Laboratorio di Fisiologia Animale Applicata

Applied Animal Physiology Lab

Componenti

  1. Baratta Prof. Mario (Supervisore)
  2. Berluti Mattia (Studente)
  3. Dall’olio Eleonora (Dottorando)

Attività

Settore ERC

LS6_13 - Veterinary medicine
LS9_3 - Agriculture related to animal husbandry, dairying, livestock raising

I am interested in areas of research in applied physiology, especially those emphasizing adaptive and integrative mechanisms.

  • Integrative physiology includes 1) horizontal integration across organ systems and 2) vertical integration from molecule to cell and organs
  • Adaptive physiology includes 1) inherent adaptations such as those related to development, aging and physiological conditions and 2) adaptations to the external environment such as those occurring with thermal changes, xenobiotic effects, etc.

Areas of Research

  • Tissues homeostasis and biomarkers of tissue function, infection and repair.
  • Biomarkers for muscle development in livestock
  • Biomarkers and biosensors to predict animal welfare in livestock
  • Physiological plasticity in thermally variable environments. Biomarkers for seasonal heat stress
  • Mammary stem biology in ruminants

 

Techniques

Nuclei acid analyses, ELISA, RIA (Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay), Immunohistochemistry, immunohistochemistry analysis

About Animal Physiology courses

Courses in the Animal Physiology Lab cover a broad range of physiological systems. Students may choose to major in general Animal Physiology, or to supplement their major with a formal specialization in various areas such as: animal production physiology, in particular muscle, digestive system and lactation biology.  A specific focus in animal welfare based on physiology. The area of muscle biology focuses on the fundamental properties of muscle microRNAs and their roles in developing muscles and yielding muscle products.

Research in the area of Animal Physiology utilizes state-of-the-art techniques in biochemistry, molecular biology, and light  microscopy in laboratories housed in SCVSA Department.

Progetti

Prodotti della ricerca

Last publications for the main lines of research:

  • Manenti I, Viola I, Ala U, Cornale P, Macchi E, Toschi P, Martignani M, Baratta M , Miretti S. Adaptation response in sheep: Ewes in different cortisol clusters reveal changes in the expression of salivary miRNAs. Animals 2023, accepted for publication
  • Ojo MO, Miretti S, Martignani E, Viola I, Giordano S, Baratta M.: LoRa-Based IoT GPS Devices for Livestock Monitoring: A Case Study in the mountainous region in Italy. Sensors, 2023 in revision
  • Viola I, Accornero P, Toschi P, Baratta M. Modulatory role of mTOR in trophoblast adaptive response in the early stage of placentation in sheep Reproduction 2023 Jan 25;165(3):313-324. doi: 10.1530/REP-22-0356
  • Ogun S, Obertino M, Viola I, Manenti I, Brugiapaglia A, Battaglini L, Perona G, Baratta M. Effect of individual response to in pre-slaughter handling on meat quality in lambs. Animal Welfare 2022, 31: 505-516, DOI: 7120/09627286.31.4.010
  • Ojo MO, Viola I ,Baratta M, Giordano S. Practical Experiences of a Smart Livestock Location Monitoring System leveraging LoRaWAN and Cloud Services. Sensors 2022, 22: 273 https://doi.org/10.3390/s22010273
  • Toschi P, Baratta M Ruminal Placental Adaptation in early maternal undernutrition: an overview. Frontiers in Vet Sci (2021), 8: 755034 https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2021.755034
  • Tewari R, Ala U, Accornero P, Baratta M, Miretti S. Circulating skeletal muscle related microRNAs profile in Piedmontese cattle during different age, Scien Rep (2021), 11:15815
  • Arévalo-Turrubiarte M, Ponti G, Chiaradia E, Accornero P, Baratta M, Martignani E. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) derived from different types of equine mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and their effect in an in vitro inflammatory model. Equine Vet J 2022 54 (6): 1133-1143 10.1111/evj.13537
  • García RR, Peric T, Cadavez V, cGeß A, d Cerqueira OL, Gonzales-Barrón U, Baratta M. Arthropod biodiversity associated to European sheep production systems. Small Rum Res (2021) 205: 106536
  • Baratta M, Gabai G, Celi P. One Health: The Parameters of an Eco-Sustainable Farm (2021) Front. Vet. Sci., doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2021.681288
  • Martignani E, Ala U, Sheehy PA, Thomson PC, Baratta M. Whole transcriptome analysis of bovine mammary progenitor cells enriched through the use of P-Cadherin as physiological marker in mammary stem cells. Scientific Reports (2020) 10:14183 | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-71179-4
  • Morato A, Miretti. S, Martignani E,Baratta M, Accornero P. External and internal EGFR-activating signals drive mammary epithelial cells proliferation and viability. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology 2020, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mce.2020.111081
  • Caja G, Castro-Costa A, Salama AAK, Oliver J, Baratta M, Ferrer C and Knight CH (2020). Sensing solutions for improving the performance, health and wellbeing of small ruminants. Journal of Dairy Research 87(S1), 34–46 (2020). https://doi.org/ 1017/S0022029920000667
  • Geß A, Viola I, Miretti S, Macchi E, Perona G, Battaglini L, Baratta M. A new approach of LCA evaluation of lamb meat production in two different breeding systems in Northern Italy”, Front. Vet. Sci. 7:651. 2020 doi: 10.3389/fvets.2020.00651
  • Silvia Miretti, Cristina Lecchi, Fabrizio Ceciliani, Mario Baratta. MicroRNA as biomarkers for animal health and welfare in livestock. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, section Animal Behavior and Welfare, Front. Vet. Sci. | 7:578193. 2020 doi: 10.3389/fvets.2020.578193