The main research activities in livestock science are linked to:
- genetic studies aimed at investigating the molecular patterns associated with livestock production performances and with pig carcass and meat quality
- the study of genes involved in fat deposition and fatty acid composition in animal products.
- animal welfare and the statistical analysis of data obtained from environmental measurements in heat stress conditions
- the investigation of the molecular patterns at the basis of breast myopathies in broilers
- the study of sows' colostrum composition and of its effects on piglets' performances.
