Isabel Blanco Penedo

I am really interested in better knowledge and care on farm animal health and welfare under a global changing world full of challenges!! All with a huge impact on the improvement of farm sustainability.

My Research focus is: animal health and welfare, farm systems. Organic farming, farm sustainability and climatic change impact on livestock.  Background on veterinary advisory to organic farms. Permanent member of the EU Expert Group on Organic Production (EGTOP)

Lecturer on International and National Master programs on Organic Farming, Farm Sustainability, Animal Welfare and Antimicrobials and Epidemiology in Spain, Portugal, Brazil,  Mexico and Sweden (2014-present).

Lecturer at the Department of Animal Pathology (Clinical Examination, Physiopathology, and Sampling and Interpretation of Laboratorial analysis). (USC) 2008-2009.

Teaching assistant at the Department of Animal Pathology (Physiopathology, Clinical Examination, Clinical Pathology, and Reproductive Pathology) (USC). 2004-2007.

Rethinking Of Antimicrobial Decision-systems in the Management of Animal Production (Research partner)

Understanding antibiotic use decision making in contrasting countries and animal species - On the road to reducing antimicrobial resistance for all (co-applicant)

Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus in Humans, Animals and Ticks in Kenya (Research partner)

Animal health and welfare assessment on innovative housing systems (research assistant)

Development of an animal welfare assessment protocol in the context of the Argentinian meat production system (Research partner)

Welfare assessment of dairy cows in small scale farming system (Research partner)

Characterization and efficiency of agroecosystems for production of sustainable Iberian pigs (Principal researcher)

IMPRO – Impact matrix analysis and cost-benefit calculations to improve management practices regarding health status in organic dairy farming. (Research partner)

Livestock modeling on European agriculture with climate change for food security. (Research partner)

Influence of the farm system (conventional, intensive, organic) to the accumulation of essential metals and contaminants in cattle and pigs of Galicia (Research partner)

Instituto De Investigación Tecnología de Alimentos (INTA, Argentina), Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias (Buenos Aires, Argentina); Departamento de Etología, Fauna Silvestre y Animales de Laboratorio (UNAM, México), Instituto de Ciencias Agropecuarias y Rurales ICAR (México), Producción Animal y Gestión de Empresas (UCO, Spain), Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (Aberystwyth, UK), IRTA Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology (Spain), Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas de Extremadura (Spain)

Postdoc in Veterinary Epidemiology. Division of Ruminant Medicine and Veterinary Epidemiology, Clinical Sciences Department, (SLU), 2009-2011.

European mention Doctoral Degree. (University of Santiago de Compostela, USC), 2008.

Degree of Veterinary Medicine (USC), 2003.

Docent at the University of Santiago de Compostela, USC, Spain 2009.

Professional experience

Research Institutions: Scientist Researcher IRTA (2012-2016), SLU (2009-2011), Lecturer at USC, 2008-2009               

Institutional: Veterinarian of Public Health Service. Xunta de Galicia, 2007, 2008

Private companies: Veterinary Advisor and Researcher, Agronovo Ecoloxía SL. 2012.

On-going PhD-students:

Javier García Gudiño. "Characterization and efficiency of agroecosystems for greater sustainability of Iberian pig production". Main Supervisor

Only selected publications. See Researchgate for a complete list.

 Blanco-Penedo I, W Ouweltjes, E Ofner-Schröck, K Brügemann, U Emanuelson. (2020). Animal welfare in Free Walk systems in Europe. Journal of Dairy Science. Accepted.

Garcia-Gudiño J., A.N.T.R. Monteiro, S. Espagnol, I. Blanco-Penedo, F. Garcia-Launay (2020). Life Cycle Assessment of Iberian traditional pig production system in Spain. Sustainability 12:627. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12020627

L Sanmartín Sánchez, I Blanco-Penedo, J Manuel Perea Muñoz, C Quiñones Pérez, J Vicente Delgado, J L Vega-Pla. Welfare Assessment at a Spanish Army Equine Breeding Centre. Italian Journal of Animal Science 19:1, 137-146 https://doi.org/10.1080/1828051X.2019.1706433

Blanco-Penedo I., K. Sjöström, P. Jones, M. Krieger, J. Duval, F. van Soest, A. Sundrum, U. Emanuelson. (2019). Structural characteristics of organic dairy farms in Europe and their association with implementation of animal health plans. Agricultural Systems. Agricultural Systems Volume 173, 244-253. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2019.03.008

Tamminen, L-M, U Emanuelson, I Blanco-Penedo (2018). Systematic review of phytotherapic treatments for different farm animals under European conditions. Front. Vet. Sci. Volume 5, Article 140, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2018.00140

Blanco-Penedo I, C Fernández González, L-M Tamminen, A Sundrum, U Emanuelson. (2018). Priorities and future actions for an effective use of phytotherapy in livestock – outputs from an expert workshop. Front. Vet. Sci. 4 (248). https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2017.00248

Cerqueira J. L., J. P. Araújo, J. Cantalapiedra, I. Blanco-Penedo. (2018). How is the association of teat-end severe hyperkeratosis on udder health and dairy cow behavior? Revue Méd. Vét 169, 1-3, 30-37.

Cerqueira J.O.L., J.P.P. Araújo, I. Blanco-Penedo, J. Cantalapiedra, J.T. Sorensen, J.J.R. Niza-Ribeiro. (2017). Relationships between stepping and kicking behaviour and milking management in dairy cattle herds. Journal of Veterinary Behavior: Clinical Applications and Research 19, 72-77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jveb.2017.02.002

A. Velarde, E. Fàbrega, I. Blanco-Penedo, A. Dalmau. (2015). Animal welfare towards sustainability in meat production. Meat Science 109, 13–17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meatsci.2015.05.010

Cerqueira, J.O.L., Araújo, J.P.P., Vaz, P.S., Cantalapiedra, J., Blanco-Penedo, I., Niza-Ribeiro, J.J.R. (2013). Relationship between zoometric measurements in Holstein-Friesian cow and cubicle size in dairy farms. International Journal of Morphology 31(1): 55-63. http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0717-95022013000100008

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