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Flaviana Gottardo

Flaviana Gottardo

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
35
Citations
3575
World Ranking
1796
National Ranking
79

Overview

Flaviana Gottardo is a researcher primarily affiliated with the University of Padua in Italy. Their work predominantly lies within the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Veterinary studies, with a significant focus on several related subfields including Small Animals, Agronomy and Crop Science, Animal Science and Zoology, Genetics, and Food Science.

The main topics covered by their research encompass animal behavior and welfare studies, effects of environmental stressors on livestock, human-animal interaction studies, ruminant nutrition and digestive physiology, animal disease management and epidemiology, genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, and meat and animal product quality.

Notable recent publications by Flaviana Gottardo include:

  • The Welfare of Beef Cattle in the Scientific Literature From 1990 to 2019: A Text Mining Approach, 2021, Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • Authentication of forage-based milk by mid-level data fusion of (+/−) DART-HRMS signatures, 2020, International Dairy Journal
  • Ambient mass spectrometry for rapid authentication of milk from Alpine or lowland forage, 2022, Scientific Reports
  • A novel low-cost visual ear tag based identification system for precision beef cattle livestock farming, 2022, Information Processing in Agriculture
  • Multivariate modelling of milk fatty acid profile to discriminate the forages in dairy cows' ration, 2021, Scientific Reports

Frequent collaborators in their research include Barbara Contiero, Giulio Cozzi, Luisa Magrin, Severino Segato, and Maria Costanza Galli.

Gottardo's research has been published extensively in certain scientific venues. Among the most frequent are:

  • Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • Italian Journal of Animal Science
  • Livestock Science
  • Animals
  • Scientific Reports

Best Publications

  • Short communication: reference values for blood parameters in Holstein dairy cows: effects of parity, stage of lactation, and season of production.

    G. Cozzi;L. Ravarotto;F. Gottardo;A.L. Stefani

  • The Assessment of Facial Expressions in Piglets Undergoing Tail Docking and Castration: Toward the Development of the Piglet Grimace Scale.

    Pierpaolo Di Giminiani;Victoria L. M. H. Brierley;Annalisa Scollo;Flaviana Gottardo

  • Impact of heat stress on milk and meat production

    Andrea Summer;Isabella Lora;Paolo Formaggioni;Flaviana Gottardo

  • Prevalence of respiratory disorders in veal calves and potential risk factors

    M. Brscic;H. Leruste;L.F.M. Heutinck;E.A.M. Bokkers

  • Dehorning of cattle in the EU Member States: A quantitative survey of the current practices

    G. Cozzi;F. Gottardo;M. Brscic;B. Contiero

  • Effect of type of housing on veal calf growth performance, behaviour and meat quality

    I. Andrighetto;F. Gottardo;D. Andreoli;G. Cozzi

  • The provision of solid feeds to veal calves: I. Growth performance, forestomach development, and carcass and meat quality.

    G. Cozzi;F. Gottardo;S. Mattiello;E. Canali

  • The dehorning of dairy calves: Practices and opinions of 639 farmers

    Flaviana Gottardo;E Nalon;Barbara Contiero;Simona Rosaria Carla Normando

  • Main critical factors affecting the welfare of beef cattle and veal calves raised under intensive rearing systems in Italy: a review

    Giulio Cozzi;Marta Brscic;Flaviana Gottardo

  • The provision of solid feeds to veal calves: II. Behavior, physiology, and abomasal damage.

    S Mattiello;E Canali;V Ferrante;M Caniatti

  • Does stocking density modify affective state in pigs as assessed by cognitive bias, behavioural and physiological parameters?

    Annalisa Scollo;Flaviana Gottardo;Barbara Contiero;Sandra A. Edwards

  • Milk represents an important source of iodine in schoolchildren of the Veneto region, Italy

    M. E. Girelli;P. Coin;C. Mian;D. Nacamulli

  • Effects of feeding propylene glycol to mid-lactating dairy cows

    G. Cozzi;P. Berzaghi;F. Gottardo;G. Gabai

  • Association between passive immunity and health status of dairy calves under 30 days of age.

    Isabella Lora;Flaviana Gottardo;Barbara Contiero;Brunella Dall Ava

  • The provision of drinking water to veal calves for welfare purposes.

    F. Gottardo;S. Mattiello;G. Cozzi;E. Canali

  • Frequency of tail lesions and risk factors for tail biting in heavy pig production from weaning to 170 kg live weight.

    A. Scollo;B. Contiero;F. Gottardo

  • The relationship between clinical signs of respiratory system disorders and lung lesions at slaughter in veal calves

    H. Leruste;M. Brscic;L.F.M. Heutinck;E.K. Visser

  • Skin lesion monitoring at slaughter on heavy pigs (170 kg): Welfare indicators and ham defects.

    Mattia Bottacini;Annalisa Scollo;Sandra A. Edwards;Barbara Contiero

  • Tail docking and the rearing of heavy pigs: the role played by gender and the presence of straw in the control of tail biting. Blood parameters, behaviour and skin lesions.

    Annalisa Scollo;Guido Di Martino;Lebana Bonfanti;Anna Lisa Stefani

  • Prevalence of gastrointestinal disorders recorded at postmortem inspection in white veal calves and associated risk factors

    M. Brscic;L.F.M. Heutinck;M. Wolthuis-Fillerup;N. Stockhofe

  • Short communication: Reference limits for blood analytes in Holstein late-pregnant heifers and dry cows: Effects of parity, days relative to calving, and season.

    M. Brscic;G. Cozzi;I. Lora;A.L. Stefani

Frequent Co-Authors

Giulio Cozzi
Giulio Cozzi University of Padua
Barbara Contiero
Barbara Contiero University of Padua
Marta Brscic
Marta Brscic University of Padua
Sandra A. Edwards
Sandra A. Edwards Newcastle University
Elisabetta Canali
Elisabetta Canali University of Milan
Silvana Mattiello
Silvana Mattiello University of Milan
Stefano Marangon
Stefano Marangon Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie
Eddie A.M. Bokkers
Eddie A.M. Bokkers Wageningen University & Research
C.G. van Reenen
C.G. van Reenen Wageningen University & Research
Christoph Winckler
Christoph Winckler BOKU University

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