DeepMilk aims to develop innovative methods to support farmers in achieving higher levels of quality, by obtaining information on the health status of cattle and the quality of production.
Funded by the European Union - NextGenerationEU under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) - Mission 4 Education and research - Component 2 From research to business - Investment 1.1 Notice PRIN 2022 PNRR (DD N. 1409 del 14/09/2022), from title “Deep Whole Genome Sequencing of bulk milk for sustainable cattle productions - DeepMilk”, proposal code P2022ALHF4 - CUP J53D23018270001.
The DeepMilk project involves the Department of Agro-food Sciences and Technologies of the University of Bologna and the Department of Medical-Veterinary Sciences of Parma and lasts two years.
The background
The dairy industry is facing new challenges related to sustainability, climate change and animal welfare. To achieve high production quality standards it is possible to act at various levels, including the most important:
The aims
The goal of DeepMilk is to obtain, from milk samples, information on:
The structure
The project is composed of four Work Packages and aims to the achievement of seven Milestones.
Every two months, from a minimum of one to a maximum of three actions are expected to be completed.
