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Luigi Gallo is affiliated with the University of Padua in Italy and has a research focus centered on agricultural and biological sciences, with a substantial number of publications in this field. Their work spans several subfields, notably animal science and zoology, agronomy and crop science, as well as genetics. The research topics covered include genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, meat and animal product quality, milk quality and mastitis in dairy cows, effects of environmental stressors on livestock, reproductive physiology in livestock, animal nutrition and physiology, and ruminant nutrition and digestive physiology.

Gallo has contributed to various research papers published in prominent scientific journals. Some recent papers include:

  • Environmental impacts of milk production and processing in the Eastern Alps: A "cradle-to-dairy gate" LCA approach, 2021, Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Real-time milk analysis integrated with stacking ensemble learning as a tool for the daily prediction of cheese-making traits in Holstein cattle, 2022, Journal of Dairy Science
  • In-line near-infrared analysis of milk coupled with machine learning methods for the daily prediction of blood metabolic profile in dairy cattle, 2022, Scientific Reports
  • Associations between differential somatic cell count and milk yield, quality, and technological characteristics in Holstein cows, 2021, Journal of Dairy Science
  • Quarter-level analyses of the associations among subclinical intramammary infection and milk quality, udder health, and cheesemaking traits in Holstein cows, 2022, Journal of Dairy Science

The frequent coauthors collaborating with Gallo include:

  • Stefano Schiavon
  • Diana Giannuzzi
  • Alessio Cecchinato
  • Sara Pegolo
  • Giovanni Bittante

The main venues where Gallo frequently publishes are:

  • Journal of Dairy Science
  • Animals
  • Italian Journal of Animal Science
  • Foods
  • Scientific Reports

Luigi Gallo's research addresses multiple aspects of livestock science, particularly focusing on milk production, quality, and related metabolic and health conditions in dairy cattle. The combination of analytical approaches, including machine learning and near-infrared analysis, reflects a multidisciplinary methodology to the study of dairy science and animal health.

Best Publications

  • Validation of a new reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography method for separation and quantification of bovine milk protein genetic variants.

    Valentina Bonfatti;Luca Grigoletto;Alessio Cecchinato;Luigi Gallo

  • Is the abandonment of traditional livestock farming systems the main driver of mountain landscape change in Alpine areas

    Giampaolo Cocca;Enrico Sturaro;Luigi Gallo;Maurizio Ramanzin

  • Genetic parameters of milk coagulation properties and their relationships with milk yield and quality traits in Italian Holstein cows

    M. Cassandro;A. Comin;M. Ojala;R. Dal Zotto

  • Change in body condition score of Holstein cows as affected by parity and mature equivalent milk yield.

    Luigi Gallo;Paolo Carnier;Martino Cassandro;Roberto Mantovani

  • Effects of Composite β- and κ-Casein Genotypes on Milk Coagulation, Quality, and Yield Traits in Italian Holstein Cows

    A Comin;M Cassandro;S Chessa;Matti Ojala

  • Mid-infrared spectroscopy predictions as indicator traits in breeding programs for enhanced coagulation properties of milk

    A. Cecchinato;M. De Marchi;L. Gallo;G. Bittante

  • Heritabilities and genetic correlations of body condition score and calving interval with yield, somatic cell score, and linear type traits in Brown Swiss cattle.

    R. Dal Zotto;M. De Marchi;C. Dalvit;M. Cassandro

  • Reproducibility and repeatability of measures of milk coagulation properties and predictive ability of mid-infrared reflectance spectroscopy.

    R. Dal Zotto;M. De Marchi;A. Cecchinato;M. Penasa

  • Genetic parameters of coagulation properties, milk yield, quality, and acidity estimated using coagulating and noncoagulating milk information in Brown Swiss and Holstein-Friesian cows

    A. Cecchinato;M. Penasa;M. De Marchi;L. Gallo

  • Nitrogen excretion in dairy cow, beef and veal cattle, pig, and rabbit farms in Northern Italy

    Gerolamo Xiccato;Stefano Schiavon;Luigi Gallo;Lucia Bailoni

  • Genetic analysis of detailed milk protein composition and coagulation properties in Simmental cattle

    Valentina Bonfatti;Alessio Cecchinato;Luigi Gallo;A. Blasco

  • Growth performance of heavy pigs fed restrictively diets with decreasing crude protein and indispensable amino acids content

    L. Gallo;G. Dalla Montà;L. Carraro;A. Cecchinato

  • A Field Study on Fertility and Purity of Sex-Sorted Cattle Sperm

    I. Cerchiaro;M. Cassandro;R. Dal Zotto;P. Carnier

  • Variation in blood serum proteins and association with somatic cell count in dairy cattle from multi-breed herds

    T. Bobbo;E. Fiore;M. Gianesella;M. Morgante

  • Livestock systems and farming styles in Eastern Italian Alps: an on-farm survey

    Enrico Sturaro;Giampaolo Cocca;Luigi Gallo;Meriam Mrad

  • Genetic parameters of carcass and meat quality traits of double muscled Piemontese cattle.

    A. Boukha;V. Bonfatti;A. Cecchinato;A. Albera

  • Test-Day Genetic Analysis of Condition Score and Heart Girth in Holstein Friesian Cows

    L. Gallo;P. Carnier;M. Cassandro;R. Dal Zotto

  • Use of near infrared spectroscopy for assessment of beef quality traits

    M. De Marchi;P. Berzaghi;A. Boukha;M. Mirisola

  • Environmental impacts of milk production and processing in the Eastern Alps: A “cradle-to-dairy gate” LCA approach

    M. Berton;S. Bovolenta;M. Corazzin;L. Gallo

  • Effects of feed allowance and indispensable amino acid reduction on feed intake, growth performance and carcass characteristics of growing pigs

    Stefano Schiavon;Mirco Dalla Bona;Giuseppe Carcò;Luca Carraro

  • The influence of feeding behaviour on growth performance, carcass and meat characteristics of growing pigs

    Giuseppe Carcò;Luigi Gallo;Mirco Dalla Bona;Maria Angeles Latorre

  • Associations between differential somatic cell count and milk yield, quality, and technological characteristics in Holstein cows.

    S. Pegolo;D. Giannuzzi;V. Bisutti;R. Tessari

  • A Survey on Feedlot Performance of Purebred and Crossbred European Young Bulls and Heifers Managed Under Intensive Conditions in Veneto, Northeast Italy

    Luigi Gallo;Massimo De Marchi;Giovanni Bittante

  • Growth performance, and carcass and raw ham quality of crossbred heavy pigs from four genetic groups fed low protein diets for dry-cured ham production

    S Schiavon;L Carraro;M Dalla Bona;G Cesaro

  • Bias and Accuracy of Single Milking Testing Schemes to Estimate Daily and Lactation Milk Yield

    Martino Cassandro;Paolo Carnier;Luigi Gallo;Roberto Mantovani

  • Prevalence of spondylosis deformans and estimates of genetic parameters for the degree of osteophytes development in Italian Boxer dogs

    Paolo Carnier;Luigi Gallo;Enrico Sturaro;P. Piccinini

  • Environmental footprint of the integrated France–Italy beef production system assessed through a multi-indicator approach

    Marco Berton;Jacques Agabriel;Luigi Gallo;Michel Lherm

  • Genetic variation in serum protein pattern and blood β-hydroxybutyrate and their relationships with udder health traits, protein profile, and cheese-making properties in Holstein cows.

    Alessio Cecchinato;Tania Bobbo;Pamela L. Ruegg;Luigi Gallo

  • The relevance of purebred information for predicting genetic merit of survival at birth of crossbred piglets.

    A. Cecchinato;G. de los Campos;D. Gianola;L. Gallo

Frequent Co-Authors

Paolo Carnier
Paolo Carnier University of Padua
Giovanni Bittante
Giovanni Bittante University of Padua
Martino Cassandro
Martino Cassandro University of Padua
Alessio Cecchinato
Alessio Cecchinato University of Padua
Stefano Schiavon
Stefano Schiavon University of Padua
Stefano Schiavon
Stefano Schiavon University of California, Berkeley
Franco Tagliapietra
Franco Tagliapietra University of Padua
Barbara Contiero
Barbara Contiero University of Padua
M. De Marchi
M. De Marchi University of Padua
Matteo Gianesella
Matteo Gianesella University of Padua

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