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Giovanni Piccolo is affiliated with the University of Naples Federico II in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a significant emphasis on Insect Science and Pollution. Their work spans several subfields, including Social Psychology, Aquatic Science, and Pharmacology.

Their research topics encompass:

  • Insect Utilization and Effects
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Animal and Plant Science Education
  • Bee Products Chemical Analysis
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth
  • Aquaculture Disease Management and Microbiota

Giovanni Piccolo has published extensively in various scientific venues. Most frequently, their work appears in:

  • Animals
  • Scientific Reports
  • Italian Journal of Animal Science
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Journal of Insects as Food and Feed

Recent publications include:

  • "Insect and fish by-products as sustainable alternatives to conventional animal proteins in animal nutrition" (2020), Italian Journal of Animal Science
  • "Protein hunger of the feed sector: the alternatives offered by the plant world" (2020), Italian Journal of Animal Science
  • "Enhancement of fruit byproducts through bioconversion by Hermetia illucens (Diptera: Stratiomyidae)" (2022), Insect Science
  • "Impact of polystyrene microplastic exposure on gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata Linnaeus, 1758): Differential inflammatory and immune response between anterior and posterior intestine" (2023), The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Different Combinations of Butchery and Vegetable Wastes on Growth Performance, Chemical-Nutritional Characteristics and Oxidative Status of Black Soldier Fly Growing Larvae" (2021), Animals

The scientist frequently collaborates with:

  • Fulvia Bovera
  • Nicola Francesco Addeo
  • Filomena Del Piano
  • Maria Carmela Ferrante
  • Giuliana Parisi

Best Publications

  • Review on the use of insects in the diet of farmed fish: Past and future

    M. Henry;L. Gasco;G. Piccolo;E. Fountoulaki

  • Tenebrio molitor meal in diets for European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.) juveniles: Growth performance, whole body composition and in vivo apparent digestibility

    Laura Gasco;Laura Gasco;Morgane Henry;Giovanni Piccolo;Stefania Marono

  • In Vitro Crude Protein Digestibility of Tenebrio Molitor and Hermetia Illucens Insect Meals and its Correlation with Chemical Composition Traits

    Stefania Marono;Giovanni Piccolo;Rosa Loponte;Carmelo Di Meo

  • Use of larvae meal as protein source in broiler diet: Effect on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, and carcass and meat traits.

    F Bovera;R. Loponte;S. Marono;G. Piccolo

  • Productive performance and blood profiles of laying hens fed Hermetia illucens larvae meal as total replacement of soybean meal from 24 to 45 weeks of age.

    S Marono;R Loponte;P Lombardi;G Vassalotti

  • Insect and fish by-products as sustainable alternatives to conventional animal proteins in animal nutrition

    Laura Gasco;Gabriele Acuti;Paolo Bani;Antonella Dalle Zotte

  • Effect of Tenebrio molitor larvae meal on growth performance, in vivo nutrients digestibility, somatic and marketable indexes of gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata)

    G. Piccolo;Valeria Iaconisi;S. Marono;L. Gasco;L. Gasco

  • Yellow mealworm larvae (Tenebrio molitor, L.) as a possible alternative to soybean meal in broiler diets

    Fulvia Bovera;Giovanni Piccolo;Laura Gasco;S. Marono

  • Dietary inclusion of Tenebrio molitor larvae meal: Effects on growth performance and final quality treats of blackspot sea bream (Pagellus bogaraveo)

    Valeria Iaconisi;Stefania Marono;Giuliana Parisi;Laura Gasco

  • Does dietary insect meal affect the fish immune system? The case of mealworm, Tenebrio molitor on European sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax

    M.A. Henry;L. Gasco;S. Chatzifotis;G. Piccolo

  • Laying performance, blood profiles, nutrient digestibility and inner organs traits of hens fed an insect meal from Hermetia illucens larvae.

    Fulvia Bovera;Rosa Loponte;Maria Elena Pero;Monica Isabella Cutrignelli

  • Reshaping gut bacterial communities after dietary Tenebrio molitor larvae meal supplementation in three fish species

    Efthimia Antonopoulou;Eleni Nikouli;Giovanni Piccolo;Laura Gasco;Laura Gasco

  • In vitro fermentation patterns and methane production of sainfoin (Onobrychis viciifolia Scop.) hay with different condensed tannin contents

    A. Guglielmelli;S. Calabro;R. Primi;F. Carone

  • Protein hunger of the feed sector: the alternatives offered by the plant world

    Giuliana Parisi;Francesca Tulli;Riccardo Fortina;Rosaria Marino

  • Lipid composition and metabolism of European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.) fed diets containing wheat gluten and legume meals as substitutes for fish meal

    M. Messina;G. Piccolo;F. Tulli;C.M. Messina

  • Influence of organic systems on milk fatty acid profile and CLA in goats

    Raffaella Tudisco;Monica Isabella Cutrignelli;Serena Calabrò;Giovanni Piccolo

  • Fate of transgenic DNA and evaluation of metabolic effects in goats fed genetically modified soybean and in their offsprings

    R. Tudisco;V. Mastellone;M. I. Cutrignelli;P. Lombardi

  • Effect of two different protein/fat ratios of the diet on meagre (Argyrosomus regius) traits

    Giovanni Piccolo;Fulvia Bovera;Nicola De Riu;Stefania Marono

  • Fermentation kinetics of sainfoin hay with and without PEG

    S. Calabrò;A. Guglielmelli;F. Iannaccone;P. P. Danieli

  • Current status and future perspectives of Italian finfish aquaculture

    Giuliana Parisi;Genciana Terova;Laura Gasco;Giovanni Piccolo

  • Intestinal Morphometry, Enzymatic and Microbial Activity in Laying Hens Fed Different Levels of a Hermetia illucens Larvae Meal and Toxic Elements Content of the Insect Meal and Diets

    Giuseppe Moniello;Andrea Ariano;Valentina Panettieri;Francesca Tulli

Frequent Co-Authors

Fulvia Bovera
Fulvia Bovera University of Naples Federico II
Laura Gasco
Laura Gasco University of Turin
Giuliana Parisi
Giuliana Parisi University of Florence
Giuseppe Moniello
Giuseppe Moniello University of Sassari
Youssef A. Attia
Youssef A. Attia King Abdulaziz University
Achille Schiavone
Achille Schiavone University of Turin
Antonella Dalle Zotte
Antonella Dalle Zotte University of Padua
Francesco Gai
Francesco Gai National Research Council (CNR)
Bruno Ronchi
Bruno Ronchi Tuscia University
Erminio Trevisi
Erminio Trevisi Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

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