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GEROLAMO XICCATO

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Position

Professore Ordinario

Structure

Dipartimento di Agronomia Animali Alimenti Risorse Naturali e Ambiente - DAFNAE

Address

VIALE DELL'UNIVERSITA', 16 - LEGNARO PD

Telephone

0498272639

E-mail

gerolamo.xiccato@unipd.it

Degree in Agricultural Science (1979), researcher (1983), associated professor (1992) and full professor in “Poultry and Rabbit Science and Aquaculture” from 1999 at the Faculty of Agriculture Science, University of Padova. Teacher of the subjects “Poultry and rabbit production” and “Aquaculture and fish quality” at the University of Padova (Faculties of Agriculture Science, Veterinary Medicine, Biology). President of the Master course on Animal Science and Technology (2013-). Head of the Department of Animal Science, University of Padova from 1999 to 2002. Member of Ethical Committee for animal experimentation of the University of Padova. Tutor of Italian and foreign students following the PhD course in Animal Science of the University of Padova. Member of International Jury for PhD Thesis in France (Toulose) and Spain (Madrid and Valencia).
President (from 2009-2016), Vice-president (1996-2000; 2017-2021) and Treasurer (2000-2008) of the World Rabbit Science Association (WRSA). President (2004-2009) and member (1994-2001; 2016-2021) of the Executive Board of the Italian Rabbit Science Association (ASIC). Member of the Scientific Committee of the 6th, 7th, 8th, 10th, 11th and 12th World Rabbit Congresses. President of the Organizing Committee of the 9th World Rabbit Congress (Verona, Italy, June 2008). Founding member of the EGRAN (European Group on Rabbit Nutrition).
Associate Editor (Nutrition Section) (2000-2006) of the journal World Rabbit Science. Referee of national and international scientific journal dealing with animal science (Journal of Animal Science, Animal Feed Science and Technology, Animal Research, World Rabbit Science, Animal Science, Livestock Production Science, Reproduction Nutrition Development, Italian Journal of Animal Science).
National co-ordinator of the UE research program FAIR3 1651 "European harmonization of rabbit feed evaluation" and participating as a National Expert to the UE program COST 848 "Multi-facetted research in rabbits". Coordinator of Italian research groups in projects of national relevance (P.R.I.N.) concerning rabbit science. Coordinator of research groups in projects funded by the Italian Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MIPAF) on the characterization of sea bass from different rearing systems.
He published scientific papers on international journals (Scopus: papers 101; Citations 2076; H-index 27), and more than 400 papers, book chapters and communication and invited papers at national and international congress. He collaborates with Italian and foreign researchers working in the field of rabbit and poultry science, and aquaculture.
The scientific activity dealt mainly the field of rabbit nutrition and feeding, the harmonisation of methodologies to evaluate the nutritive value of feeds, the studies on the carcass and meat quality, the energy metabolism and the measurements of indirect calorimetry in does at different physiological states and in weaning and growing rabbits. Among the latest researches, he studied the effect of dietary protein levels on nitrogen excretion, the effect of soluble fibre on animal health and the relationship between breeding systems and welfare in growing rabbits, broiler chickens and laying hens. Research in aquaculture concerned meat quality evaluation, fish and mollusc contamination and origin identification, aquaponics, also using innovative analytical procedures (NIRS, mass spectrometry, ICP) and evaluation of impacts and sustainability (LCA).

Notices

Office hours

  • at Studio docente, Agripolis, Stecca 1, 2° Piano, Dipartimento di Agronomia Animali Alimenti Risorse Naturali e Ambiente
    Il docente è sempre disponibile. E' preferibile concordare un appuntamento per mail (gerolamo.xiccato@unipd.it).

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Publications

ISI/Scopus papers (2022-2023):

Fanizza C., Trocino A., Stejskal V., Prokèšovà M., Zare M., Tran H.Q., Brambilla F., Xiccato G., Bordignon F. 2023. Practical low-fishmeal diets for rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) reared in RAS: effects of protein meals on fish growth, nutrient digestibility, feed physical quality, and faecal particle size. Aquaculture Reports 28, 101435. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aqrep.2022.101435

Sozzi M., Pillan G., Ciarelli C., Marinello F., Pirrone F., Bordignon F., Bordignon A., Xiccato G., Trocino A. 2023. Measuring Comfort Behaviours in Laying Hens Using Deep-Learning Tools. Animals, 13, 33. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13010033

Pillan G., Xiccato G., Ciarelli C., Bordignon F., Concollato A., Pascual A., Birolo M., Pirrone F., Sirri F., Averόs X., Estevez I., Trocino A. 2023. Factors affecting space use by laying hens in a cage-free system: effect of nest lighting at pullet housing and of curtain nest color during laying. Poultry Sci., 102, 102524. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psj.2023.102524

Bordignon F., Trocino A., Sturaro E., Martínez-Llorens S., Tomas-Vidal A., Xiccato G., Berton M. 2023. Fish oil substitution with vegetable oils in diets for greater amberjack (Seriola dumerili): A consequential life cycle assessment approach. Aquaculture, 563, 738903. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2022.738903

Birolo M., Xiccato G., Bordignon F., Dabbou S., Zuffellato A., Trocino A. 2022. Growth Performance, Digestive Efficiency, and Meat Quality of Two Commercial Crossbred Rabbits Fed Diets Differing in Energy and Protein Levels. Animals (special issue:) 12, 2427. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12182427

Pascual A., Pauletto M., Trocino A., Birolo M., Dacasto M., Giantin M., Bordignon F., Ballarin C., Bortoletti M., Pillan G., Xiccato G. 2022. Effect of the dietary supplementation with extracts of chestnut and grape pomace on performance and jejunum response in female and male broiler chickens at different ages. J. Anim. Sci. Biotech. 13, 102. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40104-022-00736-w

Trocino A., Menegon F., Zomeno C., Pasqualin D., Cunial G., Xiccato G., Pirrone F., Bertotto D., Dorigo F., Lavazza A., Di Martino G. 2022. On farm assessment of health and welfare in rabbits kept with different housing systems. Front. Vet. Sci. 9, 936643. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2022.936643

Bordignon F., Xiccato G., Boskovic Cabrol M., Birolo M., Trocino A. 2022. Factors Affecting Breast Myopathies in Broiler Chickens and Quality of Defective Meat: A Meta-Analysis. Front. Physiol. 13, 933235. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2022.933235

Huerta A., Trocino A., Birolo M., Pascual A., Bordignon F., Radaelli G., Bortoletti M., Xiccato G. 2022. Growth performance and gut response of broiler chickens fed diets supplemented with grape seed (Vitis vinifera) extract. It. J. Anim. Sci. 21, 990-999. https://doi.org/10.1080/1828051X.2022.2084462

Bordignon F., Sturaro E., Trocino A., Birolo M., Xiccato G., Berton M. 2022. Comparative life cycle assessment of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) farming at two stocking densities in a low-tech aquaponic system. Aquaculture 556, 738264. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2022.738264

Birolo M., Trocino A., Zuffellato A., Pirrone F., Bordignon F., Xiccato G. 2022. Use of Gnawing Hay Blocks: Effects on Productive- Performance, Behavior and Reactivity of Growing Rabbits Kept in Parks with Different Sex-Group Compositions. Animals, 12, 1212. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12091212