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Carcangiu, Vincenzo and Vacca, Giuseppe Massimo and Parmeggiani, Antonia and Mura, Maria Consuelo and Bini, Pier Paolo (2004) Blood concentration of GH and leptin in developing Sarda goats. Journal of Animal and Feed Sciences, Vol. 13 (suppl. 1), p. 299-302. ISSN 1230-1388. Article.

Catillo, Gennaro and Macciotta, Nicolò Pietro Paolo and Carretta, Alfonso and Cappio Borlino, Aldo (2002) Effects of age and calving eeason on lactation curves of milk production traits in Italian water buffaloes. Journal of Dairy Science, Vol. 85 (5), p. 1298-1306. eISSN 1525-3198. Article.

Cecchinato, Alessio and Ribeca, Claudio and Maurmayr, Alice and Penasa, Mauro and De Marchi, Massimo and Macciotta, Nicolò Pietro Paolo and Mele, Marcello and Secchiari, Pierlorenzo and Pagnacco, Giulio and Bittante, Giovanni (2012) Effects of β-lactoglobulin, stearoyl-coenzyme A desaturase 1, and sterol regulatory element binding protein gene allelic variants on milk production, composition, acidity, and coagulation properties of Brown Swiss cows. Journal of Dairy Science, Vol. 95 (1), p. 450-454. ISSN 0022-0302. Article.

Cellesi, Massimo (2014) Statistical tools for genome-wide studies. Doctoral Thesis.

Chessa, Innocenza and Sambo, Paolo and Romano, Daniela (2009) I Prodotti agroalimentari e floricoli tipici tra conservazione e innovazione. Italian Journal of Agronomy, Vol. 4 (3 Suppl.), p. 87-92. ISSN 1125-4718. Article.

Ciani, Elena and Crepaldi, Paola and Nicoloso, Letizia and Lasagna, Emiliano and Sarti, Francesca Maria and Moioli, Bianca and Napolitano, Francesco and Carta, Antonello and Usai, Mario Graziano and D'Andrea, Maria Silvia and Marletta, Donata and Ciampolini, Roberta and Riggio, Valentina and Occidente, Maria Consiglia and Matassino, Donato and Kompan, Daniel and Modesto, Paola and Macciotta, Nicolò Pietro Paolo and Ajmonemarsan, Paolo and Pilla, Fabio (2014) Genome-wide analysis of Italian sheep diversity reveals a strong geographic pattern and cryptic relationships between breeds. Animal Genetics, Vol. 45 (2), p. 256-266. ISSN 0268-9146. eISSN 1365-2052. Article.

Congiu, Francesco and Macciotta, Nicolò Pietro Paolo and Congiu, Giovanni Battista (2006) Gestione, allevamento, alimentazione e produzione del latte negli ovini di Razza Sarda allevati in Barbagia. L'Allevatore di ovini e caprini, Vol. 22 (4), p. 3-7. Article.

Crepaldi, Paola and Nicoloso, Letizia and Coizet, Beatrice and Milanesi, E. and Pagnacco, Giulio and Fresi, Pancrazio and Dimauro, Corrado and Macciotta, Nicolò Pietro Paolo (2013) Associations of acetyl-coenzyme A carboxylase α, stearoyl-coenzyme A desaturase, and lipoprotein lipase genes with dairy traits in Alpine goats. Journal of Dairy Science, Vol. 96 (3), p. 1856-1864. eISSN 1525-3198. Article.

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D'Alessandro, Enrico (2009) Analisi di due geni (KIT e MC1R) che influenzano il colore del mantello nel suino e potenziali applicazioni per la tracciabilità dei prodotti di suino nero siciliano. Doctoral Thesis.

D'Andrea, Maria Silvia and Mele, Marcello and Dimauro, Corrado and Pilla, Fabio and Fresi, Pancrazio and Bracciaferri, C. and Macciotta, Nicolò Pietro Paolo (2010) Effetto di polimorfismi in geni candidati sulle caratteristiche qualitative del latte ovino. Large Animal Review, Vol. 16 (5, suppl.), p. 71. ISSN 1124-4593. Article.

Dettori, Maria Luisa and Vacca, Giuseppe Massimo and Carcangiu, Vincenzo and Pazzola, Michele and Mura, Maria Consuelo and Rocchigiani, Angela Maria (2009) A Reliable method for characterization of the goat CSN1S1 E allele. Livestock Science, Vol. 125 (1), p. 105-108. ISSN 1871-1413. Article.

Diaz, Maria Luisa (2011) Studio della variazione genetica al Locus SLC11A1 in Capra hircus. Doctoral Thesis.

Dimauro, Corrado and Bacciu, Nicola and Macciotta, Nicolò Pietro Paolo (2007) Effect of normalisation on detection of differentially expressed genes in cDNA microarray data analysis. Italian Journal of Animal Science, Vol. 6 (Suppl. 1), p. 122-124. eISSN 1828-051X. Article.

Dimauro, Corrado and Cappio Borlino, Aldo and Macciotta, Nicolò Pietro Paolo and Pulina, Giuseppe (2007) Use of a computer-aided design to develop a stress simulation model for lactating dairy sheep. Livestock Science, Vol. 106 (2-3), p. 200-209. ISSN 1871-1413. Article.

Dimauro, Corrado and Catillo, Gennaro and Bacciu, Nicola and Macciotta, Nicolò Pietro Paolo (2005) Fit of different linear models to the lactation curve of Italian water buffalo. Italian Journal of Animal Science, Vol. 4 (Suppl.), p. 22-24. eISSN 1828-051X. Article.

Dimauro, Corrado and Cellesi, Massimo and Gaspa, Giustino and Ajmone-Marsan, Paolo and Steri, Roberto and Marras, Gabriele and Macciotta, Nicolò Pietro Paolo (2013) Use of partial least squares regression to impute SNP genotypes in Italian Cattle breeds. Genetics Selection Evolution, Vol. 45 (15), p. 1-8. eISSN 0999-193X. Article.

Dimauro, Corrado and Cellesi, Massimo and Pintus, Maria Annunziata and Macciotta, Nicolò Pietro Paolo (2011) The Impact of the rank of marker variance–covariance matrix in principal component evaluation for genomic selection applications. Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Vol. 128 (6), p. 440-445. eISSN 1439-0388. Article.

Dimauro, Corrado and Cellesi, Massimo and Steri, Roberto and Gaspa, Giustino and Sorbolini, Silvia and Stella, Alessandra and Macciotta, Nicolò Pietro Paolo (2013) Use of the canonical discriminant analysis to select SNP markers for bovine breed assignment and traceability purposes. Animal Genetics, Vol. 44 (4), p. 377-382. eISSN 1365-2052. Article.

Dimauro, Corrado and Macciotta, Nicolò Pietro Paolo (2010) A Tutorial for microarray data analysis with SAS-STAT software. Current Bioinformatics, Vol. 5 (2), p. 89-108. ISSN 1574-8936. Article.

Dimauro, Corrado and Macciotta, Nicolò Pietro Paolo and Rassu, Salvatore Pier Giacomo and Patta, Cristiana and Pulina, Giuseppe (2009) A Bootstrap approach to estimate reference intervals of biochemical variables in sheep using reduced sample sizes. Small Ruminant Research, Vol. 83 (1-3), p. 34-41. ISSN 0921-4488. Article.

Dimauro, Corrado and Steri, Roberto and Pintus, Maria Annunziata and Gaspa, Giustino and Macciotta, Nicolò Pietro Paolo (2011) Use of partial least squares regression to predict single nucleotide polymorphism marker genotypes when some animals are genotyped with a low-density panel. Animal, Vol. 5 (6), p. 833-837. eISSN 1751-732X. Article.

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Gaspa, Giustino (2011) Use of genomic information in genetic evaluation of livestock. Doctoral Thesis.

Gaspa, Giustino and Jorjani , Hossein and Dimauro, Corrado and Cellesi, Massimo and Ajmone-Marsan, Paolo and Stella, Alessandra and Macciotta, Nicolò Pietro Paolo (2015) Multiple-breed genomic evaluation by principal component analysis in small size populations. Animal, Vol. 9 (5), p. 738-749. ISSN 1751-7311. Article.

Gaspa, Giustino and Pintus, Maria Annunziata and Nicolazzi, Ezequiel Luis and Vicario, Daniele and Valentini, Alessio and Dimauro, Corrado and Macciotta, Nicolò Pietro Paolo (2013) Use of principal component approach to predict direct genomic breeding values for beef traits in Italian Simmental cattle. Journal of Animal Science, Vol. 91 (1), p. 29-37. eISSN 1525-3163. Article.

Guastella, Anna Maria and Sorbolini, Silvia and Zuccaro, Antonio and Pintus, Elia and Bordonaro, Salvatore and Marletta, Donata and Macciotta, Nicolò Pietro Paolo (2011) Melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R) gene polymorphisms in three Italian cattle breeds. Animal Production Science, Vol. 51 (11), p. 1039-1043. eISSN 1836-5787. Article.

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León, Juan Manuel and Macciotta, Nicolò Pietro Paolo and Gama, Luis Telo and Barba, Carlos and Delgado, Juan Vicente (2012) Characterization of the lactation curve in Murciano-Granadina dairy goats. Small Ruminant Research, Vol. 107 (2-3), p. 76-84. eISSN 1879-0941. Article.

Luridiana, Sebastiano and Mura, Maria Consuelo and Cosso, Giovanni and Daga, Cinzia and Bodano, Sara and Diaz, Maria Luisa and Bini, Pier Paolo and Carcangiu, Vincenzo (2014) Ovine insulin induced-gene-2: molecular characterization, polymorphisms and association with milk traits. Molecular biology reports, Vol. 41 (7), p. 4827-4831. ISSN 0301-4851. eISSN 1573-4978. Article.

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Macciotta, Nicolò Pietro Paolo and Dimauro, Corrado and Catillo, Gennaro and Coletta, Angelo and Cappio Borlino, Aldo (2006) Factors affecting individual lactation curve in Italian river buffaloes. Livestock Science, Vol. 104 (1-2), p. 33-37. ISSN 1871-1413. Article.

Macciotta, Nicolò Pietro Paolo and Dimauro, Corrado and Null, Daniel J. and Gaspa, Giustino and Cellesi, Massimo and Cole, John B. (2015) Dissection of genomic correlation matrices of US Holsteins using multivariate factor analysis. Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Vol. 132 (1), p. 9-20. eISSN 1439-0388. Article.

Macciotta, Nicolò Pietro Paolo and Dimauro, Corrado and Rassu, Salvatore Pier Giacomo and Steri, Roberto and Pulina, Giuseppe (2011) The Mathematical description of lactation curves in dairy cattle. Italian Journal of Animal Science, Vol. 10 (4), p. 213-223. eISSN 1828-051X. Article.

Macciotta, Nicolò Pietro Paolo and Gaspa, Giustino (2009) Use of principal component and factor analysis to reduce the number of independent variables in the prediction of genomic breeding values. Italian Journal of Animal Science, Vol. 8 (Suppl. 2), p. 105-107. ISSN 1828-051X. Article.

Macciotta, Nicolò Pietro Paolo and Gaspa, Giustino and Steri, Roberto and Nicolazzi, Ezequiel Luis and Dimauro, Corrado and Pieramati, Camillo and Cappio-Borlino, Aldo (2010) Using eigenvalues as variance priors in the prediction of genomic breeding values by principal component analysis. Journal of Dairy Science, Vol. 93 (6), p. 2765-2774. ISSN 0022-0302. Article.

Macciotta, Nicolò Pietro Paolo and Gaspa, Giustino and Steri, Roberto and Pieramati, Camillo and Carnier, Paolo and Dimauro, Corrado (2009) Pre-selection of most significant SNPS for the estimation of genomic breeding values. BMC Proceedings, Vol. 3 (suppl. 1), p. 1-4. ISSN 1753-6561. Article.

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Macciotta, Nicolò Pietro Paolo and Miglior, Filippo and Cappio Borlino, Aldo and Schaeffer, Lawrence R. (2007) Fit of different functions to the individual deviations in random regression test day models for milk yield in dairy cattle. Italian Journal of Animal Science, Vol. 6 (Suppl. 1), p. 153-155. eISSN 1828-051X. Article.

Macciotta, Nicolò Pietro Paolo and Miglior, Filippo and Dimauro, Corrado and Schaeffer, Lawrence R. (2010) Comparison of parametric, orthogonal, and spline functions to model individual lactation curves for milk yield in Canadian Holsteins. Italian Journal of Animal Science, Vol. 9 (4), p. 460-464. eISSN 1828-051X. Article.

Macciotta, Nicolò Pietro Paolo and Sanna, Sebastiano Renato and Dimauro, Corrado and Cappio Borlino, Aldo (2003) A Multivariate measure of lactation persistency for dairy sheep. Italian Journal of Animal Science, Vol. 2 (Suppl. 1), p. 40-42. eISSN 1828-051X. Article.

Macciotta, Nicolò Pietro Paolo and Vicario, Daniele and Cappio Borlino, Aldo (2005) Detection of different shapes of lactation curve for milk yield in dairy cattle by empirical mathematical models. Journal of Dairy Science, Vol. 88 (3), p. 1178-1191. eISSN 1525-3198. Article.

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Macciotta, Nicolò Pietro Paolo and Vicario, Daniele and Cappio Borlino, Aldo (2006) Use of multivariate analysis to extract latent variables related to level of production and lactation persistency in dairy cattle. Journal of Dairy Science, Vol. 89 (8), p. 3188-3194. eISSN 1525-3198. Article.

Macciotta, Nicolò Pietro Paolo and Vicario, Daniele and Dimauro, Corrado and Cappio Borlino, Aldo (2004) A Multivariate approach to modeling shapes of individual Lactation Curves in Cattle. Journal of Dairy Science, Vol. 87 (4), p. 1092-1098. eISSN 1525-3198. Article.

Macciotta, Nicolò Pietro Paolo and Vicario, Daniele and Pulina, Giuseppe and Cappio Borlino, Aldo (2002) Test day and lactation yield predictions in Italian Simmental cows by ARMA methods. Journal of Dairy Science, Vol. 85 (11), p. 3107-3114. eISSN 1525-3198. Article.

Marras, Gabriele (2014) Approaches for investigating genome variability in cattle. Doctoral Thesis.

Marras, Gabriele and Gaspa, Giustino and Sorbolini, Silvia and Dimauro, Corrado and Ajmone-Marsan, Paolo and Valentini, Alessio and Williams, John Lewis and Macciotta, Nicolò Pietro Paolo (2015) Analysis of runs of homozygosity and their relationship with inbreeding in five cattle breeds farmed in Italy. Animal Genetics, Vol. 46 (2), p. 110-121. ISSN 0268-9146. eISSN 1365-2052. Article.

Mele, Marcello and Conte, Giuseppe and Castiglioni, Bianca and Chessa, Stefania and Macciotta, Nicolò Pietro Paolo and Serra, Andrea and Buccioni, Arianna and Pagnacco, Giulio and Secchiari, Pierlorenzo (2007) Stearoyl-Coenzyme a desaturase gene polymorphism and milk fatty acid composition in Italian Holsteins. Journal of Dairy Science, Vol. 90 (9), p. 4458-4465. eISSN 1525-3198. Article.

Miari, Sabrina (2009) Association between ovine Stearoyl-CoA desaturase gene polymorphism and the conjugated linoleic acid content in sheep milk fat: results of a positional candidate gene study. Doctoral Thesis.

Miari, Sabrina and Usai, Mario Graziano and Sechi, Tiziana and Pernisa, Annalisa and Carta, Antonello (2009) One polymorphism at the Stearoyl CoA Desaturase (SCD) gene is associated to CLA content of sheep milk fat. Italian Journal of Animal Science, Vol. 8 (Suppl. 2), p. 108-110. ISSN 1828-051X. Article.

Mura, Maria Consuelo and Daga, Cinzia and Bodano, Sara and Paludo, Marta and Luridiana, Sebastiano and Pazzola, Michele and Dettori, Maria Luisa and Vacca, Giuseppe Massimo and Carcangiu, Vincenzo (2013) Development of a RNA extraction method from milk for gene expression study in the mammary gland of sheep. Molecular Biology Reports, Vol. 40 (3), p. 2169-2173. ISSN 0301-4851. eISSN 1573-4978. Article.

Mura, Maria Consuelo and Daga, Cinzia and Luridiana, Sebastiano and Paludo, Marta and Vacca, Giuseppe Massimo and Bini, Pier Paolo and Carcangiu, Vincenzo (2011) Single strand conformation polymorphism analysis in the Sarda breed sheep POU1F1 gene. Italian Journal of Animal Science, Vol. 10 (Suppl. 1), p. 76. eISSN 1828-051X. Article.

Mura, Maria Consuelo and Luridiana, Sebastiano and Bodano, Sara and Daga, Cinzia and Cosso, Giovanni and Diaz, Maria Luisa and Bini, Pier Paolo and Carcangiu, Vincenzo (2014) Influence of melatonin receptor 1A gene polymorphisms on seasonal reproduction in Sarda ewes with different body condition scores and ages. Animal Reproduction Science, Vol. 149 (3-4), p. 173-177. ISSN 0378-4320. Article.

Mura, Maria Consuelo and Luridiana, Sebastiano and Daga, Cinzia and Bini, Pier Paolo and Carcangiu, Vincenzo (2009) Genotype at the MTNR1A locus and response to melatonin treatment in Sarda lambs. Italian Journal of Animal Science, Vol. 8 (Suppl. 2), p. 114-116. ISSN 1828-051X. Article.

Mura, Maria Consuelo and Luridiana, Sebastiano and Vacca, Giuseppe Massimo and Bini, Pier Paolo and Carcangiu, Vincenzo (2010) Effect of genotype at the MTNR1A locus and melatonin treatment on first conception in Sarda ewe lambs. Theriogenology, Vol. 74 (9), p. 1579-1586. ISSN 0093-691X. Article.

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Nudda, Anna and Feligini, Maria and Battacone, Gianni and Macciotta, Nicolò Pietro Paolo and Pulina, Giuseppe (2003) Effects of lactation stage, parity, beta-lactoglobulin genotype and milk SCC on whey protein composition in Sarda dairy ewes. Italian Journal of Animal Science, Vol. 2 , p. 29-39. ISSN 1828-051X. Article.

Nudda, Anna and Mele, Marcello and Battacone, Gianni and Usai, Mario Graziano and Macciotta, Nicolò Pietro Paolo (2003) Comparison of conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) content in milk of ewes and goats with the same dietary regimen. Italian Journal of Animal Science, Vol. 2 (Suppl. 1), p. 515-517. eISSN 1828-051X. Article.

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Paludo, Marta and Mura, Maria Consuelo and Luridiana, Sebastiano and Pazzola, Michele and Daga, Cinzia and Vacca, Giuseppe Massimo and Bua, Stefano and Bodano, Sara and Sanna, Giovanni Antonio and Carcangiu, Vincenzo (2011) Genotype of melatonin receptor MT1 (MTNR1A) and puberty in Mediterranean Italian buffalo. Agriculturae Conspectus Scientificus (ACS) = Poljoprivredna znanstvena smotra, Vol. 76 (3), p. 157-160. eISSN 1331-7776. Article.

Pariset, Lorraine and Caroli, Anna and Chessa, Stefania and Fontanesi, Luca and Russo, Vincenzo and Bagnato, Alessandro and Schiavini, Fausta and Samoré, Antonia Bianca and Feligini, Maria and Bonizzi, Ivan and Vicario, Daniele and Rossoni, Attilio and Sangalli, Stefano and Marino, Rosanna and Perini, Davide and Nicolazzi, Ezequiel Luis and Macciotta, Nicolò Pietro Paolo and Ajmone-Marsan, Paolo (2009) Assessment of 29 candidate genes for milk traits in Italian dairy cattle. Italian Journal of Animal Science, Vol. 8 (Suppl. 2), p. 226. ISSN 1828-051X. Article.

Pauciullo, Alfredo and Cosenza, Gianfranco and Steri, Roberto and Coletta, Angelo and Jemma, Lazzaro and Feligini, Maria and Di Berardino, Dino and Macciotta, Nicolò Pietro Paolo and Ramunno, Luigi (2012) An Association analysis between OXT genotype and milk yield and flow in Italian Mediterranean river buffalo. Journal of Dairy Research, Vol. 79 , p. 150-156. eISSN 1469-7629. Article.

Pauciullo, Alfredo and Cosenza, Gianfranco and Steri, Roberto and Coletta, Angelo and La Battaglia, Antonio and Di Berardino, Dino and Macciotta, Nicolò Pietro Paolo and Ramunno, Luigi (2012) A Single nucleotide polymorphism in the promoter region of river buffalo stearoyl CoA desaturase gene (SCD) is associated with milk yield. Journal of Dairy Research, Vol. 79 (4), p. 429-435. eISSN 1469-7629. Article.

Pazzola, Michele and Balia, Filippo and Dettori, Maria Luisa and Mura, Maria Consuelo and Carcangiu, Vincenzo and Vacca, Giuseppe Massimo (2011) Effects of different storage conditions, the farm and the stage of lactation on renneting parameters of goat milk investigated using the Formagraph method. Journal of Dairy Research, Vol. 78 (3), p. 343-348. eISSN 1469-7629. Article.

Pintus, Elia (2012) Approaches for the analysis of genetic diversity in cattle breeds farmed in Italy. Doctoral Thesis.

Pintus, Elia and Sorbolini, Silvia and Albera, Andrea and Gaspa, Giustino and Dimauro, Corrado and Steri, Roberto and Marras, Gabriele and Macciotta, Nicolò Pietro Paolo (2014) Use of locally weighted scatterplot smoothing (LOWESS) regression to study selection signatures in Piedmontese and Italian Brown cattle breeds. Animal Genetics, Vol. 45 (1), p. 1-11. ISSN 0268-9146. eISSN 1365-2052. Article.

Pintus, Maria Annunziata (2012) Development of a multivariate approach to predict Direct Genomic Values in dairy and beef cattle. Doctoral Thesis.

Pintus, Maria Annunziata and Gaspa, Giustino and Nicolazzi, Ezequiel Luis and Vicario, Daniele and Rossoni, Attilio and Ajmone-Marsan, Paolo and Nardone, Alessandro and Dimauro, Corrado and Macciotta, Nicolò Pietro Paolo (2012) Prediction of genomic breeding values for dairy traits in Italian Brown and Simmental bulls using a principal component approach. Journal of Dairy Science, Vol. 95 (6), p. 3390-3400. ISSN 0022-0302. Article.

Pintus, Maria Annunziata and Nicolazzi, Ezequiel Luis and Van Kaam, Jan B.C.H.M. and Biffani, Stefano and Stella, Alessandra and Gaspa, Giustino and Dimauro, Corrado and Macciotta, Nicolò Pietro Paolo (2013) Use of different statistical models to predict direct genomic values for productive and functional traits in Italian Holsteins. Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Vol. 130 (1), p. 32-40. ISSN 0931-2668. eISSN 1439-0388. Article.

Piras, M. and Usai, Mario Graziano and Salaris, Sotero Luca and Carta, Antonello and Casu, Sara (2010) Effetto della riduzione del numero di mungiture giornaliere sulla produzione lattea in ovini di razza Sarda. Large Animal Review, Vol. 16 (5, suppl.), p. 97. ISSN 1124-4593. Article.

Pulina, Giuseppe and Cappio Borlino, Aldo and Macciotta, Nicolò Pietro Paolo and Dimauro, Corrado and Nudda, Anna (2001) Empirical and mechanicist mathematical models of temporal evolution of milk production in ruminants. Rivista di biologia, Vol. 94 (2), p. 331-334. eISSN 1825-6538. Article.

Pulina, Giuseppe and Macciotta, Nicolò Pietro Paolo and Nudda, Anna (2005) Milk composition and feeding in the Italian dairy sheep. Italian Journal of Animal Science, Vol. 4 (Suppl. 1), p. 5-14. eISSN 1828-051X. Article.

Pulina, Giuseppe and Nudda, Anna and Battacone, Gianni and Dimauro, Corrado and Mazzette, Alessandro and Bomboi, Giovanni Cristoforo and Floris, Basilio Remo (2012) Effects of short-term feed restriction on milk yield and composition, and hormone and metabolite profiles in mid-lactation Sarda dairy sheep with different body condition score. Italian Journal of Animal Science, Vol. 11 (2), p. 150-158. eISSN 1828-051X. Article.

Pulina, Giuseppe and Nudda, Anna and Macciotta, Nicolò Pietro Paolo and Battacone, Gianni and Fancellu, Stefania and Patta, Cristina (2005) Non-nutritional strategies to improve lactation persistency in dairy ewes. In: 11th Annual Great Lakes dairy sheep symposium: proceedings, November 3 – 5, 2005, Burlington (VT), USA. Madison, University of Wisconsin. p. 38-68. Conference or Workshop Item.

Pulina, Giuseppe and Nudda, Anna and Macciotta, Nicolò Pietro Paolo and Battacone, Gianni and Rassu, Salvatore Pier Giacomo and Cannas, Antonello (2007) Non-nutritional factors affecting lactation persistency in dairy ewes: a review. Italian Journal of Animal Science, Vol. 6 , p. 115-141. eISSN 1828-051X. Article.

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Renaville, Benadicte and Bacciu, Nicola and Comin, Antonella and Motta, Mario and Poli, Ivan and Vanini, G. and Prandi, Alberto (2010) Plasma and follicular fluid fatty acid profiles in dairy cows. Reproduction in Domestic Animals, Vol. 45 (1), p. 118-121. eISSN 1439-0531. Article.

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Salaris, Sotero Luca and Pernisa, Annalisa and Crasta, Lia and Fraghì, Andrea and Fresi, Pancrazio and Casu, Sara and Carta, Antonello (2010) Bilancio di 10 anni di selezione per la resistenza genetica alla Scrapie nella popolazione iscritta al Libro Genealogico della razza ovina Sarda. Large Animal Review, Vol. 16 (5, suppl.), p. 101. ISSN 1124-4593. Article.

Sechi, Stefania and Casu, Sara and Usai, Mario Graziano and Mulas, G. and Sanna, Giuliana and Pipia, Anna Paola and Carta, Antonello and Scala, Antonio (2010) Verifica di un QTL per la resistenza ai nematodi identificato nel cromosoma 12 ovino attraverso la densificazione della mappa genetica e l’utilizzo di un’ulteriore generazione di discendenti. Large Animal Review, Vol. 16 (5, suppl.), p. 104. ISSN 1124-4593. Article.

Sechi, Tiziana and Miari, Sabrina and Piras, Daniela and Crasta, Lia and Mulas, Giuliana and Carta, Antonello (2009) Genetic variation of goat Y chromosome in the Sardinian population. Italian Journal of Animal Science, Vol. 8 (Suppl. 2), p. 159-161. ISSN 1828-051X. Article.

Serra, Andrea and Macciotta, Nicolò Pietro Paolo and Mele, Marcello and Nudda, Anna and Conte, Giuseppe and Secchiari, Pierlorenzo (2009) Effect of weight of slaughter and feeding regimen on conjugated linoleic acid and trans fatty acid content in lamb meat: a meta-analysis approach. Italian Journal of Animal Science, Vol. 8 (Suppl. 2), p. 540-542. eISSN 1828-051X. Article.

Serra, Maria Gabriella (2014) Estimation of carbon footprint in dairy cattle farms of Southern Italy. Doctoral Thesis.

Sorbolini, Silvia and Rassu, Salvatore Pier Giacomo and Cubadda, Antonio Maria and Altea, Maurizio and Macciotta, Nicolò Pietro Paolo (2009) Analysis of MC1R polymorphism in Sardo-Modicana cattle. Italian Journal of Animal Science, Vol. 8 (Suppl. 2), p. 234. ISSN 1828-051X. Article.

Steri, Roberto (2010) The Mathematical description of the lactation curve of ruminants: issues and perspectives. Doctoral Thesis.

Steri, Roberto and Cappio Borlino, Aldo and Macciotta, Nicolò Pietro Paolo (2009) Modelling extended lactation curves for milk production traits in Italian Holsteins. Italian Journal of Animal Science, Vol. 8 (Suppl. 2), p. 165-167. ISSN 1828-051X. Article.

Steri, Roberto and Dimauro, Corrado and Canavesi, F. and Nicolazzi, Ezequiel Luis and Macciotta, Nicolò Pietro Paolo (2012) Analysis of lactation shapes in extended lactations. Animal, Vol. 6 (10), p. 1572-1582. ISSN 1751-7311. Article.

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Usai, Mario Graziano and Goddard, Mike E. and Hayes, Ben J. (2009) Using LASSO to estimate marker effects for genomic selection. Italian Journal of Animal Science, Vol. 8 (Suppl. 2), p. 168-170. eISSN 1828-051X. Article.

Usai, Mario Graziano and Sechi, Tiziana and Casu, Sara and Carta, Antonello (2010) Utilizzo degli OVINE SNP50 BEADCHIP: esperienze applicative e prospettive per il miglioramento genetico. Large Animal Review, Vol. 16 (5, suppl.), p. 17-19. ISSN 1124-4593. Article.

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Vacca, Giuseppe Massimo and Carcangiu, Vincenzo and Dettori, Maria Luisa and Pazzola, Michele and Mura, Maria Consuelo and Luridiana, Sebastiano and Tilloca, Gloria Rosaria (2008) Productive performance and meat quality of Mouflon × Sarda and Sarda × Sarda suckling lambs. Meat Science, Vol. 80 (2), p. 326-334. ISSN 0309-1740. Article.

Vacca, Giuseppe Massimo and Mura, Angelo and Dettori, Maria Luisa and Mura, Maria Consuelo and Carcangiu, Vincenzo and Pazzola, Michele (2011) Influence of environmental conditions on growth of weaned piglets. Italian Journal of Animal Science, Vol. 10 (Suppl. 1), p. 104. eISSN 1828-051X. Article.

Varoni, Maria Vittoria and Palomba, Domenico and Macciotta, Nicolò Pietro Paolo and Antuofermo, Elisabetta and Deiana, Graziella and Baralla, Elena and Anania, Vittorio Domenico and Demontis, Maria Piera (2010) Brain renin-angiotensin system modifies the blood pressure response to intracerebroventricular cadmium in rats. Drug and Chemical Toxicology, Vol. 33 (3), p. 302-309. eISSN 1525-6014. Article.

Vicario, Daniele and Steri, Roberto and Cappio Borlino, Aldo and Macciotta, Nicolò Pietro Paolo (2007) Analysis of genetic correlations between multivariate measures of lactation persistency and somatic cell score in Italian Simmental cattle. Italian Journal of Animal Science, Vol. 6 (Suppl. 1), p. 224. ISSN 1828-051X. Article.

Vlachopoulou, Georgia and Ariu, Federica and Falchi, Laura and Ledda, Sergio and Peana, Massimiliano Francesco and Zoroddu, Maria Antonietta and Bogliolo, Luisa (2013) NMR characterization of animals’ follicular fluids. In: 35. Convegno della Divisione di chimica organica della Società Chimica Italiana, 9-13 settembre 2013, Sassari, Italia. [S.l.], Società Chimica Italiana, Divisione di chimica organica. P48/F7. Conference or Workshop Item.