Antonello Cannas

Antonello Cannas, M.Sc., Ph.D, Professor of Animal Nutrition, Dipartimento di Agraria, Sezione di Scienze Zootecniche, Università di Sassari, Sardinia, Italy Bachelor in Agricultural Sciences, University of Sassari, Italy (1985). M. Sc. in Animal Science (1995), Cornell University, USA; Chair P.J. Van Soest. Ph.D. in Animal Science (2000), Cornell University, USA; Chair P.J. Van Soest, Co-chair A.N. Pell. Teaching in undergraduate courses: Animal nutrition and feeding; Feeding techniques and diet balancing for ruminants. Erasmus coordinator (1998-2004) and, since 2005, Head of the studies in Animal Science of the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Sassari. Chair of 11 Ph.D. students, he gave Ph.D. courses in 8 different universities, of which 5 abroad. Main areas of research: ruminant nutrition, with special focus on small ruminants; feed evaluation and palatability; energy and protein requirements of ruminants; rumen function and turnover; milk urea as nutritional indicator; factors affecting milk composition of small ruminants; environmental impact of animal production; indicator of feeding and economical efficiency of ruminants. Invited speaker in 18 symposia and work-shops, of which 12 abroad. Referee of 12 international scientific journal. Author of more than 160 scientific and technical publications. Edited the book: Cannas A., Pulina G., Eds. 2008. Dairy goats feeding and nutrition. CAB International, Wallingford, UK.. Led the development of the Cornell Net Carbohydrate and Protein System for Sheep and of its evolution into the Small Ruminant Nutrition System (co-owned and authored with D. G. Fox, Cornell University, USA and L.O. Tedeschi, Texas A & M University, USA). The equations used in these models to predict energy and protein requirements of sheep were adopted as reference equations by the NRC (2007). Nutrient requirements of small ruminants. Sheep, goats, cervids and New World camelids. The National Academies Press, Washington D.C., USA.