Leonardo Nanni Costa

University of Bologna — Italy

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Meat and Animal Product Quality(90), Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies(46), Animal Nutrition and Physiology(42), Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock(25), Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock(18)

Publications194 total

Welfare of sheep, cattle, and pigs at control posts during long distance transportation across Europe
Italian Journal of Animal Science·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Adaptive integumentary features of beef cattle raised on afforested or non-shaded tropical pastures
Scientific Reports·2024· 5 citedOpen Access
A Precision Livestock Farming Technique from Breeding to Slaughter: Infrared Thermography in Pig Farming
Applied Sciences·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Thermography in Pig Farming: A PLF Technique from Breeding to Slaughter
Preprints.org·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
How Important are Best Practices and a Horse’s Characteristics to Protect Welfare During Equine Air Transport?
Animal Behaviour and Welfare Cases·2024· 2 cited
Factors associated with house-soiling in Italian cats
Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery·2023· 5 citedOpen Access
A review of horse welfare literature from 1980 to 2023 with a text mining and topic analysis approach
Italian Journal of Animal Science·2023· 9 citedOpen Access
Contributors
Elsevier eBooks·2023
Transport of pigs to slaughter and associated handling
Elsevier eBooks·2023· 6 cited
Litter Management Practices and House-Soiling in Italian Cats
Animals·2023· 6 citedOpen Access
Road Transport: A Review of Its Effects on the Welfare of Piglets
Animals·2023· 11 citedOpen Access
Journeys, Journey Conditions, and Welfare Assessment of Broken (Handled) Horses on Arrival at Italian Slaughterhouses
Animals·2022· 6 citedOpen Access
Journeys, Journey Conditions, and Welfare Assessment of Unbroken (Unhandled) Horses on Arrival at a Slaughterhouse in Italy
Animals·2022· 8 citedOpen Access
Thermal comfort and behavior of beef cattle in pasture-based systems monitored by visual observation and electronic device
Applied Animal Behaviour Science·2022· 23 cited
Effect of dietary protein level and fasting length on enzymatic activity of cathepsin B in live muscle and in meat from heavy finishing pigs
Animal - Open Space·2022Open Access
The welfare of dogs and cats during transport in Europe: a literature review
Italian Journal of Animal Science·2022· 14 citedOpen Access
Carcass Lesion Severity and Pre-Slaughter Conditions in Heavy Pigs: A Prospective Study at a Commercial Abattoir in Northern Italy
Applied Sciences·2022· 6 citedOpen Access
Effects of Reduced Space Allowance and Heat Stress on Behavior and Eye Temperature in Unweaned Lambs: A Pilot Study
Animals·2021· 16 citedOpen Access
Application of a Protocol to Assess Camel Welfare: Scoring System of Collected Measures, Aggregated Assessment Indices, and Criteria to Classify a Pen
Animals·2021· 23 citedOpen Access
Do Camels (Camelus dromedarius) Need Shaded Areas? A Case Study of the Camel Market in Doha
Animals·2021· 19 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Luca Fontanesi(16), Stefania Dall’Olio(14), R. Davoli(13), Vincenzo Russo(10), L. Buttazzoni(8), Martina Zappaterra(7), E. Scotti(6), F. Luzi(6), Veronica Redaelli(6), Domenico Pietro Lo Fiego(5), Barbara Padalino(5), Anders Karlsson(4), Luigi Pomponio(4), René Lametsch(4), Giuseppina Schiavo(4), Samuele Bovo(4), M. Gallo(4), Vincenzo Russo(4), Roberta Virgili(4), Francesca Bertolini(3)