Carlo Angelo Sgoifo Rossi

Carlo Angelo Sgoifo Rossi
University of Milan | UNIMI · Department of Health, Animal Science and Food Safety VESPA

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The gastrointestinal tract has a central role in production efficiency due to its involvement in the digestive function as well as in immunological, nervous, and metabolic functions. In ruminants, a great deal of attention is placed on ruminal functionality and safety. However, it is now recognized that the hindgut is involved in the onset of some...
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In the present study, growth potential of Listeria monocytogenes in steak tartare samples taken at retail and belonging to 13 brands marketed in Northern Italy was investigated. The samples were submitted to microbiological and chemical-physical characterization. The data obtained were used as inputs for the application of the predictive microbiolo...
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Neonatal calf diarrhoea (NCD) poses a significant health challenge in cattle herds, resulting in considerable economic losses and antimicrobial use. In response to the escalating threat of antimicrobial resistance, viable alternatives are imperative, aligning with European policies. This study evaluated the in-milk supplementation of the chestnut a...
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The goal of calf feeding systems is to provide calves with optimum nutrition to promote growth, health, and future milk production and to reduce antibiotic use which leads to a need for alternatives that reduce illness and promote growth in dairy calves. We hypothesized that feeding live yeast would improve gastrointestinal health and growth perfor...
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Neonatal calf diarrhoea is one of the most important health challenges in cattle herds causing substantial economic losses and antimicrobial use. Due to the raising problem of antimicrobial resistance, effective alternatives are urgently required, in line with European policies. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of tributyrin supplem...
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This study evaluated the functional components of hazelnut waste products (cuticles and shells) for potential use in the circular economy. HPLC-HRMS and ABTS assay were used to determine the molecules of waste products with functional properties and antioxidant capacity, respectively. The antioxidant capacity of hazelnut cuticles and shells was tes...
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High-moisture cereal grains are often treated with ammonia to prevent spoilage and for perceived animal performance advantages, but there are few reports on the effects of ammonia treatment of cereal on cattle performance. This study was carried out on 101 Charolais cattle to quantify the effects of feeding ammonia-treated maize on the performance...
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On-farm welfare assessment gives the opportunity to monitor and improve the quality of the animal life on the farm. In order to build the first Italian public standard for the welfare of indoor reared beef cattle, a list of 25 potential hazards and 22 potential promoters of beef cattle welfare was judged by a group of national experts by taking int...
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Two trials were performed to evaluate the efficacy of a blend of essential oils, bioflavonoids and tannins on methane (CH4) emissions (in vitro) and on the production efficiency of dairy cows (in vivo). The in vitro trial tested the production of total gas and CH4 at 16, 20 and 24 h of incubation, and volatile fatty acids (VFA) at 16 and 24 h, thro...
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The effect of a nutraceutical mixture, based on live yeast (LY), mannan oligosaccharides (MOS) and organic selenium (Se) on health status, as well as immune functionality and growth performance in the fattening of newly received beef cattle, was evaluated. A total of 1036 Charolaise heifers were allocated into two experimental groups: (i) control g...
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The effects of partially replacing soybean meal (SBM) with a slow-release urea source (SRU) on production performance, feed efficiency, digestibility, and environmental sustainability of dairy cows were evaluated. A total of 140 lactating Holstein Frisian cows were allocated into two study groups: (i) control (diet entirely based on SBM), and (ii)...
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The effects of heated drinking water on growth performance and rumen functionality in fattening beef cattle during winter were evaluated. Newly received Charolaise bulls (n = 224) were allocated to two experimental groups: (i) water at room temperature (RTW) (weight 408 ± 34 kg); (ii) constantly heated water (25 °C) (HW) (weight 405 ± 38 kg). Growt...
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The effects of Lactobacillus plantarum and Lactobacillus reuteri and their combination were assessed in weaned piglets. Three hundred and fifty weaned piglets (Landrace × Large White), balanced in terms of weight and sex, were randomly allotted to four experimental groups (25 pens, 14 piglets/pen). Piglets were fed a basal control diet (CTRL, six p...
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The effects of the dietary administration of a combination of Quebracho and Chestnut tannins, leonardite and tributyrin were evaluated in weaned piglets. A total of 168 weaned piglets (Landrace × Large White) were randomly allotted to two experimental groups (6 pens/group, 14 piglets/pen). Animals were fed a basal control diet (CTRL) and a treatmen...
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The aim of the study was to compare the effects of sodium selenite (SS), selenium yeast (SY), and hydroxy-selenomethionine (OH-SeMet) on the meat quality and selenium (Se) deposition of finishing beef cattle. Sixty-three bulls were distributed over 3 treatments and fed SS, SY, or OH-SeMet at 0.2 mg kg−1 dry matter (DM) for 60 d. None of the Se sour...
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Simple Summary: In pig livestock, alternatives to in-feed antibiotics are needed to promote health status and to control enteric infections. Plant extracts containing biologically-active molecules may influence animal metabolism and performance, therefore potentially reducing the use of antibiotics in pigs. Tannins have antioxidant, anti-inflammato...
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Context European beef production is facing fresh challenges on various fronts: increasing public concern on animal welfare; declining EU meat consumption; and, conversely, expected growth in global demand for meat. The Italian National Reference Centre for Animal Welfare (CReNBA) has developed an assessment protocol for collecting information about...
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The study aimed at evaluating the effect of five different levels of solid feed administration on production performance, animal welfare, health status and antibiotic use in veal calves for white meat production. A total of 1750 male Friesian calves (49.61±2.06 kg initial live weight) were randomly divided into five different dietary treatments (19...
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This study evaluated the effects of feeding calcareous marine algae or sodium bicarbonate as rumen buffer on the performance, behaviour, in vitro diet digestibility, and meat quality of beef cattle. A total of 180 Charolaise bullocks (536±38 kg; 14±1 months of age) were divided into two homogeneous groups and fed a diet with a mineral mix containin...
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This study aimed to evaluate the effect of wet ageing on chemical-physical characteristics of sirloin and bone-in rib eye steaks obtained from 18 months old young bulls and 27 months old heifers. A positive beef tenderization effect of wet ageing was observed with lower values constantly detected in the rib-eye samples and significantly lower shear...
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Post-weaning diarrhoea (PWD) represents the most important threat for the pig industry all over the world with a morbidity over 50% among weaned piglets during outbreaks of the disease. Given the public health concerns about the spread of multi-resistant bacteria due to the use of antibiotics in livestock, it is necessary to develop alternative str...
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Dietary supplementation of vitamin E (VitE) in a synthetic or natural form was examined. Forty-eight lambs were assigned (n = 16) to either a grain-based diet at moderate (MOD, 42 mg∙kg⁻¹ VitE as all-rac α-tocopheryl acetate) or supranutritional (SUP, 285 mg∙kg⁻¹ of vitE) levels of synthetic VitE or a lucerne hay-based diet (LUC; 37 mg∙kg⁻¹ VitE) f...
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Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) represents a serious concern for veal industry, due to the impairment of profitability, animal welfare and the increasing in antibiotics utilization, which can promote resistances in both animals and humans. Preventive strategies have to be evaluated in order to improve the ability of the animals to cope against BRD...
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The effects of dietary supplementation with selenium enriched yeast on growth, immune and antioxidant status were assessed on 228 newly received beef cattle. During the adaptation phase (54 days), the animals were housed in 38 pens (19 pens per treatment) and supplemented with 0.32 mg · kg⁻¹ DM of Se as sodium selenite (CTR) or selenium enriched ye...
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Study evaluated the effects of vacuum ageing (2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 16 days) on veal loin (longissimus dorsi; LD) and silverside (biceps femoris; BF) physical and sensory characteristics. Ageing did not affect cooking loss, increased LD pH and L∗, a∗ and b∗ in both muscles. Shear force (SF) decreased until day 6 in LD and day 10 in BF. Aroma, flavor...
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Tenderness is the most important quality trait in meat and is affected by the slaughtering and post mortem practices. Understanding the biochemical factors involved in meat tenderization, can albw the best practices to be applied in order to improve it. After slaughtering, as well as anaerobic glycolysis and related pHand rdrop, there is a degradat...
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Introduction - Bovine Respiratory Disease Complex (BRDC) is one of the main health problems in veal calves industry. Promote a quickly calves adaptation to the new rearing environment and reduce microbial circulation are at the base of BRDC management and prevention. Preventive mass treatment with oral antibiotics is a very common practice in this...
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Selenium (Se) is involved in several biological functions and its supplementation is necessary for farm animals. Se can be provided in organic or inorganic forms, which are metabolized differently. The aim of this study was to compare the effects of switching the Se source in the last 60 days of fattening on beef quality and Se content in meat. Cha...
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Lameness is one of the main health and economic issues concerning dairy and beef cattle production systems. Lameness is a clinical condition characterized by multiple triggering (microbial, mechanical, nutritional, and genetic) and predisposing factors (subjective and environmental). Locomotor apparatus diseases (LAD) often become a chronic conditi...
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The presence of β-boldenone II phase metabolites and prednisolone in urine samples, owing to endogenous or natural origin or illicit treatment, is under debate within the European Union. The detection of β-boldenone conjugates, α-boldenone conjugates at concentrations higher than 2 ng mL−1 and prednisolone above the cut-off level of 5 ng mL−1 in ur...
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Introduction - Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) is a complex syndrome that leads to major health and economic implications not only in beef but also in dairy production. As a matter of fact, BRD is main the cause of death among dairy calves after stillbirth and diarrhea events that generally occur during the first month after calving. Even in excel...
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A total of 8 lots of vacuum-packed bovine rump hearts (Gluteus medius muscle) imported in Italy from Argentina were submitted to microbiological (total bacterial count, Enterobacteriaceae, Pseudomonas spp., Lactobacilli, sulfite-reducing Clostridia, Listeria monocytogenes) and physicochemical analyses (pH, total volatile basic nitrogen, color measu...
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Tenderness is one of the main factors affecting meat consumers purchase choice and, considering the young slaughter age, they expect veal very tender. Biceps femoris (BF) was identified as the less tender beef hind cut, so it couldn’t meet this expectation. Is well recognized that ageing improve tenderness and, to evaluate the effect of ageing on v...
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A 53-day field trial was performed to evaluate the effects of the essential oils of cinnamaldehyde, eugenol, and capsicum on the health status and growth performance of 45 Charolais beef cattle (average arrival weight: 422.0 ± 29.3 kg; control: n = 21; treated: n = 24). Each animal was weighed, and blood samples were collected on days 0, 25, and 53...
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SUMMARY Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) is the main health problem in intensive beef cattle rearing all over the world. Due to its high morbidity and because of the negative impact on growth performance, BRD is one of the main causes of economic loss in this type of rearing. BRD is a multifactorial syndrome, so its etiopathogenesis covers several...
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The bovine respiratory disease (BRD) is the main cause of morbidity, mortality and economic loss in beef cattle rearing. Stress due to transport and adaptation to the new farming conditions, and exposure to infectious agents in the markets are the main factors predisposing to this syndrome. Other to apply strategies to boost animals immunity and to...
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Several factors after breeding phase are able to improve or reduce meat quality. The transformation of muscle into meat, operated by protease (calpain, cathepsin and caspase), requires specific timing and right chilling regime, neither too fast nor too slow, in order to obtain a product with the characteristics asked by consumers. In the main meat...
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Mycotoxicosis are a serious economic problem in cattle, with considerable repercussions not only above animal health but sometimes even above human health. This problem is very often undervalued and underestimated in case of not specific symptomatology or apparently unexplainable compromising of productive and reproductive performances. A lot of my...
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A study was carried out on beef cattle to compare three different by-pass lipids administration in relation to their intake, performance, bunk behaviour and rumen fermentation characteristics. Ninety-six Charolaise males were subdivided into three groups. Each group was fed a specific diet including differentiated sources of rumen by-pass fats. The...
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Two trials were performed to evaluate the effects of malate supplementation on the growth performance as well as on ruminal pH and fermentation products of beef cattle. A total of 80 Charolaise bullocks were randomly allotted to one of the four experimental groups which included two experiments. The first experiment involved a control group (C) fed...
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A total of 6700 veal calves were used to compare the ability of chromameter CR300 in measuring the veal meat colour on-line at slaughterhouse and to develop a prediction equation of colour score based on relationship between instrumental and visual assessments. A total of 5000 carcasses were used to develop equation of prediction while 1700 were us...
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A series of trials were conducted in feedlots in Italy to investigate the efficacy of gamithromycin in the prevention and treatment of bovine respiratory disease (BRD) in newly arrived cattle. Three studies were conducted on its preventive efficacy when compared to an untreated control, a long-acting oxytetracycline formulation or tulathromycin. Th...
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Four trials were carried out to investigate the efficiency of gamithromycin in beef cattle's bovine respiratory disease (BRD) prevention and therapy. The gamithromycin is characterized by fast absorption and distribution to target tissue, notably the lung. Three studies were conducted on the preventive efficacy using an untreated control (trial 1),...
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A field study was carried out to evaluate the effects of vitamin E administration in beef heifers on the blood vitamin E concentration both of heifers and calves, on colostrums and milk characteristics and on calves performance. 32 limousine beef heifers and relative calves were evaluated in the first 28 days after delivery. Treatment was based on...
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No statistical differences were found between the cattle of the two groups in any pK parameters, although the mean IVM plasma concentrations in cattle treated with the IVM reference product were consistently higher than those found in cattle treated with the generic compound. By Day 25, all animals in Group 1 had recovered clinically and parasitolo...
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The objectives of this study were to evaluate the presence of intramammary infections (IMI) in dairy buffaloes and to examine the relationships among IMI, somatic cell counts (SCC), and milk production traits. Two farms in northern Italy were visited monthly for a complete milking season. Quarter-based milk samples were collected at each visit from...
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Conflicting findings regarding the boldenone content of bovine faeces suggest it may be synthesized de novo in emitted faeces. We tested this hypothesis by analysing uncontaminated urine, fresh and various forms of dried faeces from 10 calves (not given boldenone) by liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry for 17alpha- and 17beta-boldenone (...
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European Directive 96/22/EC, which controls veterinary residues in animals, does not permit the presence of synthetic growth promoters in products of animal origin or in livestock. Boldenone is categorized in class A3 (growth promoters -- steroids) and is thus a banned substance. Testing of veal urine for banned substances is part of the European U...
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In Italy buffalo milk is an important animal product utilized solely for the manufacture of Mozzarella cheese. Of an estimated population of 200000 buffalo there are ∼25000 controlled animals. The average milk production, expressed over 270 d lactation, is 2000 kg/head with average fat and protein contents of 82·6 and 46·4 g/l respectively (Associa...
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DL-alpha-tocopheryl acetate, a synthetic form of vitamin E, is routinely given as a dietary supplement to cattle. In this study we assessed the relative bioavailability of three formulations of DL-alpha-tocopheryl acetate in a kinetic study of plasma alpha-tocopherol in four Italian Friesian dairy cows, following intraruminal administration of a ge...
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Fifty-one lactating Italian river buffalo were used in an 84-d study to evaluate the effects of recombinant bovine somatotropin (bST) and Ca salts of long-chain fatty acids on productive performance. Treatments were 1) control diet, 2) the control diet plus 0.3 kg/d of added Ca salts of long-chain fatty acids, 3) the control diet plus 320 mg of rec...

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