BERTOTTO DANIELA

Research Area: Physiology of adaptation and stress response in animals of veterinary interest. Specific topic: Research focus mainly on the evaluation of stress in fish and molluscs by mean of physiological indicators to improve welfare and productivity in aquaculture and to evaluate critical condition in the wild. Since 2005, the research activity also concerns terrestrial animals of veterinary interest (pig, horse, rabbit and poultry) to assess stress conditions in order to increase animal welfare in farming systems. The research team integrate competences of anatomy and physiology by means of different analytical approaches (histology, immunohistochemistry, radioimmunoassay, biomolecular analysis etc) to evaluate influences of environmental and farming condition on farmed and wild animals. The Radioimmunoassay (RIA) laboratory team has great experience in set up of protocols to evaluate steroids in different biological non-invasive matrices able to monitor medium and long term stress in animals of veterinary interest .

Research Area: Reproductive physiology in veterinary species. Main topic: Fish reproduction in natural and rearing systems. The research mainly aims to set up spawning protocols in captivity to improve aquaculture productions by means of gamete quality enhancement, application of breeding programs and chromosome set manipulation and to diversify fish productions also for restocking purposes.