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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LoupO-Coexistence: Fomento de la protección y la conservación de la biodiversidad en los Pirineos de Francia, España y Andorra: seguimiento y gestión de las poblaciones de oso (Ursus arctos) y lobo (Canis Lupus) y estudio de la percepción de ambas especies entre la población humana de los Pirineos
Sastre Alaiz, N. (Principal Investigator), Moren Alegret, R. (Co-Investigador/a Principal), Pèlachs, A. (Co-Investigador/a Principal), Francino Martí, O. (Investigator) & Casellas Vidal, J. (Investigator)
1/01/26 → 31/12/28
Project: International research project
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Economías sociales para la paz en el Nordoccidente colombiano: una apuesta territorial para la reincorporación sostenible y la justicia social
Salama Fadali, A. (Principal Investigator) & Caja Lopez, G. (Collaborator)
31/12/25 → 30/12/28
Project: Research Projects and Other Grants
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Asparagopsis armata en la alimentación de rumiantes: una solución para mitigar el cambio climático (BOVIGREEN)
Castillejos Velázquez, L. (Principal Investigator) & Siurana Marina, A. A. (Investigator)
Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, European Regional Development Fund (FEDER)
1/12/25 → 30/11/28
Project: Research Projects and Other Grants
Research output
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Advancing towards the digitalisation of official food safety control in Spain in the retail sector
Portaña, S., Rodríguez-Sanz, M., Suppi, R., Bolao, A., Roig Sagues, A. X. & Grau Noguer, E., 27 Feb 2026, In: Discover Food. 6, 11 p., 161.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Alternative extraction strategies for biosurfactants produced by solid-state fermentation from organic waste
Oiza, N., Moral Vico, J., Mendiola, J., Ibañez, E., Sanchez, A., Sánchez Bonastre, A. & Gea Leiva, T., 22 Mar 2026, In: Gas Separation and Purification. 385, 10 p., 136501.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Assessing antibody stability in filter paper-preserved blood samples for wildlife disease surveillance in tropical forests
Menajovsky, M. F., Ulloa, G. M., Fa, J. E., Montes, D., Funk, S. & Mayor, P., 1 Jun 2026, In: Research in Veterinary Science. 205, p. 106153 6 p., 106153.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Datasets
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Estudi d'associació de genoma complet senzill i longitudinal per a caràcters lleters mesurats en cabres de la raça Murciano-Granadina amb tres lactacions registrades
Amills Eras, M. (Creator) & Luigi-Sierra, M. G. (Creator), CORA.Repositori de Dades de Recerca, 6 Mar 2024
DOI: 10.34810/data1153, https://doi.org/10.34810/data1153
Dataset
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Chemical composition and near-infrared spectra of cow milk
Alberto Guerra (Creator), Elena Chiarin (Creator), Massimo De Marchi (Creator), Giovanni Niero (Creator) & Manuelian Fuste, C. L. (Creator), CORA.Repositori de Dades de Recerca, 9 Jan 2025
DOI: 10.34810/data1963, https://doi.org/10.34810/data1963
Dataset
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Additional file 11 of Genomic patterns of homozygosity and inbreeding depression in Murciano-Granadina goats
Luigi-Sierra, M. G. (Creator), Fernández, A. (Creator), Martínez, A. (Creator), Guan, D. (Creator), Delgado, J. V. (Creator), Álvarez, J. F. (Creator), Landi, V. (Creator), Such, F. X. (Creator), Jordana, J. (Creator), Saura, M. (Creator) & Amills, M. (Creator), figshare, 10 Mar 2022
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.19336092.v1, https://springernature.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Additional_file_11_of_Genomic_patterns_of_homozygosity_and_inbreeding_depression_in_Murciano-Granadina_goats/19336092/1
Dataset
Student theses
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Millora de l'estabilitat oxidativa d'ous i ovoproductes enriquits en àcids grassos poliinsaturats: alfa-tocoferol, cantaxantina i extracte de romaní
Galobart Cots, J. (Author), Barroeta Lajusticia, A. C. (Director), 29 Nov 2000Student thesis: Doctoral thesis
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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)