Production Sciences, Agriculture Victoria Research, Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions, Bundoora, VIC, Australia
Interests: sustainable agriculture; climate challenge; lipid metabolism; fatty acid; meat science; forage utilisation; novel feeds and alternate supplements; methane mitigation; meat quality; nutritional value of meat and milk; consumer desire
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Dr. Emanuela Prato-Previde

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Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, Via Festa del Perdono, 7, 20122 Milano, MI, Italy
Interests: comparative psychology; animal cognition; human-animal interaction; human-dog relationship
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Dr. Giorgio Antonio Presicce

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ARSIAL, Centro Sperimentale per la Zootecnia, Via Lanciani 38, 00162 Rome, Italy
Interests: in vitro fertilization; artificial insemination embryos; assisted reproductive technology; estrus synchronization semen analysis

Prof. Dr. Silvia Preziuso

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School of Biosciences and Veterinary Medicine, University of Camerino, 62032 Camerino MC, Italy
Interests: infectious diseases of animals; small ruminants; zoonosis
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Dr. Nuria Prieto Benavides

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Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada | AAFC, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Interests: meat quality; high-throughout technologies; chemometrics; sensory evaluation; flavourchemistry
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Prof. Dr. Jan-Bas Prins

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Laboratory Animal Science, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
Interests: welfare of laboratory rodents; indicators and assessment

Prof. Dr. Kathleen R. Pritchett-Corning

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Office of Animal Resources, Harvard University Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Cambridge, MA, USA
Interests: laboratory animal medicine

Prof. Dr. Hua-Ji Qiu

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Harbin Veterinary Research Institute (HVRI), Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Harbin 150069, China
Interests: classical swine fever; african swine fever; pseudorabies; vaccines; innate and adaptive immunity; virus-host interactions; pathogenesis; diagnostic assays
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Dr. Felisbina Luisa Queiroga

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Animal and Veterinary Research Centre (CECAV), University of Trás-Os-Montes and Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal
Interests: clinical oncology; clinical trials; comparative oncology; veterinary oncology; biomarkers; therapeutic targets; breast cancer; serum cancer markers; anticancer therapies; clinical pathology
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Prof. Dr. Changsix Ra

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Bio-resources and Environmental Engineering Lab, College of Animal Life Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chunchon 200-701, Republic of Korea
Interests: livestock manure management; wastewater treatment; resource recovery and recycling; odor control; nutrient budgeting and management; energy production and utilization
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Prof. Dr. Giuseppe Radaelli

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Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science (BCA), University of Padova, I-35122 Padova, Italy
Interests: stress markers in animals of veterinary interest (fish and mollusks, pigs and rabbits) in farmed as well as in wild conditions
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Dr. Samad Rahimnejad

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Fish Innate Immune System Group, Department of Cell Biology and Histology, Faculty of Biology, Regional Campus of International Excellence “Campus Mare Nostrum”, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain
Interests: sustainable aquaculture; aquaculture nutrition; alternative feedstuffs; feed supplements
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Dr. Basilio Randazzo

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Department of Agri-Food, Environmental and Animal Sciences - DI4A, University of Udine, Via delle Scienze 206, 33100 Udine, Italy
Interests: aquaculture; fish physiology; fish histology; fish nutrition; fish disease

Dr. Martin Krøyer Rasmussen

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Department of Food Science, Aarhus University, Agro Food Park 48, DK 8200 Aarhus N, Denmark
Interests: meat quality; boar taint; gene-expression; hepatocytes; cytochrome p450; food-drug interactions; in vitro meat; wooden breast; bioactive compounds; bioavailability

Dr. Joan Real

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Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Biology and Institute of Research of Biodiversity, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Interests: animal ecology; biodiversity monitoring; conservation biology; population viability; vertebrates

Prof. Dr. Laura A. Reese

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Urban and Regional Planning and Political Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
Interests: urban politics and public policy; economic development; animal welfare policy; local governance and management
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