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Martino Cassandro

Martino Cassandro

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
53
Citations
8999
World Ranking
516
National Ranking
17

Overview

Martino Cassandro is affiliated with the University of Padua in Italy and has contributed extensively to research in agricultural and biological sciences, particularly focusing on genetics and animal science. Their work spans several subfields including genetics, animal science and zoology, agronomy and crop science, food science, and studies involving small animals.

Their research topics address key areas such as genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, milk quality and mastitis in dairy cows, animal nutrition and physiology, effects of environmental stressors on livestock, genetic mapping and diversity in plants and animals, livestock and poultry management, and reproductive physiology in livestock.

Martino Cassandro has published significant papers including:

  • Emerging Genetic Tools to Investigate Molecular Pathways Related to Heat Stress in Chickens: A Review, 2020, Animals
  • The genetic heritage of Alpine local cattle breeds using genomic SNP data, 2020, Genetics Selection Evolution
  • Genome-Wide SNP Analysis Reveals the Population Structure and the Conservation Status of 23 Italian Chicken Breeds, 2020, Animals
  • Genomic inbreeding coefficients using imputed genotypes: Assessing different estimators in Holstein-Friesian dairy cows, 2022, Journal of Dairy Science
  • Comparison of machine learning methods to predict udder health status based on somatic cell counts in dairy cows, 2021, Scientific Reports

Frequent co-authors with whom Martino Cassandro has collaborated include:

  • Mauro Penasa
  • Filippo Cendron
  • Massimo De Marchi
  • Giovanni Niero
  • R. Finocchiaro

Their research is often published in journals such as:

  • Journal of Dairy Science
  • Italian Journal of Animal Science
  • Animals
  • Poultry Science
  • Genetics Selection Evolution

Best Publications

  • At-line prediction of fatty acid profile in chicken breast using near infrared reflectance spectroscopy.

    M. De Marchi;R. Riovanto;M. Penasa;M. Cassandro

  • Invited review: Mid-infrared spectroscopy as phenotyping tool for milk traits

    M. De Marchi;V. Toffanin;M. Cassandro;M. Penasa

  • AFLP markers for DNA fingerprinting in cattle

    P Ajmone-Marsan;A Valentini;M Cassandro;G Vecchiotti-Antaldi

  • Genetic traceability of livestock products: A review

    C. Dalvit;M. De Marchi;M. Cassandro

  • 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

  • Milk coagulation ability of five dairy cattle breeds.

    M. De Marchi;R. Dal Zotto;M. Cassandro;G. Bittante

  • Prediction of coagulation properties, titratable acidity, and pH of bovine milk using mid-infrared spectroscopy

    M. De Marchi;Colette C. Fagan;C. P. O'Donnell;A. Cecchinato

  • Effect of Holstein Friesian and Brown Swiss breeds on quality of milk and cheese.

    M. De Marchi;G. Bittante;R. Dal Zotto;C. Dalvit

  • 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

  • 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

  • Growth patterns of Italian local chicken populations

    Chiara De Fassi Negrelli Rizzi;Barbara Contiero;Martino Cassandro

  • Effectiveness of mid-infrared spectroscopy for prediction of the contents of calcium and phosphorus, and titratable acidity of milk and their relationship with milk quality and coagulation properties

    V. Toffanin;M. De Marchi;N. Lopez-Villalobos;M. Cassandro

  • Genetic characterization of local Italian breeds of chickens undergoing in situ conservation

    E. Zanetti;M. De Marchi;C. Dalvit;M. Cassandro

  • Genetic parameters for conjugated linoleic acid, selected milk fatty acids, and milk fatty acid unsaturation of Italian Holstein-Friesian cows.

    Marcello Mele;R. Dal Zotto;M. Cassandro;Giuseppe Conte

  • Carcass Characteristics and Qualitative Meat Traits of the Padovana Breed of Chicken

    M. De Marchi .;M. Cassandro .;E. Lunardi .;G. Baldan .

  • Association between a polymorphism at the stearoyl CoA desaturase locus and milk production traits in Italian Holsteins.

    N.P.P. Macciotta;M. Mele;G. Conte;A. Serra

  • Effect of milk composition and coagulation traits on Grana Padano cheese yield under field conditions.

    Denis Pretto;Massimo De Marchi;Mauro Penasa;Martino Cassandro

  • Assessing genetic diversity in indigenous Veneto chicken breeds using AFLP markers.

    M. De Marchi;C. Dalvit;C. Targhetta;M. Cassandro

  • Feeding and nutrition management of heat-stressed dairy ruminants

    Giuseppe Conte;Roberta Ciampolini;Martino Cassandro;Emiliano Lasagna

Frequent Co-Authors

Mauro Penasa
Mauro Penasa University of Padua
M. De Marchi
M. De Marchi University of Padua
Giovanni Bittante
Giovanni Bittante University of Padua
Paolo Carnier
Paolo Carnier University of Padua
Luigi Gallo
Luigi Gallo University of Padua
Barbara Contiero
Barbara Contiero University of Padua
Nicolas Lopez-Villalobos
Nicolas Lopez-Villalobos Massey University
Francesco Tiezzi
Francesco Tiezzi University of Florence
Marcello Mele
Marcello Mele University of Pisa
Alessio Cecchinato
Alessio Cecchinato University of Padua

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