Tuesday, 17th June 2025

12:00-18:00
14.30
14:30-14:45
14:45-15:00
15:00-15:30
15:30-16:00
16:00-16:30
16:30-16:45
16:45-17:15
17:15-18:45
18:45-20:00
Campus Samev
Registration
Welcome cocktail (Campus SAMEV)

Room VENARIA + RACCONIGI
Opening Ceremony
Introduction to the 26th ASPA Congress
(Nicolò Pietro Paolo Macciotta, ASPA President)
The 26th ASPA Congress in Torino
(Paola Sacchi, President of the ASPA 2025 Congress)
"Memory is our future"
Christian Greco, Director of Museo Egizio, Torino
"From “necessary evil” to “FeedEconomy” how livestock production has changed from the 19th century to date"
Ivo Zoccarato, former Director of the Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences, University of Torino
"Guiding principles of AI: application in animal husbandry"
Andrea Rosati, Secretary of EAAP - European Federation of Animal Science
Discussion
Coffee break
Round Table "The food that will come: a dialogue between science and ethics"
Giuseppe Pulina, University of Sassari
Alessandro Bertero, University of Torino
Maurizio Balistreri, University of Tuscia
Moderator: Piero Bianucci, science writer and journalist
Welcome cocktail (Campus SAMEV)

Room VENARIA + RACCONIGI
Opening Ceremony
Introduction to the 26th ASPA Congress
(Nicolò Pietro Paolo Macciotta, ASPA President)
The 26th ASPA Congress in Torino
(Paola Sacchi, President of the ASPA 2025 Congress)
"Memory is our future"
Christian Greco, Director of Museo Egizio, Torino
"From “necessary evil” to “FeedEconomy” how livestock production has changed from the 19th century to date"
Ivo Zoccarato, former Director of the Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences, University of Torino
"Guiding principles of AI: application in animal husbandry"
Andrea Rosati, Secretary of EAAP - European Federation of Animal Science
Discussion
Coffee break
Round Table "The food that will come: a dialogue between science and ethics"
Giuseppe Pulina, University of Sassari
Alessandro Bertero, University of Torino
Maurizio Balistreri, University of Tuscia
Moderator: Piero Bianucci, science writer and journalist
Welcome cocktail (Campus SAMEV)

Wednesday, 18th June 2025

09:00-10:45
10:45-11:15
11:15-13:00
13:00-14:00
14:00-15:30
15:30-16:00
16:00-17:30
20.00
ROOM VENARIA
Genetics:
GENOMIC APPLICATIONS FOR BIODIVERSITY I
Session 01
Coffee Break and poster session
Genetics:
SUSTAINABILITY AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVE OF ANIMAL BREEDING
Session 08
Lunch

Genetics:
OMICS-BASED APPROACHES
Session 15

Invited speaker:
Augustin Blasco

Coffee Break and poster session
Genetics:
GENOMIC APPLICATIONS FOR BREEDING I
Session 22
Typical Dinner (Murazzi del Po, restaurant Capodoglio)

ROOM RACCONIGI
Food Quality:
PORK AND POULTRY MEAT
Session 02
Coffee Break and poster session
Food Quality:
EGGS AND OTHER FOODS
Session 09
Lunch
Food Quality:
SHEEP MEAT
Session 16
Coffee Break and poster session

Food Quality:
BEEF
Session 23

Invited speaker:
Nigel Scollan

Typical Dinner (Murazzi del Po, restaurant Capodoglio)

ROOM STUPINIGI

Alternative Proteins:
YELLOW MEALWORM REARING AND NUTRITION
Session 03

Invited speaker:
Karol Barragan Fonseca

Coffee Break and poster session
Alternative Proteins:
YELLOW MEALWORM AND BLACK SOLDIER FLY REARING AND NUTRITION
Session 10
Lunch
Alternative Proteins:
INSECT REARING AND USE AS ANIMAL FEED
Session 17
Coffee Break and poster session
Alternative Proteins:
INSECTS AND ALTERNATIVE PROTEINS AS ANIMAL FEEDS
Session 24
Typical Dinner (Murazzi del Po, restaurant Capodoglio)

ROOM VALENTINO
Sustainability:
FEEDING STRATEGIES
Session 04
Coffee Break and poster session

Sustainability
ENTERIC EMISSIONS
Session 11

Invited speaker:
Jacopo Bacenetti

Lunch
Sustainability:
EXTENSIVE SYSTEMS
Session 18
Coffee Break and poster session
Sustainability:
SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAINS
Session 25
Typical Dinner (Murazzi del Po, restaurant Capodoglio)

ROOM MANDRIA
Genetics:
POULTRY AND RABBIT
Session 05
Coffee Break and poster session
Ruminant Nutrition:
NUTRITION AND FEEDING BEHAVIOUR OF DAIRY COWS
Session 12
Lunch
Ruminant Nutrition:
IN VITRO STUDIES AND NEW FEEDSTUFFS
Session 19
Coffee Break and poster session
Ruminant Nutrition:
IN VITRO METHODOLOGY AND MICROPLASTICS
Session 26
Typical Dinner (Murazzi del Po, restaurant Capodoglio)

ROOM AGLIÈ
Physiology and Reproduction:
RUMINANT PHYSIOLOGY
Session 06
Coffee Break and poster session

Physiology and Reproduction:
MISCELLANY
Session 13

Invited speaker:
Christopher Harold Knight

Lunch
Welfare, Health and Behaviour:
NEW APPROACHES TO POULTRY MANAGEMENT
Session 20
Coffee Break and poster session
Welfare, Health and Behaviour:
INNOVATIONS AND PERCEPTIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION
Session 27
Typical Dinner (Murazzi del Po, restaurant Capodoglio)

ROOM CARIGNANO

Production Systems:
EFFICIENCY, HEALTH, AND SUSTAINABILITY
Session 07

Invited speaker:
Emma Baxter

Coffee Break and poster session
Production Systems:
CHALLENGES AND INNOVATIONS
Session 14
Lunch
Production Systems:
PRODUCTION STRATEGIES AND QUALITY TRAITS
Session 21
Coffee Break and poster session
Production Systems:
TRADITIONAL PRACTICES, ECONOMICS, AND WELFARE
Session 28
Typical Dinner (Murazzi del Po, restaurant Capodoglio)

Thursday, 19th June 2025

08:30-10:15
10:15-10:45
10:45-12:30
12:30-13:30
13:30-15:00
15:00-15:30
15:30-17:30
19.30
ROOM VENARIA
Genetics:
SUSTAINABILITY AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVE OF ANIMAL BREEDING
Session 29
Coffee Break and poster session

Genetics:
GENETIC SOLUTIONS FOR HEAT STRESS
Session 36

Invited speaker:
Christian Maltecca

Lunch
Genetics:
BREEDING FOR MASTITIS RESISTANCE
Session 42
Coffee Break and poster session
ASPA Assembly
Social Dinner (Palazzina di Caccia di Stupinigi)

ROOM RACCONIGI

Ruminant Nutrition:
INSECTS, FATTY ACIDS AND MICROBIOTA
Session 30

Invited speaker:
Pablo Gutierrez Toral

Coffee Break and poster session
Ruminant Nutrition:
SMALL RUMINANTS AND BY-PRODUCT USE
Session 37
Lunch
Ruminant Nutrition:
MINOR SPECIES AND FORAGE QUALITY
Session 43
Coffee Break and poster session
ASPA Assembly
Social Dinner (Palazzina di Caccia di Stupinigi)

ROOM STUPINIGI
Welfare, Health and Behaviour:
FROM PREVENTION TO THERAPY, UDDER HEALTH AND INNOVATIONS IN ZOOTECHNICS
Session 31
Coffee Break and poster session
Welfare, Health and Behaviour:
ADVANCES IN CATTLE AND BUFFALOES MANAGEMENT
Session 38
Lunch

Welfare, Health and Behaviour:
EXPLORING THE COW-CALF RELATIONSHIP
Session 44

Invited speaker:
Isabelle Veissier

Coffee Break and poster session
ASPA Assembly
Social Dinner (Palazzina di Caccia di Stupinigi)

ROOM VALENTINO

Monogastric Nutrition:
POULTRY
Session 32

Invited speaker:
Doug Korver

Coffee Break and poster session
Monogastric Nutrition:
SWINE I
Session 39
Lunch
Sustainability:
SUSTAINABLE STRATEGIES
Session 45
Coffee Break and poster session
ASPA Assembly
Social Dinner (Palazzina di Caccia di Stupinigi)

ROOM MANDRIA
Precision Farming:
COMPUTER VISION AND IMAGING TECHNOLOGIES
Session 33
Coffee Break and poster session

Precision Farming:
DATA-DRIVEN DAIRY MANAGEMENT
Session 40

Invited speaker:
Marco Bovo

Lunch
Precision Farming:
GRAZING SYSTEMS AND PASTURE MONITORING
Session 46
Coffee Break and poster session
ASPA Assembly
Social Dinner (Palazzina di Caccia di Stupinigi)

ROOM AGLIÈ
Food Quality:
COW MILK QUALITY AND AUTHENTICATION
Session 34
Coffee Break and poster session
Food Quality:
DAIRY PRODUCT QUALITY AND CHEESEMAKING PROPERTIES
Session 41
Lunch
Food Quality:
SHEEP, GOAT AND BUFFALO MILK QUALITY
Session 47
Coffee Break and poster session
ASPA Assembly
Social Dinner (Palazzina di Caccia di Stupinigi)

ROOM CARIGNANO
Genetics:
GENOMIC STRATEGIES FOR FITNESS TRAITS
Session 35
Coffee Break and poster session
Lunch
Coffee Break and poster session
ASPA Assembly
Social Dinner (Palazzina di Caccia di Stupinigi)

Friday, 20th June 2025
09:00-10:45
10:45-11:15
11:15-12:45
12:45-13:15
ROOM VENARIA
Genetics:
GENOMIC APPLICATIONS FOR BIODIVERSITY II
Session 48
Coffee Break and poster session
Genetics:
GENOMIC APPLICATIONS FOR BREEDING II
Session 54
Awards and Closing Cerimony
ROOM RACCONIGI

Welfare, Health and Behaviour:
INNOVATIONS AND SUSTAINABILITY IN HORSES MANAGEMENT
Session 49

Invited speaker:
Ingrid Vervuert

Coffee Break and poster session
Welfare, Health and Behaviour:
BEEKEEPING, HORSES AND PIGS FARMING
Session 55
Awards and Closing Cerimony
ROOM STUPINIGI
Aquaculture:
MARINE SPECIES
Session 50
Coffee Break and poster session

Aquaculture:
MISCELLANY
Session 56

Invited speaker:
Fabio Brambilla

Awards and Closing Cerimony
ROOM VALENTINO
Monogastric Nutrition:
SWINE II
Session 51
Coffee Break and poster session
Monogastric Nutrition:
RABBIT, POULTRY AND DONKEY
Session 57
Awards and Closing Cerimony
ROOM MANDRIA
Precision Farming:
SENSORS FOR BEHAVIOURAL MONITORING
Session 52
Coffee Break and poster session
Precision Farming:
INNOVATION AND SUSTAINABILITY IN LIVESTOCK
Session 58
Awards and Closing Cerimony
ROOM AGLIÈ

Companion Animals:
NUTRITION AND HEALTH
Session 53

Invited speaker:
Pier Paolo Mussa

Coffee Break and poster session
Companion Animals:
GENETICS AND GENOMICS
Session 59
Awards and Closing Cerimony