Research
Main research fields
- Pharmacology of the alimentary behaviours (food and water intake) and gastrointestinal motility and secretions in farm animals
- Functional and biochemical characterization of peptidergic and ß-adrenergic receptors in food-producing animal tissues
- Pathogenesis of equine inflammatory/degenerative diseases (laminitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) and pharmacodynamic characterization of Non Steroidal Antiinflammatory Drugs in horse
- Mechanisms involved in xenobiotics metabolism and trans-epithelial transfer through epithelial mammary cells in milk of ruminants
- Studies on pharmacokinetics and tissue distribution of chemoterapic drugs in food-producing and companion animals.
Research projects (coordination/partecipation)
2001 –Main Coordinator of Scientific Research Project founded by national grants for basic research (FIRB,2001) and main Coordinator of two National Scientific Research Project (PRIN 2003, 2008))
Main scientific collaborations
Veterinary Pharmacology units of the University of Torino, Milano, Bologna, Pisa, Padova.
Istituto Zooprofilattico di Puglia e Basilicata (FG); Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Roma.
InstituteofPharmacology, Pharmacy and Toxicology, Veterinary Faculty,University of Leipzig,Germany(prof. G. Abraham)
Département de Recherche Biomédicale, Physiopathologie Animale et Pharmacologie Fonctionnelle - Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire Agroalimentaire et de l’Alimentation - Nantes Atlantiques, France (prof. JC Desfontis.
Department of Comparative Biochemical Sciences, TheRoyal Veterinary College,London (UK). (prof J. Elliott)
Editorial appointments
Referee of scientific papers: The Veterinary Journal, Research in Veterinary Science, Toxicon, Food and Chemical Toxicology, Journal of Veterinary Medicine – Series A, European Journal of Pharmacology, Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, Veterinaria, Summa.
Additional information
Co-organizer of the 10th EAVPT Congress in Grugliasco (Turin), 17-23 September 2006
Author and Coauthor of 103 scientific paper and of 11 chapters of books. Co-editor of 2 editional books.