Prof. Dr. James Drackley

Dr. Drackley is Professor Emeritus from the Department of Animal Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA. His research program focused on nutrition and metabolism of dairy cows during the transition from pregnancy to lactation, fat utilization and metabolism, and aspects of calf nutrition and management. Dr. Drackley has published extensively, supervised more than 45 graduate students …

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Prof. Dr. Barry Bradford

Bradford, affiliated with the Michigan State University, USA, completed dual bachelor’s degrees at Iowa State University and a doctorate in animal nutrition at Michigan State University. He served on the faculty at Kansas State University from 2006 to 2019, and in 2020 he returned to Michigan State as the Clint Meadows Chair in Dairy Management. Bradford’s research focuses on dairy cattle nutrition and metabolism, with a particular emphasis on …

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Prof. Dr. Erminio Trevisi

Erminio Trevisi is Full Professor of Animal Science and Head of the Department of Animal science, Nutrition and Food (DIANA) at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (UCSC) of Piacenza, Italy. He grew up on a dairy cow farm in the South of Lombardia, in the middle of Po valley. Graduated (1984) with distinction (award A. Gemelli) in Agricultural Sciences and Ph.D in Molecular Biotechnology (1992) at UCSC. In charge of academic courses: “Advanced Animal physiology”, “Animal Production: Ruminants”; “Adaptation and Animal Welfare” …

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