Researcher interests: My research centers on reproduction in the dairy cow. I focus on the two major stresses affecting reproduction and fertitliy of cows - environmental heat stress and pathogenic stress.
Regarding heat stress, we characterized impairments of follicular and
FACULTY / SCHOOL: Faculty of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Quality Sciences
DEPARTMENT: Animal Sciences
Selected Publications
oocyte maturation in plasma or follicular fluid obtained from lipopolysaccharide treated cows disrupts its developmental competence (2020)|
Theriogenology|
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comparing effects of bovine streptococcus and escherichia coli mastitis on impaired reproductive performance (2019)|
Journal of Dairy Science|
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effects of mastitis on ovarian function and fertility in dairy cows (2019)|
Bioscientifica Proceedings|
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impact of heat stress on cow reproduction and fertility (2019)|
Animal Frontiers|
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comparing the effects of heat stress and mastitis on ovarian function in lactating cows basic and applied aspects (2016)|
Domestic Animal Endocrinology|
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two approaches to improve fertility of subclinical mastitic dairy cows (2016)|
Journal of Dairy Science|
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subclinical mastitis disrupts oocyte cytoplasmic maturation in association with reduced developmental competence and impaired gene expression in preimplantation bovine embryos (2016)|
Reproduction, Fertility and Development|
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the disruptive effects of mastitis on reproduction and fertility in dairy cows (2015)|
Italian Journal of Animal Science|
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hormonal treatment before and after artificial insemination differentially improves fertility in subpopulations of dairy cows during the summer and autumn (2014)|
Journal of Dairy Science|
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experimental model of toxin induced subclinical mastitis and its effect on disruption of follicular function in cows (2014)|
Theriogenology|
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