The pig sector events all around the world
Pig health: news and articles on PRRS, PCV2, biosecurity, etc, Pig disease guide, atlas of pathology, clinical cases…
Biocheck.UGent is an independent, risk-based, scientific scoring system for assessing the quality of your on-farm biosecurity.
A visual and practical step-by-step guide on how to perform a necropsy on a pig.
All the information about ASF: how to recognize the disease, how it is transmitted, pictures of lesions, latest news, guides, etc.
Description of the most important diseases and conditions in pigs
Images of major swine diseases
Pig disease diagnostic tool
Definition for the most commonly used pig terms
Simulator that calculates the amount of drug to add to the water when using a flow dispenser.
Pig Prices by countries. Pork production and trade. News of the pig market and the raw materials
The latest slaughter pig prices in the most important pig markets. Check the evolution of the historical prices in charts and in several currencies.
Latest quotations for the main commodities used in pig feed. Historical graphs with the pig price and estimated feed price.
Figures & trends in pig numbers, pork production and pork trade.
Global production and trade data for the most important raw materials
Articles on nutrition and pig feeding, characteristics of raw materials and additives for pig feed. Prices of raw materials
Latest quotations for the main commodities used in pig feed. Historical graphs with the pig price and estimated feed price.
Technical sheets of the main raw materials and additives used in swine feed. They include a comparison of nutritional values from various sources, product
Global production and trade data for the most important raw materials
Definition for the most commonly used pig terms
Use this tool to diagnose problems with the feed conversion ratio. Click on the flowchart or on the buttons within the text to navigate through the different parts of the tool.
Articles on genetics and pig reproduction: genetic improvement, genomics, artificial insemination, use of hormones
Compare production data, calculate the number of sow, nursery, and finishing spaces, and visualize your tasks on the work schedule by type of BMS.
Tool that allows you to calculate the replacement rate in your farm
Definition for the most commonly used pig terms
Use this tool to find out why your farrowing rate is less than ideal. Click on the flowchart or on the buttons found within the text to navigate through the different parts of the tool.
Management, pig farm management, work planning in each production stage: management in gestation, grow finish, batch farrowing
Compare production data, calculate the number of sow, nursery, and finishing spaces, and visualize your tasks on the work schedule by type of BMS.
Tool that allows you to calculate the replacement rate in your farm
Definition for the most commonly used pig terms
Design of facilities and equipment for pig farms: building design, climate control, feeding systems, etc.
Biocheck.UGent is an independent, risk-based, scientific scoring system for assessing the quality of your on-farm biosecurity.
Definition for the most commonly used pig terms
Use this tool to explore which slurry management strategy best fits your situation. Click on the flow chart or on the buttons within the text to navigate through the different parts of the tool.
What makes us stand out is the quality and independence of our contents. Find out about the authors who make it possible. Our goal is to generate a virtual community of advanced users in the sector.
Education
1996 Doctor in Veterinary Medicine. State University of Milan
1997 Licence to practice Veterinary Medicine
1997 Training course in Diseases and Management of swine herd (ISZ Bs)
1997 Learning course of ISO 9000 Standards
2005 PhD in Veterinary Health and Pathology
Professional specialties
1997-1998 Cooperation agreement with an important private sector factory operating in biosecurity area of animal husbandry (Antec International), to broaden and develop improvement environmental programmes in swine herds.
1999-2000 Self-employed Herd Veterinarian in an intensive swine farm of thousand sows
2000-2002 Voluntary activity near University of Milan, Institute of Infectious disease of Domestic Animals
2002-2005 PHD in Veterinary Health and Animal Pathology
2006 ad oggi Researcher at the Department of Animal Pathology, Hygiene and Veterinary Public Health- Infectious Disease Section.
Teaching Activity
(Courses held near the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in Milan)
2006 Training lessons of Infectious Disease of Domestic Animals
2007 Health Management in Intensive Swine Production
Professional and Scientific Associations
1997-2010 Member of the Italian Society of Swine Pathology and Farming (SIPAS)
Research Interests
Infectious diseases of swine: epidemiology, diagnosis, prevention and control of multifactorial syndrome in intensive pig production with particular interest in door opener pathogens, like Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae.
Swine herd epidemiological status in comparison with S. suis and development of prevention and control programmes
Swine herd health status, setup and management of vaccination programs, evaluation of environmental and sanitary factors conditioning welfare and immunity of animals.
Diagnosis and Spreading of Urinary Tract Infections in Sows
Scientific Collaborations
Gottschalk M. – Groupe de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses du Porc - Université du Quebec (Canada).
Bozzetta E. – Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, della Liguria e della Valle d’Aosta (Torino).
Morvan H. – Laboratoire de Développement et d'Analyses 22 (Zoopole – Ploufragan, France).
Published Papers
Author of 45 scientific papers in prevalent national journals intended for pig farming specialists. Some of them were also presented at international meetings.
Updated CV 07-Oct-2013
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