Animal Science Research Area

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Animal Sciences research groups work on genetic improvement, nutrition, management, health, and welfare of domestic and wild animals. The research aims to implement production processes, increase food quality, and the environmental sustainability of animal farming.

​Main research topics:

• Biostatistics and modeling for selection and crossbreeding of domestic animal populations
• Biotechnologies applied to genetic improvement
• Biodiversity protection, traceability of products
• Animal feeding and nutrition, economic and environmental sustainability of animal production systems
• Ethology and animal welfare, livestock and pet-animals; milk quality, cheese-making, and cheese quality
• Meat quality and nutritional value, high quality and high price processed meat and sausage
• Sustainable animal production systems
• Quality of products of animal origin