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Section Board for 'Animal System and Management' (45)
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Department of Plant and Animal Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Agricultural Campus, Dalhousie University, Truro, NS, B2N 5E3, Canada
Interests: sustainable dairy systems; pasture-based milk production
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Interests: sustainable dairy systems; pasture-based milk production
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Animals: Sustainable Animal Production
Dipartimento Scienze Agrarie, Alimentari e Forestali, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, 90128 Palermo, Italy
Interests: animal nutrition and feeding; by-products in ruminant feeding; ruminant grazing systems; dairy production; ruminant meat quality
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Interests: animal nutrition and feeding; by-products in ruminant feeding; ruminant grazing systems; dairy production; ruminant meat quality
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University of Milan, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Via Dell'Universita' 6, Lodi. Italy
Interests: Food quality and authenticity (milk, dairy products, fish, meat); Chemical composition, aroma and flavour compounds of animal products as affected by, rearing system, environment and technology
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Interests: Food quality and authenticity (milk, dairy products, fish, meat); Chemical composition, aroma and flavour compounds of animal products as affected by, rearing system, environment and technology
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Animals: Animal Products Quality and Characterization

Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 41100 Modena, Italy
Interests: animal ethics; animal welfare; epilepsy models; neuroprotection; stress management
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Interests: animal ethics; animal welfare; epilepsy models; neuroprotection; stress management
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International Journal of Molecular Sciences: Epilepsy: From Molecular Mechanisms to Targeted Therapies
Special Issue in International Journal of Molecular Sciences: Epilepsy: From Molecular Mechanisms to Targeted Therapies 2.0
Special Issue in International Journal of Molecular Sciences: Epilepsy: From Molecular Mechanisms to Targeted Therapies 3.0
Special Issue in International Journal of Molecular Sciences: Epilepsy: From Molecular Mechanisms to Targeted Therapies 2.0
Special Issue in International Journal of Molecular Sciences: Epilepsy: From Molecular Mechanisms to Targeted Therapies 3.0
Department of Dairy Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, United States
Interests: Dairy farm management, decision-making, simulation, modeling, data science, optimization, economics
Interests: Dairy farm management, decision-making, simulation, modeling, data science, optimization, economics
Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
Interests: rabbit; housing systems; behavior; meat quality; lipid metabolism; oxidative stress; health
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Interests: rabbit; housing systems; behavior; meat quality; lipid metabolism; oxidative stress; health
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School of Life Sciences and Proteomics Core Facility, Faculty of Science, The University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo 2007, Australia
Interests: animal welfare; animal law; stress hormones; live export; intensive animal farming
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Interests: animal welfare; animal law; stress hormones; live export; intensive animal farming
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Department of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences (DAFNE), University of Tuscia, via S. Camillo De Lellis, s.n.c, 01100 Viterbo, Italy
Interests: ruminant nutrition and physiology; animal welfare; environmental physiology; milk quality
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Interests: ruminant nutrition and physiology; animal welfare; environmental physiology; milk quality
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Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Old Road Campus, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7FZ, UK
Interests: Southeast Asia; Asia; viral diseases; rickettsial diseases; biosafety; zoonosis; diagnostics
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Interests: Southeast Asia; Asia; viral diseases; rickettsial diseases; biosafety; zoonosis; diagnostics
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Department of Agricultural Science, University of Sassari, Viale Italia 39, 07100 Sassari, Italy
Interests: precision livestock farming; animal welfare; milking management; milking systems; wearable technologies; mechanization of livestock farms; ergonomic and safety issues; energy and environmental sustainability of dairy farms; smart glasses for augmented reality; logistics of milk collection
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Interests: precision livestock farming; animal welfare; milking management; milking systems; wearable technologies; mechanization of livestock farms; ergonomic and safety issues; energy and environmental sustainability of dairy farms; smart glasses for augmented reality; logistics of milk collection
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Agriculture: Assessing Energy Requirements and Related Economic and Environmental Impact in Livestock Farms
Special Issue in Sustainability: Renewable Energy Powered Irrigation Systems: Addressing the Challenge to Improve Performances, Sustainability and Economy of Agricultural Productions
Special Issue in Animals: Innovations in Livestock Farms
Special Issue in Sustainability: Renewable Energy Powered Irrigation Systems: Addressing the Challenge to Improve Performances, Sustainability and Economy of Agricultural Productions
Special Issue in Animals: Innovations in Livestock Farms
Livestock Welfare Group, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Sydney, Camden, NSW 2570, Australia
Interests: animal behavior and welfare; data-driven agriculture; advanced livestock
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Interests: animal behavior and welfare; data-driven agriculture; advanced livestock
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Animals: Livestock and Heat
Special Issue in Animals: Dairy Production Systems: Efficiency, Profitability, Technology and Sustainability
Special Issue in Animals: Dairy Production Systems: Efficiency, Profitability, Technology and Sustainability
Department of Biology and Biotechnologies, University of Rome Sapienza, Viale Università 32, 00185 Roma, Italy
Interests: mammals; carnivore biology and ecology; protected areas; endangered species conservation
Interests: mammals; carnivore biology and ecology; protected areas; endangered species conservation
School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2050, Australia
Interests: responses of fauna to climate change; ecosystem regulation by apex predators; GPS tracking of threatened fauna; morphological, ecological and molecular systematics of mammals; formation of mouse plagues; use of GIS in predictions of mammal habitat; population viability analysis and population dynamics of small mammals, particuarly in regards to predation and fire; conservation biology and ecology of mammals, birds and reptiles; population control in pest mammals
Interests: responses of fauna to climate change; ecosystem regulation by apex predators; GPS tracking of threatened fauna; morphological, ecological and molecular systematics of mammals; formation of mouse plagues; use of GIS in predictions of mammal habitat; population viability analysis and population dynamics of small mammals, particuarly in regards to predation and fire; conservation biology and ecology of mammals, birds and reptiles; population control in pest mammals
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liege, Boulevard de Colonster 20, B-4000 Liege, Belgium
Interests: epidemiology; animal breeding; mathematical modeling and statistics; insects in feed
Interests: epidemiology; animal breeding; mathematical modeling and statistics; insects in feed

School of Agriculture & Food, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
Interests: functional foods; antioxidants; fatty acids; nutrigenomics; large animal models of human nutrition and obesity; selenium
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Interests: functional foods; antioxidants; fatty acids; nutrigenomics; large animal models of human nutrition and obesity; selenium
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Foods: Seafood and Seafood Products
Special Issue in Foods: Extraction and Characterization of Polyphenols from Food Matrix
Special Issue in Processes: Screening of Bioactive Compounds from Food Processing Waste
Special Issue in Animals: Effects of Environment on Behaviour, Productivity and Welfare of Farm Animals
Special Issue in Agriculture: Quality and Safety of Fresh Produce
Special Issue in Foods: Extraction and Characterization of Polyphenols from Food Matrix
Special Issue in Processes: Screening of Bioactive Compounds from Food Processing Waste
Special Issue in Animals: Effects of Environment on Behaviour, Productivity and Welfare of Farm Animals
Special Issue in Agriculture: Quality and Safety of Fresh Produce
Department of Veterinary Pathology, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
Interests: disease ecology; wildlife disease ecology; wildlife pathology; theoretical ecology; tropical ecology; zoonotic diseases
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Interests: disease ecology; wildlife disease ecology; wildlife pathology; theoretical ecology; tropical ecology; zoonotic diseases
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Marine Biology Research Centre, Zoology Department, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa
Interests: marine systematics and biodiversity; marine invasive species; intertidal ecology
Interests: marine systematics and biodiversity; marine invasive species; intertidal ecology
Universita degli Studi di Milano, Department of Environmental Science and Policy, Milan, Italy
Interests: Animal Production; Dairy Management; Farm Animal Welfare
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Interests: Animal Production; Dairy Management; Farm Animal Welfare
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Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet) SLU, Skara, Sweden
Interests: animal welfare; animal hygiene; poultry; pig; broiler; laying hens; animal health; sustainable agriculture, organic agriculture; animal environment
Interests: animal welfare; animal hygiene; poultry; pig; broiler; laying hens; animal health; sustainable agriculture, organic agriculture; animal environment
1. Division of Hematology & Hemostaseology, Department of Internal Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
2. Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Hematology and Oncology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
3. Department/University Clinic for Companion Animals and Horses, University Clinic for Small Animals, Internal Medicine Small Animals, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria
Interests: comparative oncology; animal oncology; drug-related side effects and adverse reactions; molecular targeted therapy; neoplastic stem cells; tumor microenvironment; veterinary medicine; dogs; cancer
2. Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Hematology and Oncology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
3. Department/University Clinic for Companion Animals and Horses, University Clinic for Small Animals, Internal Medicine Small Animals, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria
Interests: comparative oncology; animal oncology; drug-related side effects and adverse reactions; molecular targeted therapy; neoplastic stem cells; tumor microenvironment; veterinary medicine; dogs; cancer
NOFIMA-Norwegian Institute of Food, Fisheries and Aquaculture Research, P.O. Box 210, N-1431 Ås, Norway
Interests: chemical analysis methods; meat quality (i.e. animal derived food); flavor chemistry (including also sensory science); lipids and lipid oxidation; boar taint and rapid detection methods
Interests: chemical analysis methods; meat quality (i.e. animal derived food); flavor chemistry (including also sensory science); lipids and lipid oxidation; boar taint and rapid detection methods
Professor Emerita, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 3800 Spruce St, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Interests: One Health; human-animal bind; human-livestock relationship; zoonoses; reverse zoonoses; Co-evolution; agricultural animals; husbandry practices; empathy/compassion; animal-environmental interaction; biomedical research; women and animals
Interests: One Health; human-animal bind; human-livestock relationship; zoonoses; reverse zoonoses; Co-evolution; agricultural animals; husbandry practices; empathy/compassion; animal-environmental interaction; biomedical research; women and animals
Department of Zoology, Weber State University, 2505 University Circle, Ogden, UT 84408, USA
Interests: fish ecology; community ecology; conservation, and biogeography as well as general animal biology (zoology)
Interests: fish ecology; community ecology; conservation, and biogeography as well as general animal biology (zoology)
College of Plant Protection and Biological Control Research Institute, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, 15 Shangxiadian Road, Cangshan District, Fuzhou 350002, China
Interests: biodiversity pattern; biogeography; ecology; entomology; evolutionary biology; genomics; molecular phylogenetics
Interests: biodiversity pattern; biogeography; ecology; entomology; evolutionary biology; genomics; molecular phylogenetics
Marketing and Consumer Behaviour Group, Wageningen University, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
Interests: strategic marketing; sustainable agrifood systems; animal welfare; sustainable development; food marketing; agricultural marketing; sustainable consumer decisions; certification; emerging markets
Interests: strategic marketing; sustainable agrifood systems; animal welfare; sustainable development; food marketing; agricultural marketing; sustainable consumer decisions; certification; emerging markets
Great Lakes Water Institute, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, 600 E. Greenfield Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53204, USA
Interests: invertebrate biology with an emphasis in function and evolution; invertebrate benthic ecology
Interests: invertebrate biology with an emphasis in function and evolution; invertebrate benthic ecology
College of Health and Agricultural Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Interests: Beef Production Systems, Nutritional Physiology, Feed Efficiency, Early life Calf Developmental Programming
Interests: Beef Production Systems, Nutritional Physiology, Feed Efficiency, Early life Calf Developmental Programming
Swine Production Medicine, School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, University of Adelaide, Roseworthy Campus, Roseworthy, SA 5371, Australia
Interests: Swine herd management; sow reproductive management; pig health management; microbiome and pig performance
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Interests: Swine herd management; sow reproductive management; pig health management; microbiome and pig performance
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Animals: Pig Reproduction
Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau, Frick, Switzerland
Interests: Organic livestock; ruminant nutrition; pasture management; feed sustainability; roughages; forages; plant secondary metabolites; feed diversity; alternative proteins; organic poultry
Interests: Organic livestock; ruminant nutrition; pasture management; feed sustainability; roughages; forages; plant secondary metabolites; feed diversity; alternative proteins; organic poultry
Veterinary Bacteriology Lab, Biomedical Institute, Fluminense Federal University, Rio de Janeiro 24210-130, Brazil
Interests: Microbiology; Infectious Diseases; Leptospirosis
Interests: Microbiology; Infectious Diseases; Leptospirosis
Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Food Sciences, University of Molise, 86100 Campobasso, Italy
Interests: production and meat quality; intramuscular collagen; lipids; hystology; in ovo technology; small ruminants; pig; poultry
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Interests: production and meat quality; intramuscular collagen; lipids; hystology; in ovo technology; small ruminants; pig; poultry
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Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Murcia, 30071 Murcia, Spain
Interests: pharmacokinetics; antibiotics; anesthetics; antifolates; antifungals; anti-inflammation
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Interests: pharmacokinetics; antibiotics; anesthetics; antifolates; antifungals; anti-inflammation
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Animals: Antibiotic Use in Animals
Teagasc, Livestock Systems Department, Animal & Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, Grange, Dunsany, Co. Meath, Ireland
Interests: Ruminant nutrition, Feed efficiency, Suckler beef cattle production
Interests: Ruminant nutrition, Feed efficiency, Suckler beef cattle production
Università degli Studi di Sassari, Sassari, Italy
Interests: ovarian reserve; fertility; cattle; developmental programming
Interests: ovarian reserve; fertility; cattle; developmental programming
School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
Interests: ecology; wildlife conservation; spatial information; remote sensing; interdisciplinary research; natural resources management; decision support
Interests: ecology; wildlife conservation; spatial information; remote sensing; interdisciplinary research; natural resources management; decision support
Università degli Studi di Milano, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Lodi, Italy
Interests: Animal Nutrition; Phytogenic feed additives; Pig feeding and welfare; Animal nutrition and product quality (meat, cured pork meat, milk)
Interests: Animal Nutrition; Phytogenic feed additives; Pig feeding and welfare; Animal nutrition and product quality (meat, cured pork meat, milk)
Department of Chemistry and Bioscience, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
Interests: fluctuating asymmetry; developmental instability; behavioural instability; conservation genomics
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Interests: fluctuating asymmetry; developmental instability; behavioural instability; conservation genomics
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Symmetry: Asymmetry Indexes, Behavioural Instability and the Characterization of Behavioural Patterns
Special Issue in Symmetry: Fluctuating Asymmetry and Environmental Stress
Special Issue in Symmetry: Asymmetry Indexes, Behavioural Instability and the Characterization of Behavioural Patterns II
Special Issue in Symmetry: Fluctuating Asymmetry and Environmental Stress
Special Issue in Symmetry: Asymmetry Indexes, Behavioural Instability and the Characterization of Behavioural Patterns II

Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
Interests: agricultural and livestock engineering; rural buildings; GHG emissions; agro-environmental sustainability; by-products; biomass; and renewable energies
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Interests: agricultural and livestock engineering; rural buildings; GHG emissions; agro-environmental sustainability; by-products; biomass; and renewable energies
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Sustainability: Sustainability of Bioresources, By-Products and Bio-Waste Management in Rural Areas
Special Issue in Agriculture: Selected Papers from Engineering for Rural Development
Special Issue in Processes: Upstream and Downstream Processing of Biogas: From Production Technology to Performance Assessment
Special Issue in Agriculture: Selected Papers from Engineering for Rural Development
Special Issue in Processes: Upstream and Downstream Processing of Biogas: From Production Technology to Performance Assessment
Department of Pathology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of São Paulo, Av. Prof. Orlando M. Paiva, 87, CEP 05508-270 São Paulo, Brazil
Interests: enterobacterial research in birds; broiler chickens; genome; avian diseases; avian pathology
Interests: enterobacterial research in birds; broiler chickens; genome; avian diseases; avian pathology
University of Messina, Department of Veterinary Science, Italy
Interests: Chronophisiology; Thermal biology; Equine Exercise Physiology; Transport stress; Locomotor activity
Interests: Chronophisiology; Thermal biology; Equine Exercise Physiology; Transport stress; Locomotor activity
Dr. Changsix Ra
Bio-Resources and Environmental Engineering Lab, College of Animal Life Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chunchon 200-701, 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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Interests: livestock manure management; wastewater treatment; resource recovery and recycling; odor control, nutrient budgeting and management, energy production and utilization
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Animals: Animal Waste and Wastewater Management
Departament of Animal Science, University of Lleida, Av. Rovira Roure 191, Lleida 25198, Spain
Interests: animal nutrition; feed; meat quality
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Interests: animal nutrition; feed; meat quality
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Agriculture: Nutrition and Quality of Animal Products
Department of Veterinary Clinical Studies, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, The University of Edinburgh, Roslin EH25 9RG, UK
Interests: Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging; Veterinary Computed Tomography; Imaging of respiratory, vascular and urogenital diseases in animals; Fish imaging
Interests: Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging; Veterinary Computed Tomography; Imaging of respiratory, vascular and urogenital diseases in animals; Fish imaging
School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
Interests: wildlife management; conservation; rewilding; wildlife health; ecology; reproduction biology; animal behaviour; marsupials
Interests: wildlife management; conservation; rewilding; wildlife health; ecology; reproduction biology; animal behaviour; marsupials
Department of Biology, Ripon College, 300 Seward Street, PO Box 248, Ripon, WI 54971, USA
Interests: phylum Rotifera; freshwater zooplankton; invertebrate zoology; limnology; ecology; aquatic systems of aridlands; carnivorous plants
Interests: phylum Rotifera; freshwater zooplankton; invertebrate zoology; limnology; ecology; aquatic systems of aridlands; carnivorous plants