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Giuseppe Massimo Vacca

Giuseppe Massimo Vacca

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
25
Citations
2041
World Ranking
2979
National Ranking
154

Overview

Giuseppe Massimo Vacca is affiliated with the University of Sassari in Italy. The scientist's research focuses on multiple domains within agricultural and biological sciences, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. They have contributed extensively to the study of genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, milk quality and mastitis in dairy cows, probiotics and fermented foods, as well as animal diversity and health studies.

The main fields of study for Giuseppe Massimo Vacca include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Within these fields, the subfields of study encompass genetics, agronomy and crop science, food science, animal science and zoology, and cancer research.

  • Genetics
  • Agronomy and Crop Science
  • Food Science
  • Animal Science and Zoology
  • Cancer Research

Their research topics cover a variety of areas, including:

  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Milk Quality and Mastitis in Dairy Cows
  • Probiotics and Fermented Foods
  • Animal Diversity and Health Studies
  • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
  • Meat and Animal Product Quality
  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals

Giuseppe Massimo Vacca has published numerous papers primarily in journals related to dairy science and animal research. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Dairy Science (11 publications)
  • Animals (6 publications)
  • Italian Journal of Animal Science (3 publications)
  • Genetics Selection Evolution (1 publication)
  • Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology/Journal of animal science and biotechnology (1 publication)

Notable recent papers include:

  • Composition and aptitude for cheese-making of milk from cows, buffaloes, goats, sheep, dromedary camels, and donkeys (2021, Journal of Dairy Science)
  • Characterization of milk composition, coagulation properties, and cheese-making ability of goats reared in extensive farms (2020, Journal of Dairy Science)
  • Composition, coagulation properties, and predicted cheesemaking traits of bulk goat milk from different farming systems, breeds, and stages of production (2022, Journal of Dairy Science)
  • Detailed mineral profile of milk, whey, and cheese from cows, buffaloes, goats, ewes, and dromedary camels, and efficiency of recovery of minerals in their cheese (2024, Journal of Dairy Science)
  • Breed of goat affects the prediction accuracy of milk coagulation properties using Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (2021, Journal of Dairy Science)

Throughout their career, Giuseppe Massimo Vacca has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Michele Pazzola
  • Maria Luisa Dettori
  • Giovanni Bittante
  • Nicolò Amalfitano
  • Giorgia Stocco

Best Publications

  • Polymorphism of the melatonin receptor MT1 gene and its relationship with seasonal reproductive activity in the Sarda sheep breed

    Vincenzo Carcangiu;Maria Consuelo Mura;Giuseppe Massimo Vacca;Michele Pazzola

  • Milk yield, quality, and coagulation properties of 6 breeds of goats: Environmental and individual variability.

    Giuseppe M. Vacca;Giorgia Stocco;Maria L. Dettori;Emanuela Pira

  • Productive performance and meat quality of Mouflon×Sarda and Sarda×Sarda suckling lambs.

    Giuseppe Massimo Vacca;Vincenzo Carcangiu;Maria Luisa Dettori;Michele Pazzola

  • Prolificacy genotypes at BMPR 1B, BMP15 and GDF9 genes in North African sheep breeds

    Giuseppe Massimo Vacca;Anissa Dhaouadi;Mourad Rekik;Vincenzo Carcangiu

  • Effect of goat milk composition on cheesemaking traits and daily cheese production.

    Michele Pazzola;Giorgia Stocco;Maria L. Dettori;Giovanni Bittante

  • Phenotypic factors affecting coagulation properties of milk from Sarda ewes

    Michele Pazzola;Maria Luisa Dettori;Claudio Cipolat-Gotet;Alessio Cecchinato

  • Cheese yield, cheesemaking efficiency, and daily production of 6 breeds of goats.

    Giuseppe M. Vacca;Giorgia Stocco;Maria L. Dettori;Andrea Summer

  • Effect of composition on coagulation, curd firming, and syneresis of goat milk.

    Giorgia Stocco;Michele Pazzola;Maria L. Dettori;Pietro Paschino

  • Quality traits and modeling of coagulation, curd firming, and syneresis of sheep milk of Alpine breeds fed diets supplemented with rumen-protected conjugated fatty acid

    Giovanni Bittante;Erika Pellattiero;Francesca Malchiodi;Claudio Cipolat-Gotet

  • RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MTNR1A MELATONIN RECEPTOR GENE POLYMORPHISM AND SEASONAL REPRODUCTION IN DIFFERENT GOAT BREEDS

    Vincenzo Carcangiu;Giuseppe Massimo Vacca;Maria Consuelo Mura;Maria Luisa Dettori

  • The effect of shearing procedures on blood levels of growth hormone, cortisol and other stress haematochemical parameters in Sarda sheep.

    Vincenzo Carcangiu;Giuseppe Massimo Vacca;Albamaria Parmeggiani;Maria Consuelo Mura

  • Characterization of the Mediterranean Italian buffaloes melatonin receptor 1A (MTNR1A) gene and its association with reproductive seasonality.

    Vincenzo Carcangiu;Maria Consuelo Mura;Michele Pazzola;Giuseppe Massimo Vacca

  • Goat casein genotypes are associated with milk production traits in the Sarda breed.

    Giuseppe Massimo Vacca;Maria Luisa Dettori;Gianpiera Piras;Fabio Manca

  • Association between the GHR, GHRHR, and IGF1 gene polymorphisms and milk yield and quality traits in Sarda sheep.

    Maria L. Dettori;Michele Pazzola;Pietro Paschino;Marcel Amills

  • Modeling of coagulation, curd firming, and syneresis of milk from Sarda ewes

    Giuseppe Massimo Vacca;Michele Pazzola;Maria Luisa Dettori;Emanuela Pira

  • Effect of genotype at the MTNR1A locus and melatonin treatment on first conception in Sarda ewe lambs

    Maria Consuelo Mura;Sebastiano Luridiana;Giuseppe Massimo Vacca;Pier Paolo Bini

  • A POLYMORPHISM AT THE MELATONIN RECEPTOR 1A (MTNR1A) GENE IN SARDA EWES AFFECTS FERTILITY AFTER AI IN THE SPRING

    Vincenzo Carcangiu;Sebastiano Luridiana;Giuseppe Massimo Vacca;Cinzia Daga

  • Prediction and repeatability of milk coagulation properties and curd-firming modeling parameters of ovine milk using Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy and Bayesian models.

    A. Ferragina;C. Cipolat-Gotet;A. Cecchinato;M. Pazzola

  • Variations at regulatory regions of the milk protein genes are associated with milk traits and coagulation properties in the Sarda sheep

    Antonia Noce;Antonia Noce;Michele Pazzola;Maria L. Dettori;Marcel Amills

  • D-loop sequence mitochondrial DNA variability of Sarda goat and other goat breeds and populations reared in the Mediterranean area

    Giuseppe Massimo Vacca;Cinzia Daga;Michele Pazzola;Vincenzo Carcangiu

Frequent Co-Authors

Michele Pazzola
Michele Pazzola University of Sassari
Maria Luisa Dettori
Maria Luisa Dettori University of Sassari
Giovanni Bittante
Giovanni Bittante University of Padua
Claudio Cipolat-Gotet
Claudio Cipolat-Gotet University of Parma
Alessio Cecchinato
Alessio Cecchinato University of Padua
Juan Capote
Juan Capote Instituto Canario de Investigaciones Agrarias
Franco Tagliapietra
Franco Tagliapietra University of Padua
Armand Sánchez
Armand Sánchez Autonomous University of Barcelona
Stefano Schiavon
Stefano Schiavon University of California, Berkeley
Fabio Pilla
Fabio Pilla University of Molise

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