Description of Research: My PhD research focuses on the administration of bovine granulocyte colony stimulating factor to dairy Simmental cows during the peripartal period. The effect of this treatment will be evaluated on metabolic, inflammatory, and whole blood gene expression. Moreover, I am also working on the effects of marine sulphated polysaccharides (MSPs) supplementation on neonatal Simmental calves performances, and blood metabolites. In addition, I tested the application of an automatic rumination-activity monitoring system (Hi-Tags, SCR Engineers) on dairy calves. As part of my visiting period, I will work in a project involving the efficacy of a natural fermentation-based product supplementation during an intramammary challenge in dairy cows.