Name: Gaetano Mari
Date of birth: 14 - 01 - 1956
Place of birth: Trecenta (RO) Italy
Current address: Corso Ercole I° D'Este 100, 44121 Ferrara,
Italy
Higher education: 1969 - 1974 Liceo Classico "Celio", Rovigo
University: 1974 - 1979 Faculty of Veterinary Medicine,
University of Bologna, Doctor in Veterinary Medicine
POSITION HELD
In the practice 1980 graduated student, Institute of
Artificial Insemination, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University
of Bologna 1981 - 1993 private practitioner on equine reproduction
working in different thoroughbred and trotter stud farms . Vet of
the National Stud in Ferrara, where it was set up the first
national centre for freezing of stallion semen in Italy
University 1994 - 1999 researcher, Veterinary Clinical
Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of
Bologna
2000 – 2006 Associate Professor, Veterinary Clinical Department,
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bologna
2006 – present Full Professor, Department of Veterinary Medical
Sciences, University of Bologna
Duties
2005 – 2009 Assistant Head of Veterinary Clinical Department
2009- 2010 Head of Veterinary Clinical Department
In charge of the direction of a freezing centre of bull and equine
semen at the National Insitute of Artificial Insemination, cadriano, Bologna.
Teaching activities
Veterinary Medicine students:
Pathology of animal reproduction, from 2002 to 2005
AI and assisted reproductive techniques, from 2001 - present
Veterinary Obstetric and Gynecology, from 2007 - present
Veterinary Biotechnology students:
Physiopathology of animal reproduction, from 2001 to 2004
Post graduate students:
Sanitary regulations of animal reproduction, from 2002 to
present
Clinical activities
Clinical work is carried out in the Veterinary Teaching Hospital,
in the dairy farm, in the NICU and in Institute for AI of the
School of Veterinary Medicine
Scientific interest
Focused on improving reproductive efficiency, mainly in equine and
bovine species, by the use of assisted reproductive techniques such
as AI, embryo transfer, in vitro embryo production, sexed semen,
cryopreservation of gametes and embryos. Special attention has been
payed to “non conventional” ultrasonographic techniques in animal
reproduction, such as transvaginal ultrasound for ovum pick up in
mare and cow and twins reduction in mare.
Research activities
2000 – 2001 Grant “ Bovine spastic paresis: experimental
reproduction of the disease”
2003 – 2005 Grant “Effects of endogenous opioid peptides on
production and preservation of gametes and embryos in domestic
animals”
2005 – 2007 Grant “ Culture of embryonic stem cells from different
animal species
Member of
Society for Theriogenology
International Embryo Technology Society
