2015: Full Professor
2006: Associate Professor
1994: Researcher
2011: “Doctor Honoris Causa” honorary degree, Kaposvàr University (H)
1994/95: Post-doctoral grant by INRA, Toulouse (F)
1994: PhD in Animal Sciences

Teaching: “Meat Science & Technology”; "Poultry and Rabbit Farming". Traineeship activity in "Poultry farming" forwarded to 3rd year Vet. Med. students.
Supervisor of 32 MSc thesis (16 Erasmus); co-supervisor of 6 traineeship projects (2 Erasmus and 1 from Chihuahua Univ., MEX). Offered many lectures in France (ENSAT), Argentina (FAUBA), Hungary (Kaposvàr Un.), Belgium (Gent Univ), Thailand (KU), South Africa, to MSc students.
Academic member of the Doctoral School of Animal Science of Kaposvàr Univ. (H) since 2013. Supervisor of 5 PhD and 2 post-doc grants, co-supervisor of 4 PhD and of 4 post-doc grants.
Erasmus+ KA107 Flow responsible with Stellenbosch University (South Africa), Kasetsart University (Thailand).
1996-2015: Erasmus Flow responsible of 12 Bilateral Agreements with Agriculture and 2 with Vet. Med. Schools.
2012-2015: Coordinator of the International Activities Commission of the MAPS Dept.
2013-2015: Vice-coordinator of the Erasmus Commission for the Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (A&VM) School. Delegate for the A&VM School at the Erasmus Commission of Padova Univ.
Supervised: 1 MSc student (6 mo.) and 1 technician (1 mo.) from Stellenbosch Univ. (COOPERLINK 2010), 1 post-doc candidates from Philippines (10 mo., Erasmus Mundus EMMA 2010) and from Egypt (6 mo., EM Action 2 ALFIHRI - 2011).
Managed the 3-month teaching activity of a Visiting Professor (L.C. Hoffman) funded by CARIPARO, and 1 6-month Visiting Professor (A. Renteria Monterrubuio) funded by Padova University.
Co-funded 3 one-month Visiting Scientist grants: E. Puolanne (Helsinki Univ.), J.W. Savell (Texas A&M Univ.), Zs. Szendrö (Kaposvàr Univ.). Managed 2 three-week visiting scientist: M.Y. Miah (Bangladesh Univ.).
2004: award “Premio Piccoli” for research activity (yrs 2003-2004) in Animal Sciences field. 2007: “Regional Award for Innovation 2007”.
The scientific activity is proven by over 400 publications in scientific journals and national and international congresses. Main research topics: effect of rabbit feeding, nutrition, housing systems, genetics, and technological factors on rabbit welfare, performance, meat quality. Organic rabbit farming, organic egg production. Use of dietary tannins, vitamin E, spirulina, herbs and spices, linseed, on rabbits health, live performances and meat quality. Formulation of petfoods for dwarf rabbits, guinea pigs, hamster and chinchilla. Designing functional foods of animal origin: ripened salami from ostrich meat, Rooibos tea leaves on ostrich salami and on rabbit meat, liquorice powder on rabbit meat, kiwi pulp, lemon juice and olive leaves extract on chicken meat, to test their antioxidant/antimicrobial effect. Use of the NIRS technology to estimate growth performance, meat quality in rabbit, duck, hen, fish, and to discriminate genetic origin, rearing system and stunning methods in fish. Study of the appearance of white striping and wooden breast defects on chicken meats. The use of insect oil and insect meal for rabbit and poultry feeding. Camelina sativa in animal feeding.
Invited speaker in 16 International congresses.
Scopus info (Dalle Zotte, Antonella" 57218284179): 166 articles, 4756 citations, h index 35.

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Aree di ricerca:
1. Fattori ante- peri- e post-mortem che influenzano il comportamento, il benessere, le prestazioni produttive, la qualità della carne e la sua conservabilità in avicoli, conigli, specie acquatiche, cosi come la qualità delle uova.
2. Impiego degli insetti in alimentazione animale.
3. Sistemi di allevamento, studio del benessere, della nutrizione ed alimentazione degli avicoli e dei conigli.

1. Dietary supplementation of herbs and spices to rabbits