Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (UCSC) of Piacenza, Italy, Department of Animal science
Presentation title: Inflammation in transition dairy cows: biomarkers to detect presence and severity.
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”.
Chairman of the Management Board of Research Center for Livestock and Environment (CERZOO Ltd) and of the Committee for Animal Welfare of the UCSC. Member of many scientific associations and serves on the Board Committee of Italian Society Veterinary Sciences and of Italian Association of Nutrition and Food Researchers.
Research program centers the physiopathology of the periparturient ruminants and approaches to attenuate nutritional and immune dysregulation; the assessment of dairy cow welfare; the relationship between nutrition, physiology and milk properties; the interaction between nutrition, forestomach and gut functions; the Precision Livestock Farming; strategies to optimize dry off management and to improve the dairy farm sustainability.
Cooperations with many prestigious international Universities and Coordinator of many scientific projects funded by Public Authorities and Private Companies. Author or co-Author of more of 270 peer review articles, 24 books and book chapters, and more than 400 abstracts and popular press articles. Invited speaker on the physiology and management of dairy cattle in many international scientific conferences.
