Martina Zappaterra

Senior assistant professor (fixed-term)

Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences

Academic discipline: AGR/19 Animal Science

Collaborations

Formal collaboration with:: Coordinator: Prof.ssa Sara Pegolo, Università degli Studi di Padova, Dipartimento di Agronomia Animali Alimenti Risorse Naturali e Ambiente - DAFNAE
Country:: Italy
Description:: PRIN PNRR 2022: Host – microbiota interactions in the homeostasis of the bovine mammary gland ecosystem: the mastitis model Bovine mastitis has been associated with substantial economic losses and increased development of antimicrobial-resistant strains. MASTITOMIC project arises from the hypothesis that subclinical mastitis may occur from a mammary gland dysbiosis and thus the project aims i) to characterize the evolution of host-microbiota interaction; ii) to assess the role of host genetics, environmental factors, and mammary microbiota in mastitis infection; iii) to find risk factors associated with mastitis occurrence. The joint analysis of data will allow to evaluate the feasibility of sensors for early detection of mastitis infection in dairy cattle and will provide an unprecedented insight into host-microbiome interac-tion in healthy and mastitic cows. URL: https://distal.unibo.it/en/research/research-projects/national-projects/prin/mastitomic

Collaboration with:: Embrapa Pecuária Sudeste
Country:: Brazil
Description:: Project “From the Sky to the Cells - multidimensional study of thermal comfort of animals raised on crop-livestock-forest integrated systems (CLFS)”