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Antonello Cannas

Antonello Cannas

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
27
Citations
3736
World Ranking
2765
National Ranking
139

Overview

Antonello Cannas is affiliated with the University of Sassari in Italy and specializes in Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a significant emphasis on subfields such as Agronomy and Crop Science, Genetics, Animal Science and Zoology, Ecology, and Nutrition and Dietetics.

Their research focuses broadly on the interaction between livestock genetics, nutrition, and environmental factors, with notable work in areas like genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, ruminant nutrition and digestive physiology, effects of environmental stressors on livestock, reproductive physiology, agricultural sustainability, and environmental impact, as well as fatty acid research and lipid metabolism.

Frequent publication venues for Antonello Cannas include:

  • Animal - science proceedings
  • Animals
  • Journal of Dairy Science
  • animal
  • Small Ruminant Research

Collaborations feature several frequent co-authors:

  • A.S. Atzori
  • Mondina Francesca Lunesu
  • M. Decandia
  • G. Molle
  • A. Ledda

Recent papers by Antonello Cannas reflect their diverse research scope. Selected publications include:

  • "Review: Managing sheep and goats for sustainable high yield production" (2021, animal)
  • "Sheep and Goats Respond Differently to Feeding Strategies Directed to Improve the Fatty Acid Profile of Milk Fat" (2020, Animals)
  • "Assessment of feed and economic efficiency of dairy farms based on multivariate aggregation of partial indicators measured on field" (2021, Journal of Dairy Science)
  • "A review on the effects of part-time grazing herbaceous pastures on feeding behaviour and intake of cattle, sheep and horses" (2022, Livestock Science)
  • "Dietary Starch Concentration Affects Dairy Sheep and Goat Performances Differently during Mid-Lactation" (2021, Animals)

The research topics covered in these papers include sustainable animal production methods, nutritional strategies aimed at modifying milk fat composition, evaluation of dairy farm feed and economic efficiency, grazing behavior impacts on livestock feeding, and the effects of dietary starch levels on dairy sheep and goats.

Best Publications

  • A mechanistic model for predicting the nutrient requirements and feed biological values for sheep

    A. Cannas;L. O. Tedeschi;D. G. Fox;A. N. Pell

  • Alternative feed resources and their effects on the quality of meat and milk from small ruminants

    Valentina Vasta;Anna Nudda;Antonello Cannas;Massimiliano Lanza

  • Effects of nutrition on the contents of fat, protein, somatic cells, aromatic compounds, and undesirable substances in sheep milk

    Giuseppe Pulina;Anna Nudda;Gianni Battacone;Antonello Cannas

  • Excretion of aflatoxin M1 in milk of dairy ewes treated with different doses of aflatoxin B1.

    G. Battacone;A. Nudda;A. Cannas;A. Cappio Borlino

  • Effect of dietary energy and protein concentration on the concentration of milk urea nitrogen in dairy ewes.

    Antonello Cannas;A. Pes;R. Mancuso;B. Vodret

  • Feeding strategies to design the fatty acid profile of sheep milk and cheese

    Anna Nudda;Gianni Battacone;Oscar Boaventura Neto;Antonello Cannas

  • A nutrition mathematical model to account for dietary supply and requirements of energy and other nutrients for domesticated small ruminants: The development and evaluation of the Small Ruminant Nutrition System

    L.O. Tedeschi;A. Cannas;D.G. Fox

  • Feeding of lactating ewes.

    A. Cannas;G. Pulina;R. Bencini

  • Review: Managing sheep and goats for sustainable high yield production.

    J Simões;J A Abecia;A Cannas;J A Delgadillo

  • An update on the nutrition of dairy sheep grazing Mediterranean pastures

    Giovanni Molle;Mauro Decandia;Andrea Cabiddu;Serge Yan Landau

  • A generalized compartmental model to estimate the fibre mass in the ruminoreticulum: 2. Integrating digestion and passage.

    Ricardo Augusto Mendonça Vieira;Luis Orlindo Tedeschi;Antonello Cannas

  • Nutritional strategies to improve lactation persistency in dairy ewes

    Antonello Cannas;Anna Nudda;Giuseppe Pulina

  • A generalized compartmental model to estimate the fibre mass in the ruminoreticulum: 1. Estimating parameters of digestion.

    Ricardo Augusto Mendonça Vieira;Luis Orlindo Tedeschi;Antonello Cannas

  • Sheep and Goats Respond Differently to Feeding Strategies Directed to Improve the Fatty Acid Profile of Milk Fat.

    Anna Nudda;Antonello Cannas;Fabio Correddu;Alberto Stanislao Atzori

  • Models for estimating feed intake in small ruminants

    Giuseppe Pulina;Marcella Avondo;Giovanni Molle;Ana Helena Dias Francesconi

  • The assessment of supplementation requirements of grazing ruminants using nutrition models.

    Luis O Tedeschi;Giovanni Molle;Hector M Menendez;Antonello Cannas

  • Dairy Goats, Feeding and Nutrition

    A. Cannas;G. Pulina

  • How can nutrition models increase the production efficiency of sheep and goat operations

    Antonello Cannas;Luis O Tedeschi;Alberto S Atzori;Mondina F Lunesu

  • Effects of heat stress and diet on milk production and feed and energy intake of Sarda ewes

    Ilaria Peana;Giuliano Fois;Antonello Cannas

  • Volatile organic compounds and palatability of concentrates fed to lambs and ewes

    Teresa Rapisarda;Alessandro Mereu;Antonello Cannas;Giovanni Belvedere

  • Feeding and management techniques to favour summer sheep milk and cheese production in the Mediterranean environment

    Maria Sitzia;Adriana Bonanno;Massimo Todaro;Antonello Cannas

  • Use of animal and dietary information to predict rumen turnover

    A Cannas;P.J Van Soest;A.N Pell

  • The International Sheep and Wool Handbook

    Antonello Cannas

  • Invited Review Models for estimating feed intake in small ruminants

    Giuseppe Pulina;Marcella Avondo;Giovanni Molle;Ana Helena Dias Francesconi

  • The development and evaluation of the Small Ruminant Nutrition System

    A. Cannas;L. O. Tedeschi;A. S. Atzori;D. G. Fox

Frequent Co-Authors

Luis O. Tedeschi
Luis O. Tedeschi Texas A&M University
Giuseppe Pulina
Giuseppe Pulina University of Sassari
Anna Nudda
Anna Nudda University of Sassari
Danny G. Fox
Danny G. Fox Cornell University
Gianni Battacone
Gianni Battacone University of Sassari
P. J. Van Soest
P. J. Van Soest Cornell University
Alice N. Pell
Alice N. Pell Cornell University
Marcos Inácio Marcondes
Marcos Inácio Marcondes Universidade Federal de Viçosa
Kleber Tomás de Resende
Kleber Tomás de Resende Sao Paulo State University
Antonio Gallo
Antonio Gallo Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

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