Projects per year
Organisation profile
Organisation profile
Welcome to the Department of Animal and Food Science at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, a team made up of 70 professors, researches and administratuon and service stff and more than 67 postgraduate students. Our departments aims and is committed to research and generate knowledge that allows us to provide an outstanding education for our students in the areas of Animal Science, Food Safety, and Food Technology. We try to contribute with this to solving problems of social and economic importance, such as the need to produce food in a sustainable, safe and responsible way.
If you are curious about our applied research or if you are a student with an interest in our degrees, masters or PhD programmes please let us know. Our graduates and postgraduates are developing their professional careers in different areas of the livestock and food industry, in official institutions or in differents universities and research centers.
Directed by:
Maria Dels Dolors Izquierdo Tugas
Research lines
- Research lines:
- Genetics and Genomics
- Food and Animal Nutrition
- Animal Handling and Welfare
- Reproduction and Lactation
- Food Safety
- Food Processing and Control
- Food Quality and Innovation
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Profiles
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Non-invasive screen-printed electrodes-based diagnostic tool for intestinal inflammation in swine
Sola Oriol, D. (Principal Investigator), Bassols Teixido, A. M. (Investigator), Capitán, M. G. (Investigator), Saco Rodriguez, Y. (Investigator), Coma Subirà, J. (Others), Llauradó Calero, E. (Others), Ramos Illan, S. (Others), Suppi Pérez, J. (Predoctoral) & Pelegrí i Pineda, A. (Technician)
21/12/24 → 20/06/25
Project: Research Projects and Other Grants
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Innovative Animal Welfare Management: Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of an Automated Animal-Activated Enrichment System Using Industrial PC Control
Manteca Vilanova, F. J. (Principal Investigator), Peña Craviotto, S. (Collaborator), Párraga, D. G. (Collaborator), Mainau Brunso, E. (Investigator) & Agustí Pujol, C. (Others)
21/12/24 → 20/06/25
Project: Research Projects and Other Grants
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e-2PRINT: Sustainable Integration of Molecule-Programmable 2D Semiconductors with 3D Printing Technology: Towards a new era of Post-Moore Electronics
Muñoz Martin, J. M. (Principal Investigator), García-Antón Aviñó, J. (Investigator), Sala Roman, X. (Investigator), Buffa Dunat, M. N. (Others), Campos Lendinez, A. (Others) & Martín Aizpuru, Í. (Others)
2/12/24 → 1/06/26
Project: Research Projects and Other Grants
Research output
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Effect of BMP15 and GDF9 in the IVM medium on subsequent oocyte competence and embryo development of prepubertal goats
Ferrer-Roda, M., Paramio, M. T., Vila-Beltrán, J. & Izquierdo, D., 1 Mar 2025, In: Theriogenology. 234, p. 164-173 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Effect of Liquid Marble 3D Culture System on In Vitro Maturation and Embryo Development of Prepubertal Goat Oocytes
Podda, A., Dujícková, L., Ariu, F., Leoni, G. G., Izquierdo Tugas, M. D. D., Paramio, M.-T. & Bogliolo, L., 12 Jan 2025, In: Animals. 15, 2, 14 p., 188.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Predicting fiber content in herbivore fecal samples using a multispecies NIRS model
Rossa, M., Serrano, E., Carvalho, J., Fernández, N., López-Olvera, J. R., Garel, M., Santos, J. P. V., Ramanzin, M., Anderwald, P., Freschi, P., Bartolomé, J., Lavín, S. & Albanell, E., 8 Jan 2025, In: PloS one. 20, 1, p. e0317145 e0317145.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Datasets
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Additional file 8 of Gut eukaryotic communities in pigs: diversity, composition and host genetics contribution
Ramayo-Caldas, Y. (Creator), Zingaretti, L. M. (Creator), Dalmau, A. (Creator), Quintanilla, R. (Creator) & Ballester, M. (Creator), figshare, 8 May 2020
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.12270380.v1, https://springernature.figshare.com/articles/Additional_file_8_of_Gut_eukaryotic_communities_in_pigs_diversity_composition_and_host_genetics_contribution/12270380/1
Dataset
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Additional file 2 of A gene co-association network regulating gut microbial communities in a Duroc pig population
Reverter, A. (Creator), Ballester, M. (Creator), Alexandre, P. A. (Creator), Mármol-Sánchez, E. (Creator), Dalmau, A. (Creator), Quintanilla, R. (Creator) & Ramayo-Caldas, Y. (Creator), figshare, 22 Feb 2021
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14072257.v1, https://springernature.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Additional_file_2_of_A_gene_co-association_network_regulating_gut_microbial_communities_in_a_Duroc_pig_population/14072257/1
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Additional file 6 of A gene co-association network regulating gut microbial communities in a Duroc pig population
Reverter, A. (Creator), Ballester, M. (Creator), Alexandre, P. A. (Creator), Mármol-Sánchez, E. (Creator), Dalmau, A. (Creator), Quintanilla, R. (Creator) & Ramayo-Caldas, Y. (Creator), figshare, 22 Feb 2021
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14072272.v1, https://springernature.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Additional_file_6_of_A_gene_co-association_network_regulating_gut_microbial_communities_in_a_Duroc_pig_population/14072272/1
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Student theses
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IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL STUDY OF BDNF, P75 AND TRKB IN THE BRAINS OF BOTG110 TRANSGENIC MICE INFECTED WITH BSE
Natalia Czerniak (Author), García Manzanilla, E. (Tutor) & Vidal Barba, E. (Director), 13 Sept 2010Student thesis: Final degree project (TFG)
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Violencia sexual contra animales. Estudio comparado España y Francia
Gimnénez López, I. (Author), Giménez-Candela, M. (Co-director) & Manteca Vilanova, F. J. (Co-director), 12 Dec 2016Student thesis: Dissertation (TFM)
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Implementation of Council Directive 2008/120/EC with regard to tail docking of pigs
Lucassen, S. (Author), Giménez-Candela, M. (Co-director) & Manteca Vilanova, F. J. (Co-director), 12 Dec 2016Student thesis: Dissertation (TFM)