Publications and Conferences

We conducted a meta-analysis of quantitative data extracted from selected peer-reviewed papers describing in vivo studies on enteric methane emissions from dairy cattle treated with feed additives, compared with a control group. The aim was to identify feed additives that significantly reduce enteric
methane emissions.
The article was published on 19th February 2026 in Frontiers in Animal Science (doi: 10.3389/fanim.2025.1754069)

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The aim of this study was to model the population of coagulase-positive staphylococci in an artisanal raw milk cheese, throughout the ripening period, to assess which microbiological and intrinsic parameters influence the dynamic of coagulase-positive staphylococci counts along the production process. Coagulase-positive staphylococci were enumerated in 144 samples through a longitudinal sampling of 12 batches of raw milk cheese produced at the same processing plant, using raw milk supplied by two dairy cattle farms. The samples tested were raw milk and raw milk cheese after 7, 45 and 90 days of ripening.
The outputs of the model highlight the critical importance of monitoring the coagulase-positive staphylococci counts in raw milk and the cheese pH to limit the growth of coagulase-positive staphylococci throughout the raw milk cheese production process. The study was published on 11th July 2026 in International Journal of Food Microbiology (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2026.111968)

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Chania (Crete), September 10-11 2026.

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• 194th Seminar EAAE

San Benedetto del Tronto, 9-11 September 2026

• Poster: Modelling the survival of coagulase-positive staphylococci in artisanal raw milk cheese during storage under different packaging and temperature conditions

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• Poster: Dynamics of coagulase-positive staphylococci in artisanal raw milk cheese: influence of pH

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Bologna, 10-13 June 2026

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• APPLICATION OF MACHINE LEARNING TO PREDICT ENTERIC METHANE EMISSIONS AND ENHANCE DAIRY CATTLE FARM MANAGEMENT

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• SURVIVAL OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS BELONGING TO CC5 IN RAW MILK CHEESE FROM THE FARM TO THE TABLE

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Wageningen, 25-28 November 2025

• Predicting Biological Hazards in Raw Milk Cheese Using Microbiome Data

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• Strategies for Microbiome Mapping in Raw Milk Cheese: Findings from a Pilot Study

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Athens, 1-3 September 2025

• Pilot study to predict the occurrence of food borne pathogens in milk microbiome testing the animal sewage microbiome in a dairy cattle farm

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• Assesment of the variability in the microbiological quality of four batches of raw milk cheese produced from milk supplied by two different farms in Italy

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Turin, 17-20 June 2025

• Characterization of rumen-fecal microbiota in dairy cows with different productive performances

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